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If the image and background are in the same layer, I'd do a 'select-by-colour' of the background and then invert selection to get the image. For the second problem, select the upper layer (the one which is getting bled through) go into layer>transparency>threshhold alpha and you can fix it there.

Yeah, if you can start at seventy and hold it somewhere been that and eighty, that's your sweet spot for most Belgian yeasts.

You're right, Evan!: I wasn't sure whether the yeast was loose and the nutrient in the packet or vice versa. Nonetheless, these biologist types know their stuff and have probably put some good stuff in the nutrient packet. But your own starter is good too; it has what yeast crave.

I've had one or two that were "puffy" before I activated them, and the beer's always turned out fine. I expect it's just that the centre packet leaked a little and a small part of the starter inside fermented. Do your best to still smack it - otherwise, sanitise some scissors and the packet, let...

Happy birthday. +1 on the red wine glass. I envy your beer selection. -Kai

Be ye warned that American oak is strong strong (harsh) stuff. Think more along the lines of bourbon oakiness than chardonnay oakiness.

What's that behind the Doppelbock?

You're fine. The main reason they recommend waiting 'til post-hot-break is because of the boilover risk. If you dodged that, you're fine.

I wouldn't worry about the pellicle - it seems fairly normal, and I've seen far stranger than that on successful lambics. I'd definitely suggest tasting the beer before considering bottling. Lambics have to be treated way differently than Sacch beer. In traditional lambics, at least, it was...

These are really neat, I especially love the Lilya Brik IPA. What program are you using to make them?

Brilliant.

Ta-da! And here's a crappy cell phone picture of the finished bottles. They're not all in the champagne-style, because at 8.3% ABV one of those bad boys would be an evening.

Mine come mainly from Duvel, although I have a couple from Piraat, Gulden Draak, etc, but our goddamned socialised liquor stores don't carry much by way of Belgians. Even the Duvels are a gradual accrual, because at near $3 a pop I don't get them much.

Yeah, as Spunkmeyer said, it's all a matter of good syphon technique. Watch the end of the syphon (if you're using a carboy) and be careful not to pull anything up. It's better to sacrifice a couple of pints of beer than to deal with a quarter-inch of sludge in every bottle.

No need to try and do fancy stuff in paint (except for bragging rights). GIMP is free (as in liberated AND zero-cost) and competitive with Photoshop (although less shiny and slightly steeper learning curve). paint.NET is free (as in zero-cost) and apparently easy. I can't vouch for it...

I'm not familiar with the recipe; what temperature did you mash at? What proportion of your fermentables were straight sugar? Listen to the Jamil Show on Saison. He talks for quite a while about that White Labs Saison I 565 strain. Chris White of White Labs even makes an appearance. He says...

I brewed a 'tripel' (it was even further from the guidelines than yours) when I was real green that chugged away for about three weeks and still finished high. It was far darker than the guidelines but delicious anyway because of the Westmalle yeast.

To answer the thread title: no. If anything, it can help by getting the yeast back into suspension. As to your current situation, try rousing the yeast (yet more moving) and raising the temperature to ~72˚. If FG stays steady for three days running, your done and can transfer to secondary...

I voted for the first one, but I think they're both excellent designs. Way to convert a crappy situation into pure awesome. I like the crease. The tearing around the edge looks very superimposed. Perhaps add those fuzzy half-torn bits, the usual creasing that happens from tearing, etc to make...

New font. Minor change. Sorry to be bombarding you all suddenly with little images. I'm just learning GIMP and I'm really excited to be making things that don't look (entirely) like MSPaint garbage. Once I know the ropes a bit better and have a handle on what looks good, I'll repay the favour...