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I don't have a ton of lager experience-- this is my 4th lager and 2nd dunkel. My first dunkel definitely stalled out at .019, but as my very first lager with the mistake of a small 1L starter or none at all, I can't remember. This time I made a 3L starter on a stirplate and it was very active...

I recently started paying attention to mash ph and making proactive adjustments with lactic. I brewed an ordinary bitter 12 days ago, and using Beersmith's calculator to hit 5.20, added 8 ml of 88% lactic to my mash. 5 gallon batch. My ph meter was reading 4.8 after that, but I don't fully...

Pictured. Most of the bottles have this to some extent. Cloudy white thin film at top of the neck; on the liquid surface and up the glass itself. Breaks up and sinks on shaking. Not sure if it comes back. It's a galaxy imperial black IPA (7.5%)-- to be named Star Destroyer-- brewed about 5...

At the end of December 2018 I brewed a California Common with WLP SF Lager yeast. 1.052 OG, pitched at 60F and fermented a couple weeks around that temp. It has since stayed in my sister's basement in Ohio at a steady 53-54F. The bucket has not been opened since pitching. Unfortunately I...