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Ok. Thanks everyone for your input. it looks like then I'm doing everything fine in the mash than. And I am very careful to avoid splashing and disturbing the wort post fermentation. The only thing I can possibly see as accelerating any staling reactions would be when I transfer from the carboy...

yeah, I think as soon as my normal gravity beers are fully carbonated I'm going to throw them into the fridge to keep them from going bad. I'm just not quite sure to do with my higher gravity (1.060 - 1.080) to ultra high gravity (1.080+) beers after carbonation. Which I tend to brew a good...

I am having issues with my beer lately and am having trouble pinpointing what is going on. Recently I have been making some really tasty brews but have been noticing sort of a progressively staling taste or the beer just seems to be getting worse over time which is the opposite of what I...

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well I'm still nervous to taste but in a week or so I'll let you know how it goes. right now it smells fruity but we'll see. Still a slight funk

So I read part of the sticky thread in wild brewing and decided to venture into the unknown. about 9 days ago I went along with brewing as usual and decided to keep a glass full of wort and leave it sitting overnight uncovered. The next morning I covered the thing up with tin foil as...

Thanks for the heads up. Mine seems to still be clearing and am no hurry to get it out of the fermentor. I'll definetly take your advice and let it be for a couple weeks or so. The sample sure was tasty though! Might as well let it get tastier.

hey, just as I was taking a sample of my 570 brew my phone/email went off informing me of your post. crazy! anyway, My sample ended up reading 1.007 and will take another reading in a week and will most definitely bottle since this thing has attenuated at 88 percent and I really didn't use too...

I'm not sure if or how flocculation affects autolysis. I wouldn't worry about it though. I always leave my beer in the primary anywhere from 3-6 weeks and have never had any problems. There are many people that do the same and if anything the beer will turn out better when you keep it in the...

haven't dumped yet. I probably will do it in increments just because the yeast is already starting to floculate. This strain gets the job done quick!

I brewed with 570 on the 8th and your right. The krausen will take eternity to drop. I can tell you now that it is finally starting to clear after 3 weeks in the primary. I'm just going to let mine go for another week in the primary then bottle and age for 3 weeks. After that I'm just going...

Thanks indigi. appreciate it

I brewed a belgian strong the other day and decided to incrementally add sugar throughout fermentation. The problem is that I added sugar the first day of fermentation then got called into work for 4 days. I'm almost positive I'm ok to do this but can I just go ahead and add the remainder of...

So I came home today and found my blow-off tube and stopper on the ground but lucky for me the mess wasn't all that bad. I did learn something though and thought I should share so it doesn't happen to anyone else. If you're going to attach a hose to the stem of an airlock, make sure that...

You're right bobby. I didn't take into account that my brews have all been done indoors. I'll probably find out quickly the steam you're talking about with my new kettle and burner I got today!:rockin:

With my engraved pot I had no issues at all seeing the markings. I just moved the break material to the side with my spoon.

I don't know about engraving but I did read another thread today about someone simply using a screw driver and a hammer to make dents to mark each gallon. That might be a easier although it would be nice to see the marks labeled. But I suppose if you wanted to use a dremel I see no harm in...

So I just cracked open a saison IPA that has been in the works for the last 4 months or so and I am loving life. It's the 3711 which is the first time I've used it and I'm absolutely a fan. it has been in the bottle for only a week and it tastes out of this world. This recipe is nothing fancy...

Awesome! I will do it. Whatever happens I can always count on getting beer out of it.

It is a French Saison. Yeah I have yet to actually even have a taste of this particular strain. So it's kinda a big unknown on whether or not this yeast would work with the pumpkin flavors. Maybe I should just wait until I taste the saison I have going in the fermentor right now. As far as...