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2 days later and the Krausen has fallen, big sweet banana smell from it, I'm getting anxious to use this now.

:ban: Great buy IMHO.

Glad you defined it, I was scratching my head Now that is a damn good idea.

Did you get a REALLY good deal on it? I'm just trying to figure out why you would buy that much DME in one shot, unless you plan to use it all in the next year or so. DME does loose its freshness just not as fast as LME. You certainly don't have to justify yourself to me, I'm just curious.

I always associate funk with the general qualities that go with farmhouse ales. Sour is a possible sub-heading under funk, but I usually don't include it. Grassy, sweaty, barnyard, hay, sweet, and the other smells generated by and ofter attributed to Brett are funk. Sour is the acidic flavor and...

looks like normal suds on the top, I'd guess the hanging is a protein glob.

I dump mine into my compost; works great on keeping the pile healthy.

The Citra IPA is great and fruity. 6lbs ultra light LME, 12oz Carmel 15L, 4oz Citra total and 1/2 oz Magnum. Steep the C.15L for 45min @ 160, add 1/2 Magnum and 60 min boil, add 1oz citra @ 20, 2 oz at flame out (0), primary for a week, dry hop with 1 oz Citra for 5-7 days and bottle. Safale...

Well, even with the small growths on the plate I went ahead and nabbed some, ran in 1 cup of 1.030 for a week on the stir plate, smelled slightly fruity more spice than fruit though, cold crashed for 2 days, just upped it to a 1/2L last night and even on the stir plate it has a 1" krausen on it...

I'm certain it will, I don't normally end up with anything I make that would be aged, it tends to be consumed within the 6 weeks or so following the opening.

Forgot to add (reminded by SWMBO) the pepper taste will be magnified by the carbonation. Remember that hot pepper you ate and drank soda to wash it down with and it intensified the flavor? Same effect with the add-then-taste, if you get it as hot as you want then carb, it will be hotter due to carb.

Second to what Neo said. I grew a large plant and made my own absinth and while it has the flavor, I always got drunk and never saw any of the mind altering effect. One possible reason has been stated that it takes a while for the thujone to build up in the body. Not sure on the truth of that...

Well, How long has it been in and has the SG stabilized? If so, you can pull 12-20oz and prime just that and bottle it so you'll have a good idea what it will taste like. If it is super and you want to, you can then split the batch and go from there. As for amounts, I'd use whole peppers, or...

The only draw back to just dropping them in the secondary is possibility of infection. Some recommend if you need to go that route to soak them in vodka to make a tincture, I've never been happy with the taste from that method. I think I would boil enough water to cover them, get the water...

Both in very limited amounts at the very end of the boil at flame-out. 1 bean will be fine for 5 gallons, you taste will dictate the cin.

Interesting, mine have been at it for almost two weeks now, they grew well the first week and a few white spots, but have since done nothing. Makes me wonder if the bits I had growing did not get a good enough hold or possibly something else. I wanted them to get a bit larger so I could choose...

MoreBeer has an extra light LME that is only 2-3L it is extremely light in color. I use it often for light beers and can get some of my Pales to come out as light or lighter in color than the BMC's. Here in OK that is hard to do since the majority of them are all 3.2% ABV. You cannot get Bud...

No, plating is a breeze. If you are just trying it for giggles, I'd opt for the Hobby Lonny route. They sell a 2 pack plating expermint kit for 2.99 that comes with 2 plates and 2 bags of agar which the box says is good for three rounds (6 plates) but I think it is closer to 4 plates. The only...

South OKC. You should have lots of wild yeast up there, still rather high in elevation and of course windy,

We plated our new friends and have growth. It is all yeast as far as I can tell. No fuzzy stuff anywhere. All small circular white to off-white. However, after a week the growths are all only the size of a pin head or flax seed. I'm not sure how large they as suppose to be so I'm going to let...