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The porter turned out quite delicious. I experimented (on a pint) with adding the Malibu, and it wasn't great.

I cold crashed, added just sorbate, then kegged. The beer was good but the sorbate wasn't 100% effective, and it continued to be a bit active even in the fridge. Let us know if you have luck maybe using sulfate!

... and always remember that answers to your questions here are likely to be correct, but not necessarily the ONLY correct answer (ie... everything is subject to opinion) 1)Fermentation time: Depending on the beer, the fermentation conditions, and personal preference for aging it, this can...

I've used puffed wheat cereal with decent/interesting results. Really added a 'toasty" aroma.

Thank you. I've been reading about cereal mashing and trying to wrap my head around how it makes sense. The lazy (um... let's say 'efficient') part of me says... "just boil it and add it" and the logical part of me says "Ah, what? I'm boiling to liberate starches for my mash, but FIRST I'm...

What's on yours? What should I brew tomorrow? On tap now I have a rich lager, a strong dark ale (think arrogant bastard, but near black), and just finished a wheat beer and a "kriek" sort of sour fruit juice beer. On the way is a straightforward red beer for my friends, and a Haus Pale.

Dr. Malt... that might work in the pacific NW, but if I leave my malt out even overnight it dries out appreciably, doesn't hydrate!

Temperature? When my lid and O ring are coming out of a soak in HOT sanitizer, the ring is much softer and easier to seal than if it is coming out of the cold fridge. Also, sometimes it's just time for a new ring. They seem to get less supple as they get older (*sigh* if it were not so...)

Really depends on the source (store) ... maybe read the label? Sometimes it's reverse osmosis, sometimes it's just "spring" water... which usually means ground water or tap water that has been filtered physically and maybe with charcoal.

I hid it under the bed. Not kidding.

... the bulk cost savings argument isn't quite making up for all these sacks of grain in an 800sqft suite...

Bump? (Sorry)

Ended up with: Rice hulls (50lbs) Flaked Corn (50lb) Cara Amber (55lb) Vienna (55lb) Special aromatic (55lb) Domestic Pilsen (55lb) Special Pale Ale (55lb) A few bits are spoken for, but I would love to split these out. (I'm having difficulty explaining to my lady friend that I really...

Order made... hope a few people will take some off my hands. I'm going to be in trouble with SWMBO otherwise!

Called Canada Malting and they emailed me a list. Minimum buy is in 25kg bags. Interested in splitting any of those? Anything else you want?

Hi guys, I know there are a few other Albertans here. I'm buying a few things from the Didsbury warehouse of Canada Malting. Especially now that I am doing 10 gal batches, I need to start buying more things in bulk. I've been getting my base malt bulk for a while, and there are a few other...

I'm not good at describing colour, but it is relatively dark red-amber, with just a tinge of copper/orange maybe. Slightly darker maybe than I would have liked (ambient light only shines through in a faint red glow... you have to hold it up to a light to really see the colour well.)

Yes. Presumably bottle conditioning wouldn't work so well after sorbate!

I SORT of asked this question in another thread dealing with creating a sweet beer. Lacking much response, I decided to add potassium sorbate to a beer before adding juice to sweeten it ('floris kriek' or 'fuili' style) Anyone ever do this? In a 1-cup trial run the sorbate didn't seem to...