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That would make perfect sense, do you think a top half stir from time to time would help prevent this? We do this when we make wine from real fruit and it has never molded up. I think as long as you go with a third firm for the beer to clear it might work. Thoughts?

Hey all just a quick one on the beginner side. I made a Blackberry Stout recently using real Blackberries in the secondary. After 2 weeks in the secondary I noticed a few spots that looked like floating mold patches. Is this normal? And the answer to your next question is yes, I bottled and...

I think its more of a sanitatry thing. I do kit Pilsner as a filler beer if I know that there will be heavy consumption on the horizon. That way I don't have to use all my good beer! If you heat your malt extract on the stove in a pot of water first it will pour right out without having to...

Russian Imperial Stout, all the way. That way I could stop eating and just live off my beer.

Fellas, I talked with my home brew mentor today about the feasibility of cask ale at the home. He said in stead of using sugar to up the carbination use malt for the cask. Other than that it should pretty much be bussiness as usual for the small at home scale stuff. I am dying to try this now!!!!

Riddle me this as an outside the box kind of idea... If I were to brew a standard batch of 5 gl and I wanted to do a partial bottle partial cask what would be recomded? I found some smaller casks on line for a reasonable price. Transfering a small amount like 1 liter and keeping it chilled...

I am always looking for another recipe! I just got done brewing a blackberry stout! Smooth and creamy, naturaly carbinated and it makes me think of how good a cask ale would taste!

Thanks for the info guys!

Anyway, I was flipping through my favorite home brew rag down here in the NC and came across some reading on cask ales. They sound freaking awesome, anybody on here brewing these up? If so whats the skinney? Thanks, any info would be great!

Hey everybody this is my first post on here. I have been brewing now like crazy for about a year," hi my name is Steve and I am a brewaholic"! Anyway, now that I have it down somewhat I would like to improve my quality of beer by making my water more beer friendly. What is a good PH for...