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3.5 pH is still within range for a Gose and the tartness from the berries plays with that nicely. How were your mash temps? Regarding salt, that seems to be a point of preference from the judges. I see it both ways where some think it's salty and others think it's light on salt. It could...

I bittered with Liberty and then did a 5 minute addition of Zumo and Liberty. The Zumo is supposedly citrus more like lime and I wanted to try it where a lot of people use Moteuka to get similar flavors. This was a complete split batch after chilling the wort. They were put in the same chamber...

My initial perception of my split batch is similar. Trying to not say too much until they have lagered for a few weeks. I current prefer the Baja batch.

I have used Philly Sour in a cider. It chewed through the sugar and the resultant product was so sour we joked that it was an enamel remover. I was cutting it 50/50 with a regular cider to get something a little easier to consume. Fermented at 75F ambient temp.

Haha, I thought the same way, but now with Modelo going up in cost and my enjoyment of draft beer I will stick to making this one.

I get a lot of fruit from the WLP860. I don't get much hop profile when using WLP860 either. Leaves a residual sweetness and a reasonable german "beer" flavor. I will probably leave WLP860 only for a Helles. I prefer other strains for other german lagers.

Baja is pretty clear at 24 hours after transfer to the keg. Carbonated a little bit overnight, but I had to have a sample.

Personally I think Nottingham is a pretty clean ale yeast especially when fermented at low temperatures.

I kegged my split batch of Mexican Lager over the weekend. One with WLP940 and the other with CS Baja. I let the CS Baja go an extra 36 hours on gelatin in the fermenter before transferring - didn't have time to do both at the same time. Pulled a small lowly carbonated sample and I don't...

Thank you! Great to hear it was kicking. Let me know how it turns out. Post some pictures!

I edited my post I meant to say flaked corn. I think if you use some grits you will get more corn flavor from what I've heard. Worth a shot

60-65% pilsner 20% flaked corn 15-20% vienna 14ibu total about 10.5ibu from Liberty at 60' about 3.5ibu from Liberty at 5' mash low, like 148F ferment WLP940 at 50F for 5 days, then 66F for 10 days. Liberty or Mittelfrueh should be used for this. I use Liberty since it is slightly higher AA...

Latest results - put this one up against 18 entries in the fruit beer category and took home Gold. Did not place in BOS. Still have a few more tweaks to make. I entered my tropical fruited Gose against it. The tropical Gose scored 43 and 41 for a consensus 42. I accidentally served too much at...

Initial feedback of the OYL-014 in my English Mild: Super viable. Starter went wild and made a mess. Possibly overpitched for a mild at 3.5% ABV Fermented at 64F. Had 60% attenuation in 48 hours after pitching. 68% attenuation 84 hours after pitching. Raised temperature to 72F for a diacetyl...

I have been wanting to try S-33. I finally tried Windsor which everyone says it sucks, but I think the Mild turned out well. Let us know how the stout does.

I hear you. I got mine from Brewhardware.com for $2.99/sachet and wanted to have a viable option if my LHBS did not have 940. My local shop now has Baja as well. Yeah we will see. I use stainless fermenters so I cannot see if a krausen is building or not, but have not had any activity in the...

Definitely! I did a 12 gallon batch. Half got WLP940 and the other half got Cellar Science Baja to try it out.

Mexican Lager was a success. The Buckeye Hydro RO was a beast on my well water. My well water TDS is around 255-270 and it was getting the TDS to 13-15 the whole time I filled my kettle. Great rejection rate. I had no idea how to install one of these systems, but I'm pretty hands on and Russ...

3.65 isn't too bad. Your mash pH was lower than mine, but if your makeup water for your sparge or boil volume has a higher pH then it might have had more work to do. I have had great success with only pitching one sachet regardless of what others have said. I pitch one each time still and it's...

You need to use a bait and trap system like others have suggested. If you have eliminated their food source (fruit, bananas usually) they're hanging out in your drains and breeding. You will need another method most likely. I would recommend Gentrol IGR (insect growth regulator) or even better...