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What is the lower range to secondary a Roselare Flanders Red? Room is at 57 now with a possible few degree drop. The Beer is about 10 month old and I have no intent in getting into it for a long time, but I don't want to drop the bugs and yeast out.

No real point to the thread other than sharing excitement of joining the sour world. I did the Flanders red based on the recipe from sparrows book. I did an ok job following the infusion schedule. Boiled for two hours. And ended up with a 5.25 gallons of 1.054 wort. I was shooting for 1.050 so a...

When iced into you home for now day 3 you have plenty of tasty beer available. Technically I could get out of here but it's not worth it.

I have a question for the Kombucha brewers. I have a friend that has made Kombucha for a little while now. She has recently said that she has been getting a lightheaded, and feeling while drinking it. I know from the beer world that fusel alcohols can be produced from fermenting too warm. Is...

Below is the information I received from Wards labs. I've done a bit of reading, and messing with the brun spread sheet. Where I am hitting my head a bit is the chloride. Am I a bit against the wall with having the chloride starting at 100? I know this is a very high starting amount. While...

I've been working on a garage/guestroom/awesome room. I'm now up to the point of working on mechanical and would like some help planning a serving station. I have a good sized closet that I will put my chest freezer in, I currently own a 7cu holiday chest freezer that I would like to use. A...

I brewed an Old Rasputin Clone a few weeks ago. Recipe as stated 15.25 Pale Ale Malt 1 Crystal 40L 1 Crystal 120L .5 Chocolate .5 Brown .25 Roasted Barley Mashed at about 152. Thermometer was calibrated before this brew day. Boiled for about 2.5 hours and 2lbs of extra light DME to reach OG...

I have noticed something that is odd to me when measuring the og with my refractometer. Like I am sure most are, it has brix on the left side and gravity points on the right. An example of what is messing with me is this. Todays beer ended with a brix of 23, which on the right side of the...

My future wife and I are looking to brew a beer right around our wedding( May 15) to age for a year then open on our anniversary. I'd love to get some ideas on recipes. I am leaning towards a belgium style ale, maybe a dubble. My mash tun is 5 gallons, so that limits the amount of grains I can...

How do you know the length of time that a beer should be lagered? Is there anything to look for in the beer, any gravity changes happening? Or is it dependant on the style of beer that is being lagered? Etc, Etc.

I am wanting to learn the specific taste profiles for the main hops varities that are available. Is the best way to achive this to do many simple brews such as the AHS Just Beer Kits that contain "Carapils (for body), 2-Row, and malt extract" and one hop variety? Is there other better ways to...

I will be brewing my first lager on friday. I don't have a stir plate so I see that I should plan on doing a gallon starter. I will be doing an partial mash 5 gallon recipe using LME and steeping grains. The yeast is White Labs German Lager wlp830(one vial came with the kit). I am planning on...

Quick intro, this is my first post hailing from Cleburne Texas. This will be my third extract brew. The first two were a mini-mash from AHS this one was accidentally ordered as the normal extract. No big deal. Ok now down to the question. After the wort cooled to about 78, I poured it into...