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Have one for me, too.

I had forgotten all about Billy and his berry punching until just now. He was a funny guy. Good times.

That idea would work, but it would also double your grains (or maybe slightly less than this if you don't sparge but only use first runnings). I've taken two approaches to this issue before. The first, and easiest, is to use all of your specialty grains with as much base malt as you can fit in...

If it's started already, it should be fine. Worst case scenario is it throws a slightly less than ideal flavor profile due to stress from the high gravity starter. But even that might not happen, or might not be noticeable when tasting.

You can verify the yeast are viable by looking for signs of active fermentation or past fermentation (with you hydrometer). Assuming you have active yeast, the situation is not ideal, but I'd just go ahead and use it anyway. I'd also be sure to make a mental note to thoroughly read all...

Hello all. Thank you for the replies. I haven't disappeared or forgotten about this, but life did throw me a curveball that kept me busy for a while, so I'm just now finding some time to delve into these comments. First off, thank you all for your thoughts and sharing your experiences. It...

I thought the 3 prong (120v) outlet in my laundry room was grounded, too, until I pulled it apart during a minor renovation to discover no ground wire in the box. No GFCI, no label, not even a wire to the box itself (although it was screwed into a stud, so wouldn't have done anything...

Thanks for the thoughts. I have a small household, so not doing laundry while I'm brewing isn't really an issue. We can plan around that easily. It sounds like I need to pull apart my panel and see what kind of wiring I have. I'm resigned to either a spa panel or a GFCI breaker, and the...

Meaning that the outlet can be retrofitted, or meaning the wire between the panel and outlet must be replaced? I'm unclear on this point.

Thanks, man. I appreciate the feedback. I'm glad to hear your switch was a positive one. Brew on!

Hi all! First off, there's a bunch of great information in this forum, so thanks for all the good reading thus far. But while I've scoured this subforum and other recommended places, I still am left with a few questions, mostly to clarify or make sure I'm not missing anything, and I consider a...

Congrats! Drink up and plan your next.

If your gravity is stable and at a sensible reading, go ahead and bottle. Certain yeasts have kraeusens that fall very slowly, others quickly. It depends, really. But you're always safe to bottle if fermentation is complete.

And here we had *almost* hit the 9 year mark. Too bad. 😁

This beer is stupid good. If you like barleywines or strong English ales in general, you owe it to yourself to seek one out.

Well, Lovibond is not a commonly used measure in Europe. I'd wager a medium to dark crystal (80-120L) in a recipe like this, but really that's just a guess.

Thanks! Working properly now and order placed. Looking forward to this.

I tried to order, but can't use the code. There's a code "MOMS4EVER" that keeps autopopulating and prevents me from using the ZAM6+2. It's quite a bit less than 2 free, and I can't remove it. Any suggestions?

If straight out of the mash tun taste is what you want, you can ferment just that, no boil, provided your mash out and sparge steps are sufficiently hot and long enough to pasteurize the wort.

Hate to distract from the thread's purpose, but this definitely piques my interest.