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So I brewed the original recipe and just tossed it in the keg last night. Smell was super nice and the mouth feel was decent. Once I get it serve ready will be the true test, but so far so good for such a quick batch.

The new version with a pump sounds great. I want to do some small batch kettle sours anyway.

Yeah, I keep looking for ideas for a electric setup to do small batches in my kitchen but I haven't found what I want just yet. I would love to build a small system that could recirculate the wort to maintain temp as well as keeping temp for days at a time.

I’m looking at this to do 2.5 gallon test batches. Also thinking about doing kettle sour batches of the same amount. Will it hold a low temp for days at a time?

If you wanted to ditch the vodka idea you could just take the top off the air lock, toss the guts and attach a hose to the inside and run it to a bowl of starsan. This way if you get a crazy fermentation there is no beer on the ceiling.

Are you looking to just sour the mash? If so, get your recipe and mash in as usual except will a lower water ratio. Once the hour mash is done use ice to bring the temp down to about 110. Add a lb of uncrushed 2row and stir. Cover the mash with clear plastic and put the lid back on. I place...

There appears to be a lot of things going on here. Hopefully I get it all covered. 1st. Not sure what is going on with the "mildew" you have in the buckets. A run of bleach and through rinse with water or just starsan will kill any bad bacteria you may have in a bucket. 2nd. Glass equals...

There appears to be a lot of things going on here. Hopefully I get it all covered. 1st. Not sure what is going on with the "mildew" you have in the buckets. A run of bleach and through rinse with water or just starsan will kill any bad bacteria you may have in a bucket. 2nd. Glass equals 2...

I have a DFH 90 cold crashing right now. It helps to drop a lot of the stuff out of suspension as well as packing the yeast cake down a bit when you transfer to a bottling bucket.

Just ran through all the posts. Love the video link. Can't wait to see how this turns out.

Can't totally tell with the pic but I wouldn't go into panic mode just yet. You are careful with your sanitization procedures, which is good. Just keep an eye on it and taste after the dry hop is complete. If it tastes good bottle or keg. Side note, you really don't need to transfer into a...

Dry hop in the primary, crash cool, transfer to keg. I do this all the time and haven't had one cloudy beer.

I'm not sure why you would want to. generally if you were looking to up the abv you could add some dry or liquid malt. If you want the fruit flavor (and not to start a thread war) you would add it to the secondary (what I do) or the primary (what some others do) to get the flavor you are...

About 4 hours, but I tend to clean as I go.

I also have to wonder about the fg being stable. I would also like to know how much priming sugar you used. The two could be a bottle fatal combo. If the yeast is still alive and hungry and you add to much sugar then cap. Kapow.......

I agree with Anthony. 30 psi for 48 hours and the head you are describing may be the culprit. Even though you keg a beer it will still need some time to get to the place you want. It has to stabilize the co2 in the keg as well as mature a bit. give it a week at the lower psi level and then...

Being a total hop head that I am, I usually run a 1.070 IPA in the fermenter for 3 weeks. The last 5 days I will add in the dry hops. Crash cool for a day or so then into the keg. The beer comes out nice and clear with a great hop smell. Just my 2 cents.

Having made a few of these beers in this style I would first ask what type of mash tun you have. If its an ice chest your golden. What you will have to do is make a mash that is like oatmeal. Your using less water on purpose. Mash in like normal 148-152 with less water. Bring it down to...

How much coffee are you going to use. I really am looking forward to your tasting notes on this beer. As soon as I tried it I started thinking of ways to clone it.

I'm sure its sold already but I thought I would still ask.