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When I make mine I use 1 cup grain to 1 cup water. Search for Morkin Imperial Berliner. I have used his process and it works great.

I will be using whole montmorency cherries. From what I have read you should transfer the lambic onto the cherries and to try and minimize the splashing. I will probably add the cherries to the bucket, purge the bucket with CO2, transfer lambic onto the cherries, and then purge the bucket again...

Thanks for the quick responses. Will 3 months on the cherries be long enough?

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I just got 13 pounds of tart cherries to add to a one year old lambic for a kriek. Is it ok to use a bucket as the secondary fermenter? I am worried I might end up making cherry vinegar. I put the cherries in the freezer so getting them into a carboy might be a real pain. Any help would be...

I have a PLambic fermented with Roeselare that is about 9 months old. I sampled it yesterday and it has too much Brett flavor. My wife says it smells like a wet goat. I am wondering if this is because the sample was 68 deg. Will the brett be less pronounced at serving temp?

I just bought 2 thanks.

I have finished mine and It works great for Ales. I can't get it cold enough in the spring and summer for lagers. Hopefully I can try my hand at a lager this winter. If anyone wants any tips on how to convert this fridge let me know.

Sorry it took so long to reply. My garage is insulated and it has been getting into the 90's in Boise. My freezer side runs between 33 and 37 deg. The fridge side has been staying around 55 without a heater. Its not cool enough for lagers however with a fermwrap heater from northernbrewer I get...

Any aroma hop works. Some people even use high AA hops like Zeus. You should be fine with Hallertau.

Check out the brew infuser on northern brewer. Its stainless mesh like a tea ball but can be slipped through the neck of a carboy or put in a keg. Personally I just sanitize a mesh bag and marbles add some hops and let it sink in the keg. I get it back out when its empty.

Thanks, I just wanted to double check to make sure it was possible and that my parameter settings were going to function correctly. I will probably have to mess with the vent running from the freezer to fridge to keep the heater from cycling on all the time. Am I correct that with this setup I...

Does this seem right for the parameters? I would have probe one in the keezer side and probe 2 in the refrigerator/fermenter side. SP1 33 SP2 62 r1 4 r2 .1 a1 72 a3 32 c0 5 c2 inv p5 2 SD 2

I thought the whole point of a dual stage was to control two areas at the same time. Or heating and cooling of one area. If not why does it have two temp probes. I could be wrong but if anyone knows if this is possible and what the parameters need to be set at it would be very helpful.

According to DWYER INSTRUMENTS where I bought my love controller. The pvc probe can only read a max temp of 105 deg. Neither can be immersed. So as long as you are using the probe for fermenting or a keezer you should be fine with pvc.