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So I am aging an Imperial Stout on oak in a corny keg. I purged it very well (about 2 minutes open with the relief valve open) with CO2 a month ago. A friend of mine seems to think that the CO2 needs to be added each month or so to keep the blanket intact? His experience is that when he pulls...

Hey All, Considering entering some of my wild/sours in an AHA/BJCP competition. One beer that I made in particular, I am a little mixed on how I should enter it. Here is the description: Originally a stuck Belgian Quad fermented with Wy1388. Racked to secondary with ECY34 Dirty Dozen. So its...

WTT: Hey all, I have some vials of ECY bugs (some new, some opened for Brett trails) for possible trade.... 2013 Bug County 2014 Bug Farm 2014 ECY03-B (opened) 2014 ECY04 (opened) 2014 ECY34 Dirty Dozen (opened) Considering: Other bugs or other yeast I use more Some exotic...

Ok everyone, Have to tell you about a great act you need to check out in a city near you. Kishi Bashi, a violin virtuoso that uses delay pedals to layer sounds in breathtaking ways, is on tour. Saw him last night in Jim Thorpe, PA and it was an amazing show! A lot of people may have caught...

So I stopped by Princeton Homebrew today and Joe was loaded with ECY34; AKA "Dirty Dozen." Pretty much every Brett in the ECY catalog in one vial...I just did my brett trails, but this vial may deserve something special. Anyone want to help me craft a brew?

Sunday I brewed a 5 gallon batch of a nice light base beer to try out some Brett Strains. Beer was 1/2 wheat, 1/2 pilsner, 20 IBUS with an O.G. of 1.050. I adjusted the pitching rates for 1 gallon instead of 5--25-30ml instead of 125ml. Since its a smaller batch size I am hoping they will be...

So I have a lambic that I started in January with last summer's ECY01 (which I was told was the same as ECY20). Anyway, its in glass now and was planning on aging it for a year. In the event that I move, I have 2 options for the beer as it is now- either 1) try to move carboy to new...

Hey all, Pretty much every recipe I have found for a California Common/ Anchor Steam style beer has Northern Brewer Hops in it. Yes, I know its because Anchor is really the benchmark for the style, but with that said, has anyone tried making one with something else? One of the "C" hops...

I don't know about you but SN beers stick out in a very unique way. Something about the biting quality of the bitterness makes their beer noticeable in a pack hoppy beers. Doesn't matter if its Bigfoot, Beercamp, Torpedo, Celebration, etc. I have read quite a bit about their methods, but have...

So I am looking to develop a good house strain for a wide variety of beers. I would love to use 1968, but have heard it can have issues and isn't quite forgiving (temps, pitching rates, etc.). I want a similar yeast with similar flavor, attenuation, and floc to 1968. Would 1318 be a good choice...

So I made a Saison style beer with an O.G. of 1.076. I have made it the exact same way a few times. I use 3711 and it always finishes around 1.005/6. Well 2 weeks ago I checked the gravity of batch #3 (it was down to 1.000) and bottled. Chilled one today and there is only the faintest hiss of...

So I love making 2.5 Gallon batches. I get to try 2x as many recipes, have more variety on hand, come out with some good beer and occasionally some really great beer in the process. Last month I brewed 2 IPA's because I have a bunch of hops I really need to use up. Identical grain bills...

So I decided to do an extract Old Rasputin Clone--O.G. was 1.092. Anyway after 3 weeks I checked the gravity and it was at 1.030 (with Wyeast 007 slurry). So I racked to a secondary and a few days later pitched a 1.5-2 liter starter of Pacman. This was 2 weeks ago. Today I checked because I...

Hey all, I am going to take a shot at an Old Rasputin Imperial Stout recipe this weekend. I don't have any of the hops needed so I am going to sub: Magnum (in place of Cluster) Amarillo (in place of Centennial) but what about the Northern Brewer hops? I have read so many different...

Hey all, I am going to brew up a half batch of Wildflower Wheat in a few days and the recipe calls for Wyeast 1010. Well....I don't have 1010, but I do have a few different yeasts that may work as a substitutes. I have read that US-05 will work, but I do have some smackpacks that I really...

Hey All, I am going to start my 2L starter tomorrow for brewing a Stone Ruination clone on Friday afternoon. I have a decision to make. I can either go with the Dry English Ale strain that Stone uses for Ruination or Pacman (which most homebrewers use for the strain). I have both in the...

Many places are out of Centennial right now until the next harvest, so I put in a hop order and got just about everything else (Cascade, Columbus, Chinook, Amarillo, Simcoe, Falconer's Flight, HBC 342, Willamette, etc.) A couple of recipe's I am looking at call for Centennial. I have heard...

So Saturday I racked an ESB to a secondary and made a 5 gallon batch of stout. I took the yeast from the 6 Gallon Better Bottle (the first time using one BTW) that had the ESB and just left it for cleanup later. Well I had about 30 minutes left in my 90 min boil so I rinsed the new 6 Gallon...

Hey, I am going to start soaking Jack Daniels oak chips for an upcoming brew and my scale is not here. Can someone tell me how much 2oz is? I have read that 1/4 cup is about an ounce. Can someone dig out their scale & some chips to verify? Best, TF

Hey all, What is a suitable dry yeast substitute for Danstar Windsor in a British ale? Coopers 15g appears to look similar on paper (more so than say US-04)? Anyone ever use them both and care to comment? Thanks, TF