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Basically, I'd like to know if there's any reason NOT to dry hop beers that will be bottle conditioned and possibly aged. I've got a few beers bulk aging that are farmhouse inspired, Brett - conditioned in secondary, and I'm currently oaking them with various things (tawny port, chardonnay...

I brewed a Dark Winter Saison - closely following a recipe from Michael Tonsmeire's excellent book "American Sour Beers" to replicate a '10 Commandments' inspired ale. Brewed on 2/15/15, this has been in secondary since 3/10/15, on 1 oz. oak cubes soaked in tawny port. The flavors in the beer...

Hey everyone, quick query just to see all of your opinions out there on pitching sour beers.... I have a vial of ECY01 Bug Farm with a prep date of 1/10/2015, so I want to use this asap before the sacch strains are too tired. I've also got a 6 gallon batch of ECY20 Bug County lambic that I...

Looks like most of their blends are in stock! I may try the Wallonian Farmhouse, it's been out of stock for awhile.

It's in stock!

So I began a starter of some Crooked Stave St. Bretta dregs, and the outcome so far is just weird. I started this one on 11/7/2014, and so far it hasn't gone down in gravity from the original 1.036, but it has: 1. Taken on the consistency of very stringy, ropey saliva. 2. Has a distinct...

I recently made a starter to pitch some dregs from a bottle of Crooked Stave's St. Bretta Autumn, the blood orange. The year is this year's batch. Anyway it's been around 5 days since I pitched and I took a small whiff last night and whoa! Sour yogurt/milk smells galore! Is this normal...

Does anyone have a great 5 gallon AG Barleywine recipe that they have brewed and love? I want to get one started as I know they need time to age. Also I read that with the new understanding of yeast and the ability to make yeast starters, aging requirements are shorter if the right amount of...

So I brewed my 3rd AG on Tuesday, a 5 gallon batch of APA with all citra hops, basically a 3Floyds Zombie Dust Clone ( I can't get it, so I figured I'd brew it!) OG was at 1.067, batch size almost a full 6 gallons. After brewing I pitched my 1.5L yeast starter, using WLP 002 English Ale Yeast...

My first all-grain brew, pretty simple Saison recipe that measured at 1.062 OG instead of the estimated 1.056. I pitched only one vial of White Labs Saison 'WLP 565' and today is day 8 in primary and there is very little CO2 blowoff from 3 pc bubble cap. I had a larger blowoff tube into a...