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I have some dregs from a commercial bottle that has Brett. c. and Sacc (French Saison). I'd like to plate it out and isolate the Brett. Is there a handy way of telling which colonies are Brett and which are Sacc?

So my wife is not fond of the sound the stir bar makes as it spins around in the starter vessel. The ringing/dinging sound it makes is like nails on a chalk board to her. It's not been a real big deal as I have just been putting the stir plate in an unused room and closing the door. But now...

For Christmas I got a two of NB's Saison de Noel kit. I brewed the first one and it turned out pretty good, but I just don't know if I want another 5 gallons. My initial thought was to do it and use some Brett, but I've since changed my mind on that too. I've been trying to decide what to do...

For Christmas I received a couple of Northern Brewer's Saison de Noel kits. I decided to make one as is and the other I'd like to chuck some Brett in. Having never used Brett I have a few questions: 1) Which strain should I use? I'm a big fan of Boulevard's Saison Brett and I read somewhere...

So I got a Northern Brewer kit for Christmas today and when I opened it there was a Wyeast smack pack...oops. Seems it's probably been wrapped up under the tree since early December. The temps inside have been around 70. What would you rate the viability as? As soon as I can finish my stir...

The crop of dandelions that's come up in my yard reminded me of my notion to try making a Dandelion Saison. Mother Nature has done her best to stifle me though as it's gone from 78 degrees Saturday to snowing this morning so we'll see what happens when it warms back up...freakin' Missouri...

I got one of those stainless steel braided faucet connectors from Lowe's, clipped both the connectors off, and pulled the liner out. Crimped one end and attached the other with a hose clamp to the output of my mash bucket. Easy as pie...except I keep getting stabbed by the stray wires from the...

I've started putting together a stir plate and was curious if one of these rotary dimmers would work to both turn the stir plate on/off and regulate the stir bar speed? I've been skimming through various forum posts and can't seem to get a definitive answer (some seem to indicate yes, some no...

Just planning out some upcoming brew sessions and I'm looking for some input. For this beer I'm looking for a pitch black, citrus hop bomb, with a noticeable rye presence. Here's what I've put together so far and would appreciate any suggestions anyone has... Batch Size: 3 gallon OG...

I have a couple of kits that I'm brewing and I'd like to try reusing the yeast cake. I have a few questions and I'm not patient enough to sift through looking for the answer I imagine has already been given. I have an Irish Red that I started on Sunday. The OG was 1.044 on it and I'm using...

I've been going back and forth on what I want my next brew to be and I've finally decided to go with an Irish Red, but I don't want to do just a normal Irish Red. It seems I've been digging a lot of stuff with Rye in it lately so I figured I'd try an Irish Red Rye. This is my initial recipe...

Buddy of mine recently from college won a brew kit at a company Christmas party a few years ago. He's been moving around some the last two years and never bothered to open the box. He moved back to the area a few months ago and was asking me about it. I expect the answer is that the...

So I'm planning on starting a hop garden this next year. I don't have the room nor the soil to do an in ground garden so I've been planning on growing them in containers. At the same time I'm also planning on trying my hand at some veggies grown in straw bales. I recently began to ponder...

In a recent order from NB I got a 5 gal Better Bottle so I can start doing fun things with secondary fermentation. It arrived and when I unpacked it I noticed there was a weird squiggle/pucker looking area in the plastic. Not sure how to explain it other than that and it doesn't seem I can...

Just put the airlock on my first batch of cider. Wife's been on me to make her some since I started brewing. Been reading a lot about it, but just like with beer I had to finally get down to doing it. So this afternoon I put together my first batch. It's a one gallon batch. I used Old...

Well I joined here a while back and have spent a lot of time being a sponge. Actually thought I had posted an intro, but as I was posting a question earlier it said that was my first post...oops. Recently started brewing, though I've been doing a lot of reading and research for about the last...

My lovely wife got me a Pumpkin Beer kit from Midwest Supplies for my birthday (Pumpkin Beer is my favorite seasonal beer). I picked up some pie pumpkins from the store and was all stoked to go. Then I come home from work today and she informs me that one of the cats got trapped in our back...