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Thanks fellas. As mentioned, the bug farm which was in the same shipment as the ECY02, took off very quickly and had an inch of krausen when I checked about 15 hrs after pitching. The only difference was I pitched a bit warmer and put the carboy upstairs without any temp control. 24 hrs after...

I let the ECY02 ride. I haven't seen any activity since initially reported above. I figured I'll take a gravity reading in a few weeks and see where it is before making any adjustments. I've been sitting on a bottle of JP's La Roja so I may pitch the dregs if the gravity is still over 1.020.

+5 gal Bug Farm Sour 25,524.5

Hi folks! My in-laws are driving from NY to CO later this month. Aside from Three Floyds, are there any other must-see breweries that can/bottle along the way? I'm particularly interested in sours/wilds but all recs are welcome. Thanks!

Weird. I've had a lot of their brews (I'm a Paradox whore,) including Skully 9, and not a single gusher. Wonder if the store is doing something in their storage/rotation processes to agitate them.

Really odd, but thanks for the update metic.

Quick update. I moved the carboy upstairs on Friday and haven't seen any changes in activity. Guess I'll leave it there and take a gravity reading around Columbus Day. FWIW, I brewed yesterday day, pitched ECY01 BugFarm (8/1 prop date) into a 1.053 wort and put the carboy in the same room...

Thanks. I'm leaning towards moving it from ambient basement to ambient 2nd story in a room we don't cool. Hopefully that's warm enough to get things moving but not too hot. Guessing 75-78, on average but the high here today was only 71.

Thanks metic. I am hoping the sacc didn't die, but that is also my fear. If you don't mind, please post an update if you get a change in activity or when you move it to secondary. I'll do the same.

I brewed my 1st sour on Monday and pitched ECY02 around 4pm (no starter) into 1.056 wort held at 70 degrees. I didnt notice any activity until 4pm on Wednesday, and that was some steady bubbling of the wort. That seems to have subsided when I checked this morning, but I never saw a krausen. It...

Which Paradox was it? I've never had one if theirs gush, but I'm sitting on about a case of their various offerings so I'd like to keep my streak going.

25054.5 + 5g Flanders Red =25059.5

No problem, good luck!

Well, my lambic project just moved up to number 2 on the list as I just ordered ECY01 Bugfarm (and ECY02 Flemish Ale) from love2brew.

Getting ready to do my first sours, and picked up ECY01 and ECY02. Anything special I need to know about pitching these? Aerate?

Are you blending it for a gueuze by any chance? That's my main motivation for venturing down this path.

I'm planning to do a BIAB Flanders Red on Labor Day, and I'm also in Centennial. PM me if you're interested!

Thanks!

I've been researching this too. Here is AmandaK's award-winning extract recipe. Alternatively, here are Oldsock's all-gran recipes for a turbid mash and single infusion. I'm going to try the single infusion recipe, but was thinking of using dark wheat malt in place of the wheat malt and spelt...

Bump. Anyone have any thoughts on that?