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I did a fresh pressed cider about 4 months ago and fermented with Cote Des Blancs. No sugar additions and OG of 1.055 FG 1.000. I used 1 campden tablet 24 hrs prior to pitching. The fermentation went pretty smoothly and the cider cleared about 3 weeks ago. I racked to a keg for serving but...

...released in Iowa this week. A great many of us are stoked. Just sayin.

Anyone else excited to see another sour blend coming from our friends at White Labs? This is listed as the 2012 Platinum Strain Series Release for Sept/Oct 2012. Per their site... Blended culture used to produce the classic beer styles of the West Flanders region of Belgium . A proprietary...

I'm thinking about buying a 15 gallon toasted hungarian oak barrel to eventually do sours in. In order to get the barrel mellowed enough to say do a Oud Bruin or Flanders Red funky secondary I want to do a few wines first. My question is, White or Red? Or a sucession thereof?

Right now there is a Wyeast Farmhouse Ale - Private Collection - 3726PC available which sounds great... but I already purchased the Belgian Schelde Ale - Private Collection - 3655PC. Anyone have experience with either that can make a suggestion whether to order the Farmhouse Ale one or if...

Did a search and coudn't find the answer to this simple question. I have a Belgian Golden strong fermenting in primary right now. The recipe I devised includes the addition during primary of 2 lb of sucrose, which is about 15% of the extract and according to style. My question is: Do...

So, blue is a color one does not often see in a non-fruit beer. Woad is a traditional coloring used to dye cloth and is used in Chinese medicine. Everything I've seen indicates it's rather harmless and it does for sure impart a blue color. It may be bitter but I don't have any to taste as of...

So I just got a 5 gallon bucket of hops from a friend (picked today) who knows nothing about them. They are a bit brown and oxidized so I don't really want to put them in anything directly, but they smell great. Any thoughts on what to do? I'm thinking to perhaps do an extract with everclear...

Has anyone seen a recipe or process for making a Biere Des Bruts or Champagne beer? Something like DEUS from Bosteels? I expect it's an advanced item and not one to tackle lightly. That said, I do enjoy a challenge. :rockin:

MSNBC article on the 5 year market share loss for the light american lager. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44460121/ns/business-us_business/

So I just did my 3rd all grain batch and I noticed some straw material in the Belgian Pilsner malt I ordered. It wasn't a ton but more than I've seen in other grain bills. Is this usual for this grain type? It was a Patersbier so the grain bill was 9 lb of Belgian Pilsner malt. I always...

Anyone have experience with this eBay seller or generic conicals like shown? http://cgi.ebay.com/CONICAL-FERMENTER-7-3-GALLON-STAINLESS-HOMEBREW-/300572621900?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item45fb863c4c I have to admit the price is pretty attractive for a stainless conical but maybe I...

Here we have two wheels of Monterey Jack. The one on the left is slightly larger due to increased yield from adding calcium chloride to the milk. I'll be adding calcium chloride to all non raw milk cheeses from here on out. I can hardly wait for them to ripen!

Hello All! I'm a new brewer from Eastern Iowa and have run across this site about every time I do a seach for something specific related to brewing. About 10 years ago I bought the Brewers Best Ale Pail kit with full intention of making my own.. then I got married and SWMBO was not cool...