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First, I apologize. I know that I need to research and look this stuff up, and I have to some extent. However, I am also pretty limited on time and just hoping to get some quick answers, so thank you. I am about to bottle up to 30G of Lambic to make some Gueuze, fruited beers, and straight...

I need help deciding on how to approach storing some sour beers. I currently have 30 gallons of lambic in my basement in carboys 10g of 1 year, 10g of 2 year, 10g of 3 year. I was going to try to blend them to make a gueuze. I have never done this so I don’t know how much will actually become...

So I am brewing up an American Stout and my mash temp should have been 154, but it read 151. I heated up some water and got the mash up to 153.5, but that was 15 minutes into the mash. Two questions: Was I too late in bringing the heat up (I know I know, yeah normally I have emergency hot...

Going to DLD and wondering if I could get some suggestions for beers to pick up? I am from CO so stuff I can't get here or beers that are locals favs. Heck give some biggins in case I haven't had them. Seasonals, or one offs that will be out there around the time? Any insight would be...

I am going to my first DLD and am super excited. I live in CO and just wondering what people out there, or that are coming from different places would possibly want for sharing and trading? I can obviously get CO stuff and then usually a lot of West Coast, etc. I just don't really know what...

So I am bottling a Tart of Darkness clone and was just wondering if I should pitch some clean WLP 001 or wine yeast for carbonation? Or will the Brett eat the priming sugar and make enough CO2. The beer has been sitting for a year. Thanks

This yeast was in a mason jar for about 6 months at least (shame on me for not brewing). Figured it wasn't worth using so I dumped it, but man it at least still looked great. Think it would have been fine to make a starter with?

Found a singular fruit fly in my yeast starter about 30 seconds before I was going to pitch my yeast. It was alive and flying around so I took the foil off and let it out. I never saw a fruit fly in the starter while it was on the stir plate, nor in the fridge today while I was letting the...

So my buddy just scored some VIP GABF tickets for the wife and I (not bragging, but I am super excited). The list is super daunting and I obviously have not heard of many of them. Just wondering if people had some breweries and beers to try that you have had or heard of. I will be hitting...

I am still trying to figure out how to automate my brewing and looking at electric seems daunting. Before someone says I should DIY, I am not good at electrical stuff. So far all I have made are my dual stage temp controllers and my stir plate, neither of which is going to kill me or burn my...

So for the last year I have been trying to figure out RIMS vs. HERMS and all the details surrounding them. I am still undecided, but found this video today: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scRX0va6PAc This seems like a pretty easy and cheap setup to go this route. I currently own a 20G...

Pretty sure I just ruined my beer. Pitched my starter and then noticed it had a slight sour and vinegary smell and taste to it. Infected yeah? Should I dump it or ride it out and see what happens Yeast was grown from pouring off 500ml of the previous starter that I think smelled fine...

Went to test a tripel that had been on CO2 for about a week and a half and found the regulators all at zero. I have two kegs on tap the one that had been in there for over a month had pressure in the keg, the new keg had no pressure coming out of the PRV. I assume this means the leak is on...

I have a bunch of Summit hops and wanted to brew a Rye IPA. Will these go together at all or do I want more of a piney, earthy hop to go with the rye? Thanks

So I have been slowly (very) been reading about water because I am finding my hoppy pale beers taste a little off. From what I have read on the forums, How to Brew, the Primer here and other sources it almost sounds like just using RO water is the easiest way to go? Is this what most...

I brewed up a tripel for the second time and my FG was supposed to be 1.012 and I hit 1.019. OG was 1.090. Which is where Beersmith put it, however the recipe said that OG would be 1.081. I don't know why those two are so off? (This includes the cane sugar) I mashed around 147/8 and...

So I think this is a stupid question, but I made a yeast starter and made it 500ml bigger than it needed to be so I could just pour out the extra 500ml into a canning jar to store yeast for the next batch. Am I correct in assuming that I will be taking roughly the difference YeastCalc says...

I am trying to brew up a Session IPA with what I have on hand. How does this recipe sound? I didn't add the dry hopping to it, but I will dry hop with the Simcoe, Amarillo, and the Citra Thanks and appreciate the time.

I have looked around the interweb and it seems like this comes up every now and then and usually is user error, so I am probably missing something. I put in a recipe from Jamil's Brewing Classic Styles, the American Stout to be exact. The recipe calls for a total of 73 IBUs, but when I put it...

So I am planning on wiring up a STC-1000 mostly to run thermwraps, but possibly use it to control a freezer for fermentation (right now I have a Johnson to do it). First question: After reading about 100 threads I am still a little worried on what size of wire to use. Can I use 14 gauge...