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Looking for some help in making a sour blonde barleywine. Real Ale here in TX does one that is awesome and I would like to replicate it. I found this recipe from brewtoad and wanted to get your take. I dont want it to be overly malty sweet like some of the previous barleywines that I have done...

Hi everyone. I just ordered several ECY20 Bugfarm yeasts and plan to use them throughout the year. I bought a few more than I really wanted to because of the shipping costs. I'm now planning ahead for the year and thinking about how I will manage making like 5 sours this year. I dont necessarily...

I brewed a BW over a year ago using a big California Ale yeast starter and some high gravity yeast and it fermented down pretty low to around 1015 and came in around 11% abv. Back in November I pitched a pack of US-05 and some priming sugar in to a bottling bucket and bottled in to some flip top...

So my brother and I bottled a 11% barley wine in some flip top bottles about a month ago. Pitched some us-05 and some sugar to bottling bucket and its still totally flat. I know best course of action is to wait but we want these ready for Xmas. His idea is to just pour them in to the keg. I just...

My brother and I brewed a Barley Wine last night and we got horrible results with our mash and I was wondering if anyone had some insight as to how I can modify my process. This has happened twice now with our big beers that we've tried. I've done many successful normal gravity beers, but...

Hey everyone! Ok, so I wanted some feedback about what I should do with this beer. I made a Irish Red that I wanted to be strong and hoppy so I made a grain bill that got me OG of 1076. I pitched 2 viles of WL Irish Ale yeast and now its at 1026 about 3 weeks in. I am pretty sure its about done...

I made a starter with some washed Belgian Yeast that I had saved for a few months. I did a 1L starter with DME, mixed in the yeast in to a growler and put some foil on it. I did it around 8PM last night. Still no signs of anything going on in there. I know I need to be patient and wait but I...

Hi All, I racked my beer yesterday and I want to wash the yeast. I left about an inch of beer on top of the yeast and then put some sterilized foil over the top. I wanted to wait until today to wash it because I want to go buy some good jars. Is there any problem with letting the yeast sit...

Hi all! I have a question about my first barley wine I have been fermenting for about 3 months now. Here is the recipe. 20 lbs 2 Row 1.5 Crystal 1 biscuit 1L Calif Ale Starter 1 vile WL Calif Ale I didn't have time to do a 2L starter, so that is why I added the additional vile. I...

I wanted to make a yeast starter for the first time tonight. I have some harvested yeast and I only bought 1 package of DME thinking it was enough. Its 2 oz and I have read I should use 4 oz. Can I just make the starter with that much? I know this will result in a lower gravity starter. What...

So I added an ounce of hop pellets in a tea ball to my keg to get some more aroma and have quite a bit a particles in the beer now. I don't personally care too much, but the beer is for a competition so I would like it to be a little more clear. Is there any issue with using a siphon to...

So I am finally confident enough to send off a pale ale I made to the Bluebonnet competition in Dallas next month. I currently keg and I was curious for feedback about this process. I will be bottling from the keg and then shipping 3 bottles. The question is, will there be anything wrong...

So Im fermenting a Hefeweisen for the first time in a glass carboy. It was pretty full so I was a little worried about having enough head room in there. So it appears to be fermenting pretty vigorously because the airlock blew off. So my wife calls me while Im at work just now and says the...

So I did my first all grain by myself. I hit all the expected numbers and volume, but I have had the beer in the fermentor about a week and it has only gone from 1060 to 1050. The only thing I can suspect is that I pitched the yeast into wort that was too hot (about 90 degrees). It was taking...