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its a 10 gall. barrel. will 5 star sanitizer work on cleaning?

I'm emptying my oak barrel after 8 months of aging and have no brew to refill with. My plan is to rinse, sanitize and refill with water and fresh hops. my question is will the hops help keep bacteria from growing in the barrel, or will this be another problem later on?:mug:

I harvested around 8 oz. of nuggets from my hop vines this year and am looking to put together a barleywine with the. any suggestions or comments?

2011 Harvest ale Grain Bill_ 15 lb. German pilisner 2.5 white wheat 1.5 caramel crystal 40L .5 rye .25 Chocolate Hop schedule 2 oz. Magnum 60 min. .5 oz. Cascade 30 min. .5 oz. Cascade 15 min. 1 oz. Cascade 10 min flame out Primary: White labs Burton ale yeast WLP023-2 weeks...

brewed june 26 2011, 6 Gal. Grain bill 13 lb. Marris otter 1 lb. rye .5 White Wheat .5 Belgian Bisquite hops 1 oz. saaz 60 min. 1 oz. Kent Golding 30 min. 1 oz. saaz 10 min. .5 oz Kent Golding 10 min Original Gravity 1.072 Primary= White labs Belgian Ale Yeast WLP550: 2 weeks...

yeah just trying to dial these recipes in before this weekend, When i'll also be brewing A German bock, with same base malt with German Specialty malts, should be interesting fermenting these side by side. Fermenting at that temp is about what I had in mind so i'll try and keep it around...

Thanks for all the great responses, and I will take all of the advice for this brew into account, not just for this brew, but for future as well. With that said maybe I was a little quick to call this one a Saison. What I am reaching for is a quality Belgian, that is done in the same...

your right this is a British origin grain. The reason I'm doing such a big beer out of this style is that i'm experimenting with mashing 12lb. grain twice in my 10 gal. mashing tun. and boiling down in my 8 gal. brew kettle. All my beers for a while will be done with this method, and I will be...

I,m going to boil this brew down to 6 gal. and pitch the Belgian yeast I read this Yeast will work with the style. I'm going to ferment at warm temps: 85-90*f for 2 weeks primary, and around 75*f in secondary. Yeah maybe i will drop the grains of paradise, I'm not sure of the peppery notes this...

Grain Bill 20 lb. Marris otter (Belgian) 2 lb. Rye malt 1 lb. Wheat 1 lb. Belgian Biscuit Hop Schedule 1 oz. Saaz 60 min 1 oz. Mt. Hood 30 min 1 oz. Saaz 10 min. 1oz. Mt. Hood 10 min. Star anise, and grains of paradise- Primary- 2 weeks White labs Belgian Ale (WLP 550) Secondary 1...

Elderberry, Blueberry apple wine 12 qt. Indian summer all natural apple juice 2 qt. Cider And Spice 2 qt. Just Blueberry Juice 3 Lb. fresh Elderberry ( 2 Gal. water) 2 lb. honey 2 lb. dextrose 2 lb. Californian raisins Boil 1.5 gal. water and pour over fresh elderberries and let...

I will be harvesting my 3 year old organic grown, Nugget, Mt. Hood, Cascade, and Magnum. I'm planing on having plenty rhizomes as there are 11 plants total. I'f anyone is interested in trading, I'm looking for Chinook in particular, but would be open to other varieties.

6 gal. dopplebock Grain Bill 20lb. German pilisner 1lb. caramunich 1lb. caravienna 1lb. white wheat .5lb. chocolate wheat .5lb. carafa special 2 1.25 qt. per lb. mashed @152*f @ 1:30min. mash out 180*f batch sparge hop scheduel 2oz. chinook @ 60min 1oz. Kent Golding @ 30min. 1oz...

Just made the some mistake. End of the year brew, and ended up mixing left over grain. and used 1.5lb crystal 15l. to a 13lb. grain bill. Currently in primary, fermenting away. Is there any way to balance this beer out, or is it to late?

Putting together a German Alt this white labs Cry hovoc WLP862. letting it ferment this winter at lager temps. Anyone with experience with this yeast? This is a rough idea of the Grain bill 9lb. Golden Promise 1lb. Caravienna 1 1/2lb. German munich 1/2lb. Belgian Biscuit 4oz. Chocolate...