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I make several quarts at time of a 1.040 wort that I inoculate with lacto from raw grain. I let this go until the pH is down to around 3.4. I can it in pint jars to use as needed. Because the pH is low enough I can hot water can it. Because it is canned I can add it at anytime to a batch of beer...

I ran across this article. I'm not trying to read implications into it, or claim some evil thing is going to happen. I simply thought it might be interesting to some. I found it interesting.

Grain bill: 20 lbs Maris Otter 1 lb Roast Barley 12 oz. Chocolate Malt (UK) 12 oz. Crystal 80L 8 oz. Flaked Wheat 4 oz. Light brown Sugar 2 1/2 inches of Brewer's Licorice Stick Hop Schedule: 3 oz. Target (11%) at 60 min. 1 oz. Target (11%) at 15 min. 1 oz. Target (11%) at Flame...

Batch size: 5.5 gallons 8 lbs. 12 oz. Maris Otter 1 lb. Special Roast 10 oz. Chocolate Malt (UK) 8 oz. Crystal 40L 1 oz. Fuggles at 60 0.5 oz. Fuggles at 45 0.5 oz. Fuggles at 20 Mash at 152 Deg F for 1 hour. 90 minutes boil Ferment with Nottingham for two weeks OG 1.052...

Grist: 7lbs Maris Otter 12 oz. Crystal 40L Mash 1.25 qt/lb. at 148 deg F for 75 minutes. Hop additions: 60 minutes: 1/2 oz. East Kent Goldings (7.2) 40 minutes: 1/2 oz. East Kent Goldings (7.2) 20 minutes: 1/2 oz. East Kent Goldings (7.2) Irish Moss This is a very easy beer to...

Today was the weirdest brew day. Like all brewers, I've had those brew days where nothing went right--today wasn't that bad but was weird. I was brewing a brown porter that was only supposed to be 1.041 OG. It was based on Jamil's Who's your Taddy and the grain bill was adjusted for my usual...

10 lbs. 12 oz. Maris Otter Pale Malt 8 oz. Roasted Barley 4 oz. Invert sugar 1 oz. Fuggles (5.3%) at 55 minutes 1 oz. Fuggles (5.3%) at 20 minutes Mash at 148 deg F for 75 minutes Batch Sparge Ferment for three weeks around 68 deg F. Carbonated in keg with corn sugar (1.64 oz. for 2.1 volumes)...

I make a salsa recipe that I think would be appreciated on HBT. It is made with tomatoes that have been fermented with lactobacillus. Dice about 6 tomatoes Sprinkle tomatoes with about 1.5 tablespoons of sea salt. Pack tomatoes into a sanitized crock or large mouth jar and the salt will draw...

I've been brewing since 2004, so I have had my share of accidents. Today, I experienced something new. I chill my wort with a pump running ice cold water from my cooler through a wort chiller coil and back into the cooler. Today right as I started it, I dropped the chord and walked around to the...

Grain Bill: 11 lbs. Maris Otter Pale Malt 1 lb. Chocolate Malt 12 oz. Black Patent Malt 8 oz Flaked Wheat Hop Schedule: 0.50 oz East Kent First Wort addition. 1.50 oz. East Kent at 60 minutes. 1.00 oz. Fuggles at 15 minutes. One hour mash (1.25 qt/lb) at 152 Deg F. Batch Sparge. This beer is...

I have about 10 pounds of honey bought from a friend almost ten years ago. It is Wild Flower honey harvested from my friends hives when we lived in Northern Idaho. I thought I had used it years ago, but my wife pulled it out when I told her I was going to buy some honey to make a mead. The honey...

Grain Bill: 8 lbs. Maris Otter 2.5 lbs. Malted Rye 1 lb. Crystal 20L Mashed at 148 for 75 minutes; batch sparge. Hops Schedule: 1/2 oz. Cluster @ 60 minutes 1/2 oz. of Crystal @ 15 minutes 1/2 oz. of Crystal at Flame out. (I've been accused of being a bit OCD and I think my hopping may prove...

What are some stories about "Ah Crap!" when homebrewing? Yesterday I had one. In the last ten minutes of my boil I placed my chiller coil in the boil kettle as I always do. As usually happens, this dropped the wort down from a full boil. I reached for the propane control to raise the heat. As...

Oops I meant to type pin-lock but titled it ball lock. Recently I have bought, from two different stores, used pin lock kegs that had problems with leaking. They held pressure inside fine and I checked my whole system with soapy water and found no leaks anywhere. I noticed though that when...

I never liked wine or whiskey until I started homebrewing about ten years ago. Studying the history, process and profile of various fermented beverages got me interested. I found that the tastes developed through trying many styles of beer also helped me appreciate these other beverages. I have...

I've gotten used to the contradictory advice on forums like HBT. It is to be expected when you have so many people with different experiences and experience levels. We've all seen the threads that run: "It's infected, dump it." "No, it's not infected, bottle it." "Yes, it's infected but it's a...

I have been making ten gallons at a time lately, split into two batches--mostly parti-gyles with a larger and smaller beer. However, I would like to make and ferment some full tens. I have the kettle and MLT volumes to do this. Fermenter volume is a different story. I know I could just run the...

Today I brewed a 1.066 Saison and used the WLP 568 strain. As a personal rule I always, always, always start every, every, every fermentation with a blow off. Unfortunately, after pitching I temporarily placed an airlock on the carboy to carry it, with the intention of replacing it later with a...

My wife is having some serious allergic reaction--hives, itching, redness, stuffiness. The only thing I can think of is a bottle of Dupont's Biere de Miel we shared before supper. The beer is malt, hops, honey and yeast. None of these have caused a problem in the past and she loves my beer. I...

It appears the release date for Palmer's Water book has moved from April 16 to Nov 7 according to Amazon. I have been chomping at the bit to get this one.