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    Banana esters in Oktoberfest

    I made the oktoberfest kit from midwest, but used S-04 yeast due to the lack of fridge space for lagering. Today I cracked my first bottle and found that it had the slightest banana esters...more of an aroma than actual taste. Will this diminish over time, or is it permanent? It doesn't make...
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    Lid blew off my Primary!

    I have an Imperial Stout in primary and the lid just blew off my fermenting bucket. I had a blow off tube run into a bottle of sanitizer, but apparently it still wasn't enough. Pretty much all of the krausen blew out of the bucket onto the cieling and I was wondering how this is going to...
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    Oktoberfest with ale yeast?

    I wanted to try to make some Oktoberfest, but unforutnately I don't have access to a fridge for lagering. I also don't have a basement (have a damp crawlspace), so saving it for a winter project is out as well. I know that I could make a swamp cooler to achieve lagering temps, but with my work...
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    Think I have my first infection...

    Today I went to move my Midwest ferocious IPA to secondary for dry hopping and came accross a bubbly mess on the surface. It's been in primary for 8 days and I suspect that it's an infection, but was wondering if the krausen on an IPA might do this due to the amount of hops? Any advice would...
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