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I'm not sure I'm tasting funk....hard to tell with just a small sip from a starter

No, SoS is a delicious IPA but not funky

Mason jar had a bit of positive pressure when I took the lid off, so there's still something going on in there

Good idea. I tasted some, but I don't know what it should taste like. Sort of like beer? Not terrible, but maybe just a bit of funk.

Thanks for the advice. Yes, that is from one can after 3 steps...two 500mL steps at about 1.020 and a 500mL step at about 1.040 using Muntons light DME. These pics are after at least a day on the stir plate and another cold crashing, so I thought fermentation would be done, but maybe not. I...

Hey all, I harvested some yeast from a can of Sip of Sunshine just to see if I could do it. I was planning on using it in my next Pale Ale then reusing in an IPA, but I don't need it immediately for anything. This is my first time harvesting, so I might not have stepped it up right, but more...

EKG is definitely to style

I was waiting for a haircut and my barber (a friend of mine) told his customer that I brew beer. The guy asked if I brew IPA or regular beer.

Mechanical Engineer by degree, but now a client director at a packaging and product design firm. So much for that education...I'm probably using more of it in my home brewing than at my actual job!

I know this thread is coming up on a decade old (!), but I'm just wondering why this is listed as a Belgian Blonde and not a witbier. Not knowing anything about belgian styles, I jumped right in and brewed this thinking it was a belgian blonde. But after doing a little reading, with nearly 50%...

I've been in a bit of a brewing rut lately and have been brewing mostly ordinary bitters, which I love but have been wanting to try something different. Just haven't had the time, money, or motivation to try something new. On a whim, I decided to brew a belgian blonde, although I know almost...

I have a few cases of de-labeled bottles that I haven't used since I started kegging. If I were going to use them, I'd run them through the dishwasher and sanitize them, but they shouldn't need any scrubbing besides that. They're an assortment of 12oz bottles...I can probably part with about...

I made this back in the summer. Kept the beer cold for about a week on maybe 5-7 lbs of ice. I had a DIY write up but took my blog down. Happy to provide more pics and a how-to if interested. The nice thing was that the cooler is my mash tun, so the whole thing cost me about $10 in foam and a...

Yeah, I suppose that would have made sense too! Since Prussia was generally the same region as Germany, and I must have been listening to Phish at the time, it seemed somewhat appropriate for an Oktoberfest. I'm planning an IPA for my brother-in-law, who for some reason I have in my phone...

I don't name all my beers, but if I came up with something I thought was clever, like A Whiter Shade of Pale Ale, I'll use it. Lately I've just been giving my beers names that are people names: Lucy - English Bitter Lucy's Twin Sister (a build on Lucy) Wilson (king of Prussia) - Oktoberfest...

The bar is still open but they're serving commercial beer. I think they're still working on getting their brewery going, but their bar is sort of a museum with the goal of commemorating those who served in WWII. I hear it's a cool place, but I'm in CT so I probably won't find out for myself...

Nice pics! Have you ever been to the Home of the Brave Brewing Company in Honolulu? I work at a design firm and we designed and created the propeller flight trays they serve their flights in.

KCBrewer, I've got a taker, but if that falls through I'll pm you Thanks, John

They're just in a big shopping bag, not sealed. I've never made wine so I don't know how they are usually packaged or what's needed as far as sanitizing goes. Attached are a couple of pics. John

I don't know if this is the right place to post this, but I have a big bag of unused wine corks that measure about 7/8" in diameter. My wife and I brought them home from a winery with the hopes of making cork boards, but we barely used any of them. I'd guess there are a couple hundred. If...