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Hmmmm. This one was Ozark bottled water and RO from Wally World. So unless they do something funky to their water that I'm not aware of...

Sweet. I guess I will test that in about 2 weeks!

Howdy, folks. I usually bottle my brews, but I got a 3 gal keg system, to try out kegging, and so that I can use my normal fridge (one of the few benefits of living alone, heh). The issue I'm running into the second time around is that now I have a second keg of my brew is infected -...

Well, I just tossed it in a keg and bottled some as well. Naturally carbing it with a beet sugar (Teavana type), as I wanted to have more of a maltier finish on it. It doesn't have the beautiful red/burgundy hue to it, but the taste, even flat and warm is pretty nice. Roasty, almost stout...

Just did this brew with a bit less honey (I'd like to have a few in a single sitting), and pitched 1028, I just had it sitting around, so it is an excellent use for it, methinks. We shall see how it turns out. Fingers crossed for no infections!

I got a few beers from UK, and they seem to have those apocalypse-proof plastic labels on them... I found that hot B-Brite works well to get them off. Soak in overnight in a cooler with hot solution and they peel off well enough, and little bits can be removed with a green scratch pad.

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I did 20% of the final volume for my blackberry ale, and it wasn't enough. It is a much starker and martinet beer than your blonde ale, so I would say 20% of the volume that goes into the secondary is good... Expect a vigorous fermentation after you transfer onto the berries as well. I needed...

Lofty, thanks a bunch! Doing 2.5-3gal batches myself, so that recipe sizing is perfect. Did you do anything fancy yeast wise?

For the chai tea mix, also check out Teavana. Their chai mix is the closest one to the middle eastern chais that I found available in US. If you are going for the sweetness, I would also consider clover/orange blossom honey, as that is how some of the folks do the sweetening, and it may work...

I did a take on a hefe-weisen, which is about done in primary... I'm planning on racking it onto a pasteurized blueberry purée into secondary and hope that it retains enough flavor once it is done bubbling for the second time around, as I really don't want to do artificial flavoring. For 2.5...

Lofty, did you use the aforementioned Great Northern recipe or something of your own? My friend is a tea AND a beer snob, and I am pondering an earl grey beer...