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I recently had a Porter that started at 1.064 original gravity. It got stuck in the low 20's so I racked it onto a White Labs 099 starter. That took it all the way down to 1.002, making the beer 8.2% ABV. Would this be considered an Imperial Porter now? My curiosity is that a beer that...

I've searched everywhere and I couldn't find anything with my goggle gymnastics. I've always been curious about the flowing: Mashing in the saccrification range < 150 you will get a drier/lighter beer Mashing in the range 150-156 you will get a medium bodied beer Mashing in the...

First time using Orval dregs. I did a step starter that yielded a nice fat layer of Orval dregs from 3 bottles. I did primary with WLP 510 and WLP 530, then blended in secondary with WLP 515 that I had in a split batch just to top off, 5% at most, but mainly the 510/530. Added the starter...

I want to see if this can work or has been done by anyone else, here are my thoughts: - make 9 1/2 gallons of wort with base grains, specialty malts and hops - regular process: mash, boil, chill - split the 9 1/2 gallons into 5 gallons and 4 1/2 gallons - make a 1/2 gallon wort with dark...

I just racked a Centennial Blonde with WY 2565 Kolsch yeast. I have 4 oz of Simcoe hops I need to use and was thinking of using the WY 2565 to make an IPA. I cleaned the yeast and was wondering what temp I should ferment the IPA at, in order to get the "most" out of the Kolsch yeast for an...

I'm making an ESB. I have a yeast starter of WLP002. I also collected bottle dregs from Coniston Bluebird bitter. I want to get the nuances of the true English bitter style, but have more of the ESB style dominate. From the bottle dregs, I created a starter and got it to grow. So I have...