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Last summer, I racked some berliner weiss onto a bunch of peaches. I used too many peaches, and it never seemed to taste great, so I left it. And left it. And, I'm just getting around to it now. When I got it out this morning though, I get a huge vinegar smell, which is scary, because the only...

I'll be brewing a sour porter next month using 2nd gen rosalere and I'm wondering about hops. The base porter recipe I have uses 3 different kinds of hops, but I don't know how much it will matter in a sour beer that will be aged for 12-18 months. Any thoughts? Right now I'm leaning...

Just did my 3rd AG batch last weekend, and I realized that I'm getting terrible efficiency (like in the 40's) on the smaller beers I've been brewing, because my stainless steel braid keeps floating up in the mash tun. I'd like to tie the braid down with yarn or fishing line or something, but...

I'm assuming (probably a mistake on my part) That starsan works on things like Bret, lacto, & pedio? I'm not trying to reuse hosing or fermenters or siphons, but what about things like cleaning my bottles when I'm ready to reuse them?

So a couple months ago I made a berliner weiss which I bottled yesterday. However, I decided to split the batch in half and put half over peaches. The problem is, I think I used too many peaches. I put 2.5 gallons of beer over 6 pounds of peaches. Any clue what this will do/turn into? It...

So, I was brewing a batch last weekend using those Wyeast smack packs. This was my first time using them, normally I just go dry yeast or white labs. However, when I "smacked" the pack I realized I actually hit my wife's mead pack instead of the beer yeast I needed. It's been in the fridge...

I've been brewing one of the northern brewers kits, the bourbon barrel porter. The OG was 1.065, but it's been sitting at 1.030 for a week now. I've already added the bourbon and oak cubes, and I'm getting a little worried that I will over-oak my beer. Should I be worried about bottle bombs if...

My wife and I just got three 5 gallon glass carboys for free from family friends this weekend. The thing is, they've been sitting in a dusty basement for the last ten years, and have green algae growing over the sides. We also found a dead and mummified mouse in one of them. Normally, I'd...