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2.5 gal Raspberry Wheat Ale 1219 + 2.5 = 1221.5

5 Gallons Kveik Ale 1207 + 5 = 1212

Finally I have an update here. I bottled my beer using 3 methods, priming sugar, carb drops, and lemon drops. For the lemon drops I found the average weight of a drop then made 4 bottles with 1/4 drop, 1/2 drop, 3/4 drop, and an entire drop. Happy to say that none exploded and the 3/4 and full...

1.6 gallon Lemon Drop Session Ale 582.75 + 1.6 = 584.35

0.5 gal Citra/2 Row SMaSH 533.75 + 0.5 = 534.25

7 gallon Solera Sour 511.25 + 7 = 518.25

You know I was just looking at the 60L Spiegel fermenter yesterday, seemed like a decent deal. I think I'll start with the 6.5 and see how it goes. Maybe after the first few draws if I think it's something I'll continue long term I might get a Spiegel. Then it can be a true solera with multiple...

I considered doing a larger quantity, but any non-plastic fermenter over 6.5 gallons is expensive. I got my glass BMB at Northern Brewer on sale for $50. I was looking at a Chapman 7gal or 14gal stainless fermenter but that's $150-$170 which for me is a lot. Maybe if I like the outcome, I'll...

1 gallon porter 294.1 + 1 = 295.1

Did you ever join any of these clubs? I've been looking for an active club that is meeting in person. From their website, it looks like St Paul Homebrewers Club has pretty regular meetings. Nordeast seems to post things on their website, but nothing about meetings. I can't find Minnesota Brewers...

I'm planning on starting a semi-solera brew similar to this in a 6.5 gal glass siphonless BMB. I just picked up that same Wyeast 3278 yesterday. I was planning on using the spigot to bottle 2 a month and just top it off every 3 months or so with a fresh wort from whatever I happen to be making...

I make mostly 1 gallon batches. I use a glass Little Big Mouth Bubbler as my primary since it is 1.4 gallons, it provides room for the krausen. Generally I will fill this slightly over 1 gallon, maybe 1.1 or 1.2 because when transferring to secondary you will always lose some. Then I transfer to...

+1 gal IPA +3 gal Pale Ale = 208.1 + 1 + 3 = 212.1

Now my test is growing more complex. I will break a lemon drop into several pieces and test different quantities of lemon drop in different bottles. This all assumes that the lemon drops are consistent in their composition which I would assume they are. I honestly have no idea how many volumes...

Thats an interesting idea to use lemon extract. Maybe I'll try some of each to compare results.