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    Final Gravity's Strong Beer Competition - Call for entries

    Registration is open for Final Gravity Craft Brewer's 4th Annual Strong Beer Competition on October 8th. Registration will be open through Sept. 23rd and entries must be received by the 26th. Please check the competition information site for rules at http://finalgravitybrewing.com/strong and...
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    Thoughts on pitching starter that reeks of diacetyl.

    Anyone had this happen? It's a vial of White Labs Kolsch that I stepped up at room temp. Vial was expired in Nov 2010, but was lost back in the collection. It's stepping up and attenuating, but the popcorn butter aroma is fierce. Crash, decant and step again or throw it out? Thoughts...
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    Lambic: Long aging, airlocks and temp swings

    Just curious how everyone handles this. I've got two carboys of lambic going in the basement beer cave and I've noticed that this time of year when temp starts to swing my airlocks start to suck back in. With the cold snap we had this past week it pulled a little of the Starsan into the...
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    moving lambic out of temp control

    So I started a batch of lambic this past weekend using one of the SCY bugfarms. It looks like the sacch strains have blown through and the krausen is falling off. I currently have it sitting in the fermentation freezer on temp control at 62F. I wanted to get opinions on when to move it to...
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    Mystery old hops... Good for lambic?

    Just found out that a cousin who runs an herbal shop has several pounds of 3+ year old 'Red German hops'. That's the best description I have. They could be brewers hops or ornamental hops, but they are definitely well aged. Any thoughts on using these in pLambic? I know that it's not...
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    Final Gravity's Strong Beer Competition - Call for entries

    Registration is open for Final Gravity Craft Brewer's 3rd Annual Strong Beer Competition on October 23rd. Registration will be open through Oct. 15th and entries must be received by the 16th. Please check the competition information site for rules at http://finalgravitybrewing.com/strong and...
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