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Did you reboot your computer after your OP? That would have caused Windows to re-index your files for the search. Glad to see that you found them in any case! :fro:

Same here. I use a 60W ceramic for my 84 cu.ft. chamber in my garage. when the garage is in the upper teens/low twenties, this helps maintain my temperature at about 59-60*F.

Can you provide more about your recipe? Grains, boil time, strike/sparge water amounts, etc Just a basic 2-Row with nothing else says about 80%, but without knowing what the recipe was, it is a little difficult to help you calculate your efficiency. Also, if you know what your boil off is for a...

Have you tried doing a search for *.rec files?

Interesting idea, I wish you luck.

I have done this several times, not just for Berliner Weiss, but for Sour Pale and Sour IPAs. Rather than transfer to a fermenter, I do a quick boil (no hops) to kill off anything unwanted in the wort, allow it to cool to about 100*F, pitch a couple of GoodBelly StraightShot probiotic drinks...

I believe that it has to be in the original post. @PassedPawn added it and deleted the duplicate thread. :mug:

You must put prices on items for sale here per forum rules.

Once you pitch your yeast you are better off just letting it go. Sure you'll end up with less beer at a higher ABV, but you can fix the issue with the next beer.

Same fermenter(s) used between the 2 beers? Did those beers turn sour? If not used between, there may be a cleaning/sanitizing issue with the fermenter(s). Without more information it is difficult for any of us to offer much more help.

Unless they are very high in Alpha Acids, I would think the following would be good. If they are high AA (<9) then adjust the bittering hops down by 25%. You can try an hoppy Pale Ale. For a 5 gallon batch do a 1oz bittering addition and a 3oz flameout/whirlpool addition. For a 10 gallon batch...

If you are concerned that you are going to get an infected mead, I would crush the fruit after freezing and thawing it (helps break the cell walls) and splash a little vodka over it. The amount of vodka is not going to significantly increase the ABV of your mead, nor will it add any flavor.

I've found that darker beers age very nicely, but they do develop newer nuances that the younger beer doesn't have. I did a chocolate vanilla porter a few years ago that was really good, but was fantastic after a year. It developed more of an oaky vanilla as the chocolate went from fresh and...

Can't agree more... I've been getting something new every day since I joined the group! :rockin:

I've just filled mine with hot tap water and a scoop of PBW, A big soft sponge will wipe everything away after an hour soak.

I've done two sours with cranberries. Just a word of warning, cranberries have a similar taste to green apples. I got a lot of comments about this on my first one and people were trying to tell me it was a flaw. It gave my first one a nice white wine/apple cider bite that was fantastic! As for...

Is the 10 years between them the cause of the differences? Brewing science has made some very huge jumps since 2005. Take for instance, at least one strain of Brettanomyces has been found to be a strain of Saccromyces and recently lager yeast and ale yeast have been found to have a common...

The biggest issue with a Sour IPA is that sour and bitter do not go together well. You want to brew a high gravity no hop pale ale. Ferment with a clean yeast like 001/1056/007, then transfer to glass or stainless steel and add lacto/pedio/brett and wait 6 months. At that point you would...

That is the only difference. It is the same spigot you would buy for a bottling bucket. You can get a cheap step bit at Harbor Freight, since it is only going to be used on plastic, it should last a long time.

As https://www.homebrewtalk.com/member.php?u=17309 said, it is under a slight vacuum, it will only absorb the CO2 while under pressure. I've never used gelatin on any of my beers, but cold crash them all and they all carbonate correctly. If I'm not mistaken (please correct me anyone if I)...