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Last night, after I had already boiled DME for a starter, I remembered there's another homebrewer in town. I'm willing to get he had some slurry or a yeast packet. Woops!

Ah, that makes sense. And it's also not at all what I've been doing.

That's plausible, but at what rate? In this case, I was venting it maybe twice a week. If that level of fermentation continued naturally in a finished and bottled beer, gushers would be a constant problem. I can buy that some very mild fermentation might continue briefly, but that off...

It's certainly possible. I more or less rules that out because the slurry was used once without causing an infection in that beer. I might have picked a speck of dust up off a table or something, or maybe a bit clung to the inside of my funnel. Who knows? I do truest my storage process -...

Right. And that's very sensible. The CO2 is coming from somewhere. It's disappointing, but okay. I guess it gives me an excuse to revive the 'ol Charles Wells! I'll get a starter going this evening, which will give me plenty of time to finish it before pitching Sunday. Side note: This...

I've had yeast survive several months in the fridge. I keep them in sealed 1.5L juice containers. This slurry is alongside a half-dozen containers that are fine. I guess it probably is an infection... I just don't have a chance to get to the LHBS before this weekend (when I hope to brew an...

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It's just us-05, and the slurry is only a couple of months old. I find it really hard to believe it's fermenting, but I wanted to see what the community thought. I'm guessing it's off-gassing. Certainly, an infection seems possible, so I really wanted to hear if it's common. It sounds like...

Hey folks, I've got a question for you. I have a sealed container of yeast slurry in my fridge, and it's pretty consistently building pressure in the container. Whenever I see it, I crack the container and vent the gas. Do you think I should be worried? It still smells fine and it...

I worked in a grain elevator for a while, and grain dust is quite hazardous for your health. And it is also quite explosive. Not that I'm going to encourage anyone to risk their health, but I will say that the small amount of grain dust a homebrewer is exposed to is just peanuts compared to...

@christyle, I've been trying to think of a nicer way to say that. There are a lot of blue collar heroes in here (I don't mean that in a sarcastic or demeaning way; I just can't think of a better term). I do think this has become the more interesting part of the thread, and I'm curious to hear...

Now that you mention it, I think I had a couple of drafts over the summer that weren't quite the same. I didn't think they were bad either, but I remember thinking they were noticeably different. At the time, I thought they must have changed the hop schedule somewhere, and I recall the hop...

Did any one else see this? I think it's laudable they're this focused on quality. I wish more breweries were willing to dump bad batches. With that said, am I the only one that wants to try it? Full text:

I've been meaning to comment back in on this point, so thanks for the reminder! I can get Sam Adams, Leinenkugel, and Schlafly (when it's on sale) for less than $10 where I'm at. $10 is common here, and that includes Sierra Nevada, Oskar Blues, and what ever else they have on the shelf. It...

Thanks for sharing this.

Sooo... clearly they have excellent brand recognition and marketing.

Clones on HBT: Stone Ruination - 660 replies; 226,389 views Enjoy By IPA - 232; 65,575 Sorting replies, that's two beers in the top 80 on our own webpage. Again, they're not my favorite, and I'm not going to try to speak for anyone else's preferences. But clearly, they do make good beer.

What craft beer are you buying that costs less than $10 for a six pack?

It looks they are not publicly traded. However, they did bring in a new CEO, Dominic Engels, in September of this year. Knowing this, I view these layoffs as a good thing. Engels is clearly an experienced executive. The original owners remain in leadership positions, but they've handed...

Is Stone publicly traded?