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I made an Olso “Kolsch”. Fermented at 92F for 72 hours, crashed 1 day, kegged, added gelatin and burst carved for 2 days. Turned out amazing, clear and no off flavors. I dried the yeast slurry using a food dehydrator and separated into 2g baggies. I made a starter with one of the 2g baggies...

Hi all...I made a big mistake and forgot to add 2 oz of battering hops to my Amber Ale. I noticed when I added my flameout hops. After yelling a few expletives...I tossed the 2 oz I forgot in and began the cooling process. My gut tells me to RDWHAHB....which I did of course...but my...

Hi all! So I brewed my Oktoberfest last week. I use an ink bird temp controller in a refrigerator. It has worked great for a long time. This time however, I noticed no action in the airlock and no change in the SG after several days. My temp controller was set at 50...but interestingly...

Thanks for the reply’s. Mucb appreciated. Cheers!

Hey all. I have over 100 batches under my belt and today I forgot to move my steeping grains! The wort came to a boil for maybe a minute or so before I realized it and removed them. The beer is an extract ESB, so I am thinking I may be fine since the beer is bitter already....maybe it will...

Thanks for the comments! The new beer is about 4 gallons due to hop absorption etc..that's why I figured I would blend. Maybe I'll just drink it tonight! Thanks again...this was great info

I have about 1 gallon of IPA left in my keg and I have a fresh batch of the same beer ready to keg. I am having a last minute party tomorrow and was wondering if you think I can rack the new beer on the carbed beer and give it a little shake? I don't have another open keg to keg too...

Hi! I have a Midwest citra IPA kit and The only yeast I have is white lab Belgian saison. My temp in the basement is 76f Thoughts? Should I go for it? Thank you!!!

Thanks! Looking forward to trying it!

Brewed this all grain 7lbs Pilsen malt. .5 lbs flaked wheat. French saison I white labs. I have never seen such coagulation of protein. You can literally see all the way through the fermenter! Is this normal?? I have about 54 batches under my belt and have yet to see this! The airlock it...

Hi everyone, so I brewed the northern brewer all grain bourbon barrel porter and I added vodka soaked vanilla beans to the secondary. Before that, the gravity stabilized at 1.024. Now, I am getting bubbles in the air lock and my gravity went to 1.016. Beer tastes great. Does anyone have...

So last year I brewed a pumpkin ale and for like 2 months, every bottle I tried was flat and tasted like crap. I thought for sure they got infected. So I told myself I was going to dump the batch (like 12 bottles). Well, I am lazy and never dumped them...I just left the bottles in my basement...

Hi! I brewed a wee heavy that has been aging in secondary for about 2 months. After about a month I took a sample and it was crystal clear. A month later I took a sample and it clouded up. It tastes fine, about 8.5%. The only change is that the temp in my basement increased over the last few...

Hey all - So I am driving to a friends house and I see someone put a 6 gallon glass carboy and this 6 gallon oak barrel on the garbage. HOMEBREWER JACKPOT! Looks like it was used for wine making. The barrel is cracked on the top as you can see in the pics. It has no wine odor....just a...

Year 1 : IPA - Very will received (had only one keg) Year 2 - 1) Flat Tire Clone - Good - not great 2) Hefeweizen - Home Run! 3) Blue Berry Hefe - In bottles - Home Run I was thinking a West Coast PA and a Saison? I also will have a Belgian Quad and a Wee Heavy in bottles for those...