Recent content by badgoat

I currently have 4 55gallon wine barrels aging with sour ranging from 6 months to 2 years. I recently checked the head space and it looks like I have a significant amount of liquid loss to some of the barrels. One in particular smells very funky, almost a little too funky... I pulled off a...

The old bruin is coming out nice. I have it in a 30 gallon american oak barrel. I'm getting nice lactic and acetic acid notes. I brewed and added to the barrel 3 months ago. I feel it can go another month till I bottle. No added O2 because it was in the barrel. Only thing I would change is...

I just brewed with de bom. I'm stuck at 1.040, og 1.057. 2 weeks in. Fermenting in the 80's. Tastes great with light sourness. I have the oud bruin in a 30 gallon oak barrel. Haven't tried it yet. Took off like a champ.

Did you add air during fermentation? I just checked my batch and it's at 1.040, og 1.057...

thanks for the replies! it keeps me positive towards the batch. I'll let it go for a couple of weeks and see where it's at from there.

thanks for the replies. it must be the high mash because I used a refractometer and a hydrometer to test gravity...

btw there is still a krausen

hello this is my first post. I recently brewed a batch of beer and pitched with an old vile of wlp 001. I made a starter using a stir plate. my mash got up to 160 for about 5 minutes then got it down to 152 for an hour and a half. After 3 days the fermentaion was licking. I even had to change...