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I recently dumped out 3/4 of a keg of a Sam Adams Summer clone that clearly had a diacetyl problem. After doing some reading I am assuming the issue may have stemmed from my berliner weisse that was in the kegerator previously. I would like some advice on making sure I eliminate all diacetyl...

A couple of months ago I brewed a Berliner with lacto d. and a week later added kolsch yeast. When I kegged, i saved the yeast from the bottom of the carboy and put it in a 1 g. jug. It has since been stored in a mini fridge. It smells decent. What would you guess is still viable in it...

this might be a topic for the sour forum but i had a question about putting my berliner weisse on tap. i have a single tap kegerator for homebrew. i brewed a berliner weisse with the intention of bottling it. out of pure laziness i no longer want to bottle it. are there any potential...

So I am about to take a shot at my first sour(ish) brew and after a bunch of reading I think I finally have my plan pretty much drawn out. I would love some insight/suggestions/tips from those that have experience in brewing sours, specifically Berliner's. I picked up a Lactobacillus D. and...

Brewed an offshoot of Mad Elf last December with Wyeast's Belgian strong yeast (don't feel like looking up the #). Well after months of "fermentation" I read somewhere that this yeast will continue to release CO2 long after it is finished fermenting. Well after a few gravity readings, I...

I bought a pound of hops last fall and have been keeping them in my freezer. I accidentally left them out of the freezer the other day and didn't notice till about 24 hours later. What do you think, toss them or are they still ok? Not that it makes a difference but they are cascades and I...

Well I pulled a boner-headed move (not a typo). I put together a recipe for a Vanilla java bourbon aged porter, complete with a few yeast choices. Well I was running some errands the other day and decided to pick up some yeast. My mind went blank and I couldn't remember any of the 3 yeast...

So I brewed a beer last year in late November and it is still fermenting. It is a mad elf clone, sort of. I used raspberries and blackberries that I de-seeded manually - instead of cherries (oddly enough, it tastes almost the same as the original beer), and used about 4 lbs of honey for my 5g...

Here's my situation. I am making an offshoot of Mad elf and I want to use raspberries instead of cherries (yes i know, seeds shouldn't get in it). I was told that it is better to add my extra fermentables (honey and fruit) in the fermenter. So I can't just calculate my change in gravity to...

So here's the word's stupidest question. How do you measure efficiency? I see a lot of posts boasting about high efficiency, but I'm pretty lost on how it's calculated or estimated. Any beginner info on efficiency would be great. If there's a page or a site or whatever that explains a lot...

Lets say I wanted to install a thermometer or a valve at the bottom of my stainless steel kettle. How impossible is this? What is the easiest/best/cheapest way to puncture a hole/holes into a stockpot? I'm sure I missed a post about this somewhere, so if someone could let me know, that would...

http://www.austinhomebrew.com/product_info.php?products_id=2319 anyone buy one of these or know someone who has? im a big cheapass, but this is almost seeming too good to be true. any feedback would be good feedback.

So I bought some oak chips to "oak" my ESB. Well the label says "soak in water 12 hours before adding to wine. sufficient for 25 gallons". 2 questions here. 1. Do i need to presoak for use w/ beer (i dont think i do, but just checking). 2. How much of this bag should i use for a 5...

So I thought I read on here somewhere that it would be a good idea to trim back my hops when it reached a foot in height to make it grow back stronger or something. So I did it... like a week and a half ago, and it hasn't grown an inch since. the rest of the bines are taking off, but the huge...

Just wondering what kind of "alternative" things you use or have used in brewing. Obviously besides the hops, yeast and malt, what else have you put in your boil or fermenter?

I know... not the most specific title on the site... nevertheless, here's my question. I don't really have anything decent in terms of what to grow my hops on. I went to home depot yesterday and saw that they have pieces of lattice-fence that is about 6.5 - 7 feet tall. I know this is like...

So I bought my equipment to make my mash tun to do my first all-grain kit. I have done a Malt extract kit. My brew pot is only about 22qt's (not large enough for a full 5 gallon boil (not safe w/ boil-over etc). With malt extract kits i can just add the extra water later before...