Recent content by Lorax429

Well, I am not going to find out how this would work in the Irish Red I was going to use it for. Apparently I had the foil on too loosely over the flask because a black fly apparently crawled up under it and fell into the starter. Now I have to go pick up an new yeast and have just two days to...

I stepped up the starter tonight bringing it to two liters. The yeast very quickly broke apart and went back into solution to attack the new sugars. It will be interesting to see if it clumps back up the same way again.

I have a starter on a stir plate going of WLP037 and it is clumping together in the most odd way. Odd to me anyway as I have never seen yeast clump together like this before. Anyone ever seen anything like this?

I recently brewed an all UK sessionable SMaSH that turned out very nicely. 10lbs Maris Otter 4 oz of EKG (1oz-FW, 1oz-15min, 1oz-10min, 1oz-FO) London Ale Yeast #1028 Mash 60 min @ 152F, Boil 60 min. Very easy beer to brew which was nice too.

I am planning on trying my hand at brewing a Gose. I am still working on the recipe I am planning to use and in the course of researching this style and its recipes I had a thought occur to me regarding the acid/acidulated malt that seems to be a common component in this style. Many folks have...

Hello all. My name is Matt and I live in North Carolina near the RTP area. I am getting back into brewing after a long absence. Just dabbled before, but now I am older, wiser, and I like to think a bit smarter. I decided I am ready to get back into it and do so more seriously this time...