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The Blow-Out Club, that is. SWMBO woke me up this morning with "Honey, I have some bad news. I went downstairs and smelled bread..." Me: "Oh, no! Which one?" (I have 4 currently fermenting, 2 actively) It ended up being Revvy's Belgian Blonde . I found a thick bubbling krausen mass...

9287 + 5 gal Golden Oatmeal Stout + 5 gal Nut Brown Ale + 5 gal Imperial IPA + 5 gal Tripel + 5 gal Marzen + 5 gal Festbier + 5 gal Ballentine XXX clone + 5 gal Kona Big Wave clone + 5 gal Cottage House Saison by azscoob + 5 gal Sloop Juice Bomb clone + 5 gal Kona Big Wave clone (again) + 5 gal...

I used to get a lot of fuzzy readings, too, but then I changed how I sample. I use a sanitized "disposable" pipette to pull a small amount of liquid ("disposable" because I am finally having to replace it after about a year of use). I flip the refractometer lid the whole way open and "paint"...

Two weeks from now we will host our annual Halloween / Oktoberfest party. On tap will be: Autumn Apple Spiced Ale OktoberFAST Oberon Clone (with yeast harvested from Oberon bottles) Marzen Echtes Festbier The Marzen and Festbier were made in March and have been lagering ever since.

I can't say how common it is because I don't enter competitions but it is something I have seen in specific competition guidelines. It sounds like they were limiting winners to at least "great" beers (35-39, https://www.bjcp.org/cep/GreatBeerJudging.pdf). From a quick Google search...

What flavor would expect when this beer is green? I like to keep tabs on how flavors change with time. I brewed on Sept 14, pitched S-04, fermented high 60s, cold-crashed for two days, and kegged on Sept 29. Pulling samples at present has an overwhelming "dough-y" aroma / flavor. It's the...

I noticed that the Danby DAR044A8BBSL that Costco normally sells for $130 is currently being offered at $104.99 in store. Sign says price is good through 2017/08/06, Limit 3. I could not find any info online about the price so YMMV locally. I picked up two while I decide if I am going...

I just decanted some from a 1L starter that I had stepped up from 3 cans of Oberon. I don't know if I would have gone to "tart" first ... maybe "vinegar-y" but lightly so. Is that would others would call "tart"? The flavor stays during swishing but disappears quickly giving way to a pleasant...

I'm in!

As I posted in another thread recently: I am not a patient man! Now that I think about it, when I was racking to the keg there was a 1" yeasty/cloudy layer just above the cake as if 90% of the trub compacted but the last 10% hung out in that layer. I probably should have left it but didn't...

What do you consider "long term"? I'll use them up in about 3 weeks and want to know if I should move them to vacuum bags and or mason jars in the meantime.

Looks gorgeous! What recipe is that?

Prior to the end of boiling the boil itself acts as a sanitizer so sticking the thermometer in to check the temp during steeping is OK. This is different than at the end during cooling where nothing that hasn't been cleaned and sanitized should come in contact with the wort. During brews I keep...

Well, I'm not a patient man. :) I took 5 minutes of the 14 since I started this thread to grab a bowl, fill with water, and seal up a few bags. I probably could have gotten the vacuum sealer out and hunted down the bags, but that would have taken longer. From the responses and the timings...

I brewed last weekend and have a few half-bags of hops that I want to preserve for a few weeks till my next brew since I will probably be doing the same recipes. I don't have a mason jar attachment for my vacuum sealer but I wondered if I could borrow a technique from sous vide cooking to...

I brewed this on May 20 and was a little impatient; I kegged it from primary after 11 days. Gravity had not changed in 4 days at that point. It has this weird off-flavor/aroma at the moment ... like a peppery hot dog. The flavor/aroma is the strongest in the first few ounces (presumably the 2+...

Got it in a labeled mason jar in the fridge. thanks!

Follow-up question: I ended up harvesting what I could from the spent pack and throwing it in with a can of fast pitch. I have 500 mL of starter with what looks to be what I would expect to the amount of yeast that would have been in the pack. Can I put this in a sanitized mason jar and store...

I usually get the pack going right when I begin the brew process and, if I feel that I'll need a starter, I'll put it in a flask with some fast pitch and let it sit overnight before pitching. This time I completely forgot about the pack until the end. I ended up with two packs, with one...

Brewed a tripel yesterday and got the wort cooled and in the fermenter. My plan was to build a starter from Wyeast 3787 Trappist High Gravity, let it sit overnight, and pitch this morning. I smacked it to activate only to have the exterior packaging splatter all over me. Not a great way to...