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About a month ago I did a no boil Berliner Weisse. I pitched lacto on it and let it rock and roll. About 4 weeks later I came back and tossed some dry yeast on it.... I think it was s33. Anyway. About a week later I went to grab a sample and MY GOD does it stink. I nabbed a sample and there was...

I have been brewing for some time now but I just noticed something last night and this morning and I was wondering if someone could clear it up for me. Last night I did an all grain batch of and English ESB. As I was chilling the wort, I snagged a sample at about 80 degrees and put it into my...

Has anyone every pitched a beer onto a wine yeast cake? If so with what success? I had the Dogfish head 61 beer which is an IPA brewed with grape must. It is pretty good and since I have a wine about to go into a secondary I am interested in experimenting a little bit. What do you guys think? Is...

Hello all, I just started my first lambic about 2 weeks ago. I pitched the wyeast 3278 lambic blend into a wort of 3lbs Pilsen DME and 3lbs Wheat DME with an oz of Hersbrucker hops. I snapped a pic last night and nothing seems funky or nasty about it. I have all intentions on letting this ride...

Was in Belgium for a few days, picked up a bottle of Westvleteren that is 12 years old. Anyone know if this is worth anything?

I am smacking my head a against a wall here. I am constantly getting between 50 and 60% efficiency according to Beersmith and an online efficiency calculator. I recently did an ohio steve recipe 10lb american 2 row 1lb crystal 40 1lb cara pils 12oz wheat malt 60 minute mash at 152...

I am making a breakfast stout all grain. My OG is 1.052 and I pitched with S-04, Pitched at 66F and I know that it got down to about 55 before going to about 59 for 3 days. Now it is at 65. I used the same water source I have used in about every beer for the past year, that is about 7 or 8...

Recipe Type: All Grain Yeast: Yeast Cake from Belgian Dark Strong Yeast Starter: N/A Batch Size (Gallons): 5.00 Original Gravity: 1.085 Final Gravity: 1.008 IBU: 109+ Boiling Time (Minutes): 90 Color: 19.2 Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 30 days at 65 Secondary Fermentation (#...

Hello all I am still but a newb, I have just purchased BeerSmith and was curious as to how good it is at designing a recipe. I wanted to make a really strong IPA but yet balanced. I put my idea into Beersmith and I suppose it looks balanced according to the little sliders at the bottom. Before I...

Here is the story... I had a brewers best kit for a scotch ale. I decided to modify it based off of some recommendations that I found on the forums somewhere. The recipe looked like this: 3.3 Lbs Amber LME 3 Lbs Light DME 1 Lbs Amber DME 5 oz Crystal 60L 5 oz Chocolate Malt 5 oz...

I met a guy tonight that sold me 2 glass carboys (1 6gal an 1 5gal) plus 3 kegs (2 pin 1 ball) and a 10lb co2 canister for 50$. You guys think I got a good deal?

I am brewing a Scottish Ale and just racked to a secondary over some used oak staves that I got from Makers Mark distillery. I tried to steam clean the staves as much as possible. I dropped them in the secondary and racked over top of them. This morning I see this weird white stuff floating on...

I just brewed my first batch about 10 days ago, the anticipation is killing me. I am leaving it in my primary for a total of 21 days before I bottle. The recipe goes as follows: 2 lb Light DME 4 lb Pale LME .56 lb Cystal Malt 80L .56 lb Roasted Barley .31 lb Flaked Barley 1 oz Fuggles...

Hi everyone. I have been a lurker for a while now and I thought it is time to stop lurking and start posting! About 10 days ago I started my first batch and am waiting till I get back from the National Farm Machinery show in Kentucky to bottle. If any is interested my recipe is as follows: 2...