Recent content by spm1327

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Dear Hero, Alright. So I've made a few beers and brews with Brettanomyces, different Wyeast blends, etc. I made an apple cider, an orval, a bretty cherry porter, etc. My last three kegged beers have been sort of astringent, fruity, an odd off flavor. When pre-kegging they seemed...

When is a good time to add Lacto?

thanks sir - I'm going to have to figure out another beer to make with this starter, I already have pasteur champagne and brett lambicus starting - SH$T maybe a brett brown?

I posted my last two in the wrong place, WHOOPS! I want to brew a slightly sour belgian brown... I have a lot of questions about brewing a (sorta) sour. From what I've tasted and read there is a lot of ambiguity between Oud Bruins and Flandres Reds, Belgian Browns... Here's what I was...

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thanks guys, this is a big help... but I'm wondering - how and where do I post? - new here :/ sorry

ok I did a champagne / brettanomyces starter and plan on starting this in the morning, hopefully some experienced sour peeps will see this (and help)

I have a lot of questions about brewing a "sour". Yes - just a generic sour. From what I've tasted and read there is a lot of ambiguity between Oud Bruins and Flandres Reds, Belgian Browns... Here's what I was thinking: (from what I've read) 4lbs belgian pilsner 1lbs caramunich 37L...

- nice thank you - I have a fruity one that I bottled a few bottles recently, no good on tap, maybe will be yummy out of the bottle!

Thanks guys, -I've been fermenting at about 73 degrees in my room - I wish it was 65 but my roommates have to keep the house so f'n hot. I'm using W-Yeast's new "Trappist Blend" which is supposed to be Orval yeast, a mix of Saccaromyces and Brettanomyces. I didn't even notice a slight brett...

hi there, im new on here, and i don't have a shift button at work - the bar i almost made orval trappist a few times - my favorite beer by far - by almost i mean i made it and it came really close. my recipe; 8lb belgian pils 2lb caravienne 20l saaz 60min styrian 20min strisselspalt 5min dry...