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How long has it been in the bottle? At what temperature? The reason I ask is that often a beer will act like it is carbonated pretty fast, but it actually takes more time to fully carbonate. Try leaving the bottles at 70 degrees for three weeks and then putting a bottle in the fridge for a...

I do have seperate equipment. I just moved the plastic stuff I was using to dedicated brett/sour equipment and bought new for my clean beers. Just a precaution.

I agree that if you ask 1p brewers a question you may just get 12 different answers. I just mentioned that because Chris White knows a little about yeast.

I only rack beers like sours or brett beers that are going to age a long time. All other just stay in the primary until they are ready to be kegged or bottled. I read something interesting in the yeast book. He stated that racking to secondary actually slowed clearing. Think about it. The yeast...

Body in a beer is mostly determined by the recipe. Sure carbonation can help some, but high carbonation in a stout does not go well. Stouts are usually not highly carbed beers. RM-MN had a good suggestion of using some lactose, pr adding some carapils. Also upping some of the caramel malts can...

I do duck instead of turkey. Braise the legs and thighs in leeks, dried cherries and Belgian Dark ale. Mmmmmmmm The breasts get a quick sear in a screaming hot pan until medium rare. Roasted root veggies, and brussel sprouts, to round out the meal.

no you are not going to get sick from old beer. In fact some styles are better with some age on them. I just found an amber ale that was over three years old that I drank last night Any hop flavor has faded out but it was quite nice. I have Several Belgians that are over 5 years old. They are...

I have recently done a few turkey breasts in my sous vide. I am not usually a big fan of turkey but 3 hours at 145 produced an amazing moist turkey breast. Will never cook turkey in the oven again.

Brewing sours is easy, it just takes patience ( which is difficult). If you are interested in. brewing sours then I would highly recommend the American Sour Beers book. A lot of great info in there. Just jump in and do it. The sour blends by White Labs and Wyeast are pretty tame the first...

I have one that I have bottled at least 500 cases with. Just keeps on going. I have a second one that I reversed the metal plate that grabs the neck for bottling Belgians and that one has done a lot of bottles also.

Pay attention to sanitization and they are very rare. I have had one in over 300 brews and it was my fault. I pulled the blow off hose, got distracted and forgot to put on an airlock. It sat in the basement for about two weeks without the airlock. duh.

I would not risk a full batch. I would just try to capture some wild yeast and then do a small test batch. That is what I did and had some mixed results. I took three mason jars with some1.020 wort. Cheesecloth over the opening. Let them sit outside overnight and then brought them in the hose...

It is just coagulated proteins. No worry. It happens sometimes. Here is a good pic. They will float. Just rack from underneath them when you bottle.

I just can talk about the mills I have owned. Do not get a Barley Crusher. Hated mine. I am super happy with my Monster Mill. MM2 Pro. Nice 2" rollers, 1/2"drive shaft. This mill is buil tlike a tank. Easy to adjust, and gives a nice crush. Not the cheapest, but so solid I can see it lasting a...

So InTheBasement (op) I think you got your answer.. hahahaha . Now just decide on which mill to get and how to set it up. Lots of good mills out there and a lot of different ways to set them up. Here is a very long thread to look at. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=159950

No I built it so everything would fit. I used melamine board and iron on edging. There is a switch and a plug on the side that you cannot see, so I can plug in the scale, and turn the mill on and off. I even put a shelf in the cabinet side so that an ale pail will fit with only about 1/8"...

All American Ale Works motor, 180 rpm. That thing is so powerful I think you could grind rocks with it. Not the cheapest, but easy to set up and works great. https://www.allamericanaleworks.com/

Here is some grain mill porn for you...hahahahaha Monster Mill MM2 Pro, All American Ale Works power grinder motor. Anvil scale. VIttle Vaults for grain storage.

A lot depends pn how much you brew. I used my LHBS for years and their crush was pretty good. So I had no issues there. I even had a grian mill someone gave me but it was always coming out of adjustment so I just kept using the LHBS. Then I finially decided to upgrade and did not cheap out on...

Yeah those work great I have a bunch of them for my bulk grain.