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I intend to try reusing my yeast cakes. The question is it is worth taking the time to strain out the leftover currants (most likely yes as they take up considerable space).

My understanding is that specific gravity is indicative of the simple sugars remaining. It does not measure the complex chains that the bugs will break down over the course of a year, turn into sugar and eat. So it in and of itself is not a good indicator. It will show when it is safe to...

Are the Yeast Bay items available more frequently than ECY products?

measuring 2 oz is easy with oak chunks. I do it all the time for my Cook Shack smoker (2 to 4 oz of wood chunks per boston butt or 3-4 racks of ribs and sometimes 2-3 4lb chickens).

CSI - what would cause the Simplicity to chunk up? Did I freeze/thaw it too many cycles or store it at too hot of a temperature (been in the garage at 82F for about 2 weeks now after being in the freezer for 3 months). I just finished bottling 10 gallon of Westvleteren 12 clone. At the...

Negative. Chips are essentially shavings. cubes are; well; cubes. chunks are literally chunks of a whole log of oak (look into barbequing - you can buy a smoker that uses whole wood, chunks, chips, pellets or shavings - each is different in size). THESE are oak chunks...

Chunks are another story entirely.... I would think chunks that have no bark have less surface area that a comparable weight of cubes and WAY less than a comparable weight of chips. I contemplate this as I sip a 2013 bottle of the authentic ToD.... Wow - the lactic sour kick is high on this...

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I smell MANCRUSH!!!

It's that waiting part that sucks. Most of my sours are only a few months old with my oldest (60 gallon solera) bugged in December 2013. First 15 gallons will come off of it this December and go onto fruit (mainly from being such young beer). I may bottle 5 gallons of it straight up.

To add to the fun just scored 2 bottled of ToD from Half Time Beverages. I will be saving one for a side by side when mine is "done" and drinking the other. The dregs will go into one of my three ToD carboys with that one marked to see if it makes a difference. Now to figure out which one to...

Good info that they were already sour at 6 months!

I just checked my 3 five gallon batches pitched with Roeselare on 5/18 from an OG of 1.058. They are in a large fermentation chamber set at 69 average (cooling on at 70 off at 68). The 2 on the top shelf (right at the 5000btu window a/c discharge) have a decent pellicle and a NICE pellicle. I...

For those that missed it that is www.rebelbrewer.com. LOL

This concentrate - yes. I have never done a side by side with whole cherries. I just know that whole $12-15 a pound around here as they are not grown here. This stuff is less than $1 a pound. Economics wins for me in this one. Now Georgia an South Carolina Peaches are right down the...

Barrels are quite expensive - use his Oak Cube formula in glass (.15 oz per gallon). Same results at a fraction of the price point. Cherries - this one I have researched quite a bit. The below link is to a supplier that has a few FAQs about how much to use when adding to beer - aka Beer...

This is sacrilege! You will pay dearly for your blasphemy. :D

Stir it all into suspension and pour thru a coarse mesh strainer or chess cloth.

Secondary fermentation AND a properly sized starter are paramount to this brew. Skip either and you will miss the mark.

Cool. So my 2014 is BugFarm should be different than my 2013 BugCounty... Either way I may target the Oude Tart clone with my current vials of Flemish Ale and 2014 BugFarm instead of expanding my 40% wheat Lambicesque (currently running with BugCounty and a 60 gallon conical of Roeselare)...