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Thanks for the response. I realize that diacetyl is a chemical byproduct, but is it possible that it would exist in my lines or anywhere else plastic and impart flavor onto my next beer? The Lacto I used for my BW could have produced the diacetyl and I am worried that its flavors will...

I recently dumped out 3/4 of a keg of a Sam Adams Summer clone that clearly had a diacetyl problem. After doing some reading I am assuming the issue may have stemmed from my berliner weisse that was in the kegerator previously. I would like some advice on making sure I eliminate all diacetyl...

A couple of months ago I brewed a Berliner with lacto d. and a week later added kolsch yeast. When I kegged, i saved the yeast from the bottom of the carboy and put it in a 1 g. jug. It has since been stored in a mini fridge. It smells decent. What would you guess is still viable in it...

this might be a topic for the sour forum but i had a question about putting my berliner weisse on tap. i have a single tap kegerator for homebrew. i brewed a berliner weisse with the intention of bottling it. out of pure laziness i no longer want to bottle it. are there any potential...

Sorry if this is too off topic... but. I picked up a bottle of OA last week and noticed a large amount of yeasty sediment. I assume at least some of this is the brett yeast. I was thinking about trying to make a starter with this and do a full or partial brett beer with it. Has anyone had...

Here is a close up. ipad camera sucks. Or Im a crappy photographer.

Here is the fermenter w my Berliner. Thick and frothy up top but barely any activity in the airlock. Sacc was pitched a week ago.

So i pitched my wyeast kolsch yeast starter about 1 week ago. there is still a foamy thick krausen at the top. fermentation has slowed down considerably - 1 bubble per 15 seconds. i have not tasted it or taken a gravity reading. I gotta say im a little surprised about the krausen considering...

i checked on it today and it was warmer than it should be. i backed off the heating pad and will try to cool it off a bit. the smell is mostly normal fermentation with a slight sourness. it is in my bedroom as this was the only way to hit the target temp for these few days. not looking...

so i brewed my bw today. everything went well, no issues. even managed to hold the temp in the 90s range. just one thing - i pitched lacto, no sacc (yet). it looks and smells like normal fermentation. im not sure what exactly i expected, but something different. is this normal?

So I thought of another question that I haven't seen posted anywhere: After a few days of just Lacto, I will obviously be pitching Sacc yeast. I haven't read of anyone aerating the wort/beer when pitching it, but O2 is important for Sacc. Do people aerate when pitching Sacc in this scenario?

Thanks for all of the suggestions guys. I decided to scrap the idea of addirional lacto from grain and will also skip the hops in the mash. I just cooked up my lacto starter. I used my kegerator to flood the 1g jug with co2. The plan is to brew and pitch lacto Sunday and then pitch Sacc...

So I am about to take a shot at my first sour(ish) brew and after a bunch of reading I think I finally have my plan pretty much drawn out. I would love some insight/suggestions/tips from those that have experience in brewing sours, specifically Berliner's. I picked up a Lactobacillus D. and...

Well I just started doing this 2 brews ago, but I just lifted the bag out of the boil and let a bunch drip back in. I know you do not want to squeeze grains in a bag back into your boil, but as far as I know, there are no side effects to squeezing a bag of wet hops back into your boil. Anyone...

This is pretty much what I do. No where near this nice though.

I had a similar problem. Even 2 oz of hops clog my bazooka tube. I have tried using a very fine mesh bag in my boil and just throwing the hops in there. The oils can still get through, but the actually leaves and pieces of pellets stay in the mesh bag. I've had decent results with this.

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Thanks to the OP. Went to NB 2 Summers ago (along w/ 6 other local breweries) and had an amazing time. Waiting for the day that these guys distribute to MD.

I don't have chickens, so I decided to pop a squat in the back yard... Anyone want to try my new hybrid brown hops?

Not really here to offer any advice but oddly enough, 3 years ago I bought a magnum and a cascade. Magnum grew quickly and pretty well. Cascade never came up. Bought another Cascade last year. Nada. Just weird that we ordered the same hop rhizomes and the same thing may happen... :confused: