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  1. kev211

    White cloud on mead

    Im a fairly novice mead maker, but I've been brewing beer for 8 years so I know about floaties, infections, etc. But, I have never seen this, so Im looking for some information. Raspberry honey mead, made 10/20/2021 with US-05 yeast. Hit terminal a few weeks ago and has just been sitting until I...
  2. kev211

    New wort on "old" yeast?

    Ok, so I brewed 10 gallons of my Christmas milk stout last weekend (OG 1.073). I split it between 2- 6 gal fermenters and pitched WLP001 from a starter into each batch. They've finished up now and are sitting around 1.022. Here's the question... I'm gonna keg those beers this weekend and brew...
  3. kev211

    First Big Mead, Process and Sanity Check

    Alright guys. New Mead brewer here. Ive got probably 200+ beers under my belt at this point in time, so Im familiar with fermentation, but mead is a totally different beast. To this date Ive got +/- 3 one-gallon mead batches complete with varying degrees of success. So now that we've got...
  4. kev211

    Hops came back?

    So I cut back my cascade plant about 3 weeks ago after a very fruitful season. Cut it back to the soil and covered with manure. Came out this morning to find that it's sprouting 3 new shoots (we've had a very warm week). Am I ok to cut them back again? What should I do? Fwiw this cascade was a...
  5. kev211

    Golden Stout Tincture Idea

    So I'm gearing up to brew a golden milk stout. Is it goofy? Yes. Do I still wanna try it? Yes. I think Ive got my recipe down, but it comes down to the rest of the ingredients. I'm going to add whole coffee beans, and vanilla beans to secondary. I'm a little nervous just tossing them in without...
  6. kev211

    Is going to be a problem/what to do?

    So my Columbus plant is unstoppable. It's gone up my 10 foot trellis and I'm currently training it back down another line (it's about 3/4down). Well since hops like to grow up it takes constant training which I'm very careful with the bone as not to snap it. Well, today I did. About 3 inches...
  7. kev211

    Yeast Energizer?

    Long time beer brewer, first time mead brewer here... My LHBS carries yeast energizer, but not Fermaid-k or DAP. Can I use the energizer in place of those two? I was hoping to get some mead started this weekend, but would wait if its a better option to get the appropriate items.
  8. kev211

    Samsung Galaxy S8

    Anyone have one of these? I got my wife one last week (got her to make the switch from iPhone). Its a beautiful phone and is scary fast. But Im having one issue I cant figure out... When she plugs it in to charge, unless she shuts the screen off with the lock button, it stays on, and will stay...
  9. kev211

    Beer suck back

    So somehow my hefe that I brewed three weeks ago (has been at ~69-72deg) managed to suck back about 1/2 a gallon of star San water. Don't ask me how, I don't know and I'm not happy about it. About 5.5 gal batch. Question is... Am I good to keg/serve? Or is this beer toast? I don't wanna poison...
  10. kev211

    When to fertilize

    Well the title pretty much says it. I have a second year columbus and will be adopting a rhizome from a HBT member in addition to a few rhizomes on order. My question is when to start fertilizing them. The columbus is off to a good start with a nice little bush of hop shoots starting to grow. I...
  11. kev211

    Coffee Flavor and Barrel Aging

    So I just brewed a KBS clone (kinda) and was planning on barrel aging it in a 3 gallon barrel my buddy just got me. I pulled a little sample the other night and I may have gone a little heavy on the coffee, cuz its definitely a coffee stout. Now heres the question... If I go ahead and barrel age...
  12. kev211

    Minimum Barrel Aging ABV

    So heres the deal. Im about to barrel age my first beer. My buddy just hooked it up with a 3 gal bourbon barrel for a house warming present so I brewed an oatmeal coffee stout to age in it. The problem is, I missed my numbers a bit. I normally boil off down to about 5.5 gals but on this I...
  13. kev211

    What glue to use?

    Im going to be starting a new keezer build with a small collar (probably in the range of 2x4's as I dont need a ton of height). I know from looking at threads here that Ill need to remove the gasket/seal from the chest freezer base and mount it to the top of the collar, but what does everyone...
  14. kev211

    Adding Clarified Coffee to Golden Stout

    Last night I was at Ballast Point and had their new R&D beer Red Velvet. Essentially it was a golden stout, blonde stout, whatever you want to call it with other stuff in it to make it mimic a red velvet cake. On the whole it was meh. But that made me curious. I've had golden stouts before...
  15. kev211

    Kombucha is sludgy?

    So I just bottled my first kombucha. All black tea and used an original gt's to build my scoby. One of the bottles I could fill all the way so I figured I'd chill it and drink it un carbed. Well it's chilled now and it tastes great, but it's a lot thicker than most commercial boochs and almost...
  16. kev211

    Quick disconnect with 5/16" Barbs?

    So Im looking to get some stainless steel quick disconnects for my new closed transfer kegging setup. Basically I want to be able to switch the CO2 line from pressurizing/purging the keg to the carboy cap without having to pull the ball lock off the co2 line. The only QD I've been able to find...
  17. kev211

    BeerSmith Recipes

    Not sure that this is in the right subforum but here we go... Has anyone ever had any issues with the BeerSmith Recipes website? I was on Modern Times brewing's website last night on my cell phone (LG G4, Firefox & Chrome browsers) and followed a link to a homebrew recipe for their beer which...
  18. kev211

    Rice Hull amounts?

    Im brewing a SN Hoptimum clone this weekend and using 1LB American Pale wheat and Im trying to figure out how much rice hulls I should use to avoid a stuck mash/sparge. Does anyone here follow a particular ratio? Or is it basically, "use whats necessary"? Ive used them before, but only once or...
  19. kev211

    My tincture is sinking?

    OK so here's the deal. I've made a few beers with various tinctures now and have had decent success with them. My cinnamon vanilla milk stout was great! But other tinctures with less assertive flavors have had issues... Ive made a honey blonde ale and added a honey "tincture" to the keg...
  20. kev211

    Too Deep?

    Alright hop growing experts, newb question here. This year I fugred, hop growing seems like fun, and Ive always had a green thumb so Ill give it a try. Itll give me an opportunity to get out in the backyard, do some building of a trellis, and grow some tasty treats. So I read a ton of...
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