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It's been a few years, but when my wife and I were in Brugge, we stayed at the Hotel Cordoeanier. It's really no-frills and incredibly cheap, which is exactly what we wanted. (When we travel we don't spend any time in our room other than to sleep, so we look strictly for safety, cleanliness...

Yesterday I picked up a Wyeast Belgian Sour, gave the brew a good stir, and re-pitched. This morning I see what appears to be the beginnings of a krausen. Fingers crossed....

One vial of White Labs Belgian Sour (WLP655).

Both. And definitely not a leaky seal on the bucket, as I am using a carboy. As far as timeline, are we talking days (5 have already passed) or hours? I just need to know if I have time to order, or if I need to take a road trip to a supply shop somewhere.

I brewed a Flemish Red recipe on Sunday afternoon. As of last night, there has been no fermentation activity of any kind. I've been brewing for over 16 years and, while I've had stalled fermentations before, this is the first time I've ever had no fermentation at all. My question is in regards...

The current guilty pleasure in our house is Ringer. It's insanely stupid, but we keep right on watching. We also watch a lot of the cooking shows mentioned in this thread, but I wouldn't characterize them as guilty pleasures.

Similar, but different, I make my favorite Porter recipe, and then after fermentation I rack to a secondary and add in 5 cups of brewed coffee (cooled). I imagine the end results are pretty much the same as LuthersLagers' method. Cheers.

I'm in!!