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Hi Everyone, I'm a long time beer maker, but novice when it comes to cider making (1 batch). I just had the Crispin Brown's Lane and (despite the fact that it's a Miller/Coors product) really enjoyed it, and was hoping I could make something similiar on my own. My question is, obviously I...

I'm in the same boat as laserghost... found this thread too late, but would be down if you did it again!

Hi All, I was wondering if anyone had any info or experience on bulk aging brett beers vs aging them in their bottles. For the most part I tend to leave a brett beer in the secondary for at least 3 months before bottling them up, but I've also heard of folks bottling after two weeks and then...

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Thank you all for your relpys! I'm thinking (and would love some feedback) that, being a 1.048 wort, I'll pitch a decent sized lacto starter and just the vial of wlp550 (Belgian Ale) into my primary, then add a vial of brett brux and a vial of brett lambicus into my secondary a week or so later...

Hi All, I'm not new to making sour/tart/wild beers. I've got 3 going right now (sour rye stout, funky dark saison, american kriek), but traditionally I've used either 1 isolated strain like brett bruxellensis, brett lambicus, etc... or I've used a already mixed pitch like ECY-20, Roeselare...

Thank you both! Super helpful answers and a great place to work from, I really appreciate it

The Kuhnhenn Eisbock has a very real, full, jammy flavor to it. I've worked with artificial flavorings before, and this doesn't have that feel to me. So I'm guessing they use real fruit. Also, being such a highly regarded beer (97 on BeerAdvocate, 100 on RateBeer) I assume they're not opposed to...

Hi All, I'm trying to make a beer along the lines of Kuhnhenn's Raspberry Eisbock, which, for those of you that have never had/ heard of it, is a 15.5% eisbock with this wonderfully jammy, fairly sweet flavor. I can do the eisbock part of this, but I just don't have enough experience fruiting...

Hopbacks do only use leaf hops to the best of my knowledge, but I would not be opposed to using them (I actually quite like the idea).

Hi All, Lately I've been thinking about reworking my end of boil/ cooling process and was hoping to get some opinions on the different options I'm considering (I'm sure there are plenty of you all out there that use one of the two methods I'm thinking of). The two options I'm considering are...

Hey All, I have a question about water treatment and through all my searches I couldn't really find what I was looking for. I'm getting ready to brew a pale ale (a fairly hoppy one along the lines of a Hillfarmstead Edward or a 3 Floyds Zombie Dust) and traditionally I use the Bru'N Water...

Hey Everyone, I know Beersmith does a calculation on how many IBUs are calculated from first wort hopping, and I also know that the general agreement is that the bittering from first wort hops is perceived less than you'd expect from the calculated IBU's. My question is does anyone have any...

Hey All, Quick question. I have been putting together a chest freezer keggerator (so I'm still a n00b at it) and it's time to go from 1 tap to 4, so I am going to get a Co2 distributor, one of those 4 or 6 way models with the valves. My question is more related to pushing beer than...

I know I know.... I should have more than 1 stir bar... But I don't... And to make things worse I started looking for it while I was making my starter... So I successfully avoided any boil overs while looking for the bar, but my question is, Im going away for the weekend, brewing Monday...

That's how I was feeling too

Were it wyeast, I'd sanitize the package, but with with white labs, everything is under the cap and usually no yeast touches the package...

Ok, so i was making a yeast starter tonight... Boiled it, cooled it, then when I was pitching the yeast (wlp090)... I accidentally dropped the whole White Labs vial (the physical vial) into the flask... So my question is what are the odds i contaminated the whole thing and what should I...

I have a Sanyo 4.3 cu ft mini fridge that most internet forums say won't fit a carboy, but I fit a 6.5 gal carboy and 3 piece airlock with about an inch to spare... I did indeed cut most of the plastic shelves off the door, but that panel screws off and can be done easily (I would have loved to...

Haha, Revvy, I really am sorry... you've been very helpful, I'm willing to accept that I was a jerk. So your saying I can use the dry yeast dry, and just use a few grains, as opposed to rehydrating it first... is there a benefit to rehydrating it first? Also, on a sidenote, can I use this as...