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Barrel Info: I got the barrel from a local farmhouse/mixed ferm brewery. Barrel is 15 gallons. It was originally a whiskey barrel for a local distillery. The brewery ran a brett/lacto beer through it, so it's already inoculated (at least to some degree). The barrel was just emptied last week. It...

I need a new manifold for my keezer. This one from More Beer is one of the cheapest ones I've found: https://www.morebeer.com/products/14-aluminum-gas-manifold.html Why is it so much cheaper? I'm guessing because it has 1/4" barbs? How big of an issue is this? I've been using a one tap...

ETA: Looks like the Saaz is the issue, even being under 3 IBUs. Now I'm planning to do a simple 2 gallon light DME beer, ZERO hops, sour that portion, blend it with the main beer, then toss in a pack of 05 to finish fermenting out the new beer. Uggghhh!!!! I've done kettle sours in the past...

I've been mulling this over ever since I had Crooked Stave's Petite Rosé sour last month. Overall, plan is to co-pitch lacto and sacc. Previously I've done kettle sours and boiled after souring. Well, now that I have sour equipment and a sour line in the keezer (coming soon), I'm doing kettle...

I've got this growler filler: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B013GWR8VC/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20 The o-rings are starting to get torn up and I need to replace them. Has anyone replaced these? The Q&A on the page says they're 9mm ID x 12mm OD. Just curious if anyone can confirm that...

I was at Avery in Boulder last weekend and had Sanguine. It's billed as a sangria-inspired beer, with all the fruits and tempranillo grapes. It was phenomenal. Clocked in around 12% ABV and drank much easier than that. But that's beside the point... How the hell are they doing these beers? I...

Over the last few weeks I've noticed some tiny bugs getting in the airlocks on my wild yeast experiments. They're dead AF in the starsan in the airlock, but I've been dumping them and adding fresh starsan. Yesterday I noticed some bugs dead in the blowoff pitcher on a beer I currently have...

So much innuendo in that thread title :ban: I digress... I've got a one gallon jug that was supposed to be my first "big boy" sour (pulled off a gallon of saison after primary and pitched dregs; saison was at 1.000 going in). Well, I've decided instead to turn it into a horny tank. Up...

Anyone have trouble with blueberries not dropping out in cold crash?? I've had a carboy cold crashing since Friday night (almost 3 days). Some of the berries have dropped out but the majority of them have not. Got my kegerator as cold as it'll go (which, at last check, was around 36-38ish)...

Does anyone know of a good resource with info on available commercial bug blends? I checked MTF and couldn't find anything. I'm brewing a couple sours after my wedding next month. I'm going to primary ferment with ale yeast, then add a commercial pitch of bugs, and some dregs to prop it up...

When I brewed this weekend, I finally remembered to take preboil gravities (and everything else you can think of) to determine my efficiency. I was just curious and wanted to see if I can improve it. Grist: 11# 2-Row 2# Flaked Oats 1.5# White Wheat I typically use the Brewer's Friend...

I finally started my wild yeast capture project. I started with three mason jars with some 1.020 wort, no hops. I put blooms/buds from two different plants and one tree in my yard. Two of them definitely have activity and got a slight bit of krausen. I "pitched" about 6 days ago. Jar 1...

Frustration is taking over. I just got a new cooler for a mash tun. Got the orange round Igloo 10 gallon. I'm having trouble getting the bulkhead and ball valve mounted with no leaks. NOTE: When I tried the dry fit last night I did not use teflon tape on the threads. I will absolutely use...

I need some help with a keg I just got from a friend. I've got to replace/add some parts. Take a look at this gas post Is it just missing the o-ring near the top? If it's supposed to look like that, I haven't seen one like that before. Also, take a look at the lid Any clues on this keg...

This is my first saison since I started doing water adjustments. Based on my research and what I want out of the beer, I wanted the sulfates around 100 for a dry finish, and around 25-50 CaCl. I tweaked around my Bru'n sheet to get what I want. I just want to make sure it all looks good...

I'm brewing a saison this weekend. I'm using the same grist I used last year for a raspberry saison: 11 Pils 1 Vienna 1 Wheat WY3711 Plan is to rack onto blueberries after primary (just like I did with the raspberries). The raspberry was one of the best beers I've done. I was planning...

As you can see http://i.imgur.com/vWS4Wc7.jpg the elbow barb on my false bottom and the barb on the bulkhead/ball valve are only like 1.5-2" apart. Additionally, what you can't see, the elbow barb on the false bottom is about a half inch to an inch higher than the barb on the bulkhead/ball...

I'm asking for some thoughts on this as this is my first all-bottled batch. Usually keg everything but didn't want to tie my one tap/keg up with a stout. I bottled two stouts on Jan 16, 2017. As of last night (17 days post bottling), they aren't carbed yet. There is a bit of carbonation in the...

Got some beer in my gas line for the first time yesterday. I kegged a gose and had it on 30 psi while rolling it to force carb (per my usual practice). I think I got too aggressive rolling it, plus I may have slightly overfilled the keg. Anyway, don't think it backed up all the way to the...

Didn't get much interest on reddit, so I'll try here... Looking to do a roughly $4$ on Westbrook for Trillium hops (preferably fresh, or relatively fresh). FT: WB Key Lime Pie Gose (4 pack cans) WB Whiskey Sour Weisse Weisse Baby (bomber) WB 6th Ann'y (bomber) WB/ET Imperial Mexican Biscotti...