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I used 1 smack pack, made a starter, then pitched half the yeast into each carboy.

I recently attempted my first lambic-style beer, but I have some concerns now that fermentation is a couple weeks underway. I made 10 gallons of wort, split it into 2 carboys, and pitched Wyeast's Lambic Blend. One of the carboys took off fermenting after a day. Fermentation looked quite...

A Lambic is a beer that gets infected with different types of bacteria. The yeast I used has Brettanomyces, Lactobacillus, and Pediococcus. In a Lambic-style beer aged a couple years, those nasties will hopefully make it taste great. If a normal beer were to get infected with those bugs, it...

I'm not leaving it in a pail. I let it cool in pails overnight, then transferred to glass carboys for the long 18 month primary fermentation. My bugs are already in there. The bugs need sugars to eat, and I'm planning on letting it sit on the yeast cake in primary for the entire time. When the...

I just brewed a Lambic-style beer on Chirstmas day. 70% 2-row 30% unmalted wheat I followed a ridiculously complex turbid mash schedule, but I'm not sure if it's necessary. OG came out a little high at 1.058 I was given some really old Perl hops from a local brewery about 2 years ago which...

A wit is pretty quick.

se2schul good luck with the new forum

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I had some last night. I can't believe that it's only 17.5 IBU. It definitely tastes hoppier than that. There are certainly some big late additions.

Very hard to say without knowing at least the OG and IBUs.

I've started doing this, as I have the capability of brewing 15 gallon batches, but I don't want 15 gallons of 1 beer. You can use dilution, and cold steeping of grains to change beers around drastically. Here's my most recent one. I called this brew a Tri-P-A because with 1 mash and 1...

Forrest, I think it's great that you're trying to look out for homebrewers. Just so you know, this group buy only covered the taps. Maybe some people on the group buy would be interested in buying shanks or handles from you if you can offer a competitive price.

I'm in for 6 of the 525SS. Do they come with handles?

Actually, mounties are not so big up here. We do have them, but they don't ride around town on horses or anything. The closing ceremonies were a little tongue-in-cheek, and showed a lot of Canadian stereotypes. Pretty funny stuff. The question is whether other countries realized we were...

I'm just about to put a ball valve on my kettle. I thought I'd put a T just before the ball valve which would contain a sight glass. I like the idea, as I only have to make 1 hole in the kettle. I've seen the thermometer/sight glass combos, but taht doesn't interest me, as I'd like to use a...

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My grandfather told me that when he was a young man, his friend broke his jaw and his mouth was wired shut while he healed. Because he was unable to eat, the doctor "prescribed" one beer an hour for a week. I think it's quite possible to go 14 days on only beer, but it probably isn't ideal for...

You could use that to effortlessly degass wine. Fantastic!

I don't ask my doctor for advice about beer. Similarly, asking a bunch of beer nerds for medical advice probably isn't the best idea ;)

FWIW, I had no problem getting mine to light properly. I started using it as 23 jets, but it was too much for a 10 gallon batch. It would boil violently. So I plugged all but 10 jets. Works great now, and it's almost too much for a 10 gallon batch. I might try plugging 2 more jets to see...