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So my $90 microscope arrived today and I couldn't wait to try it out. Pulled a small sample from the harvest I did with a local strawberry. Didn't have any slides, so I improvised with a plastic Petri dish... Any ideas of what I'm looking at here? I see both round and rod shaped organisms and...

Hello, everyone. First time making mead here (melomel) and I have a question. How long does K1-V1116 take to ferment? I pitched in a must with OG 1.118 on Friday. The Tilt I've got in the carboy is now reading 1.085 which seems awful high as compared to a wort of similar starting gravity. I...

Hey, all. I've got a small situation going and I'd like some advice if anyone has experience or plain old input. So, I've got a Brett fermentation going fairly slowly from a co-pitch between WLP530 and WLP648. The 530 dominated from an OG of 1.111 down to 1.030, but quit because of a faulty...

TL;DR - How does one go about predicting when to start a diacetyl rest? According to White Labs, one should start the rest when the beer is 5 to 6 points away from finishing fermentation. That’s all fine and good, but if you’re not using a tried and true recipe, it seems as though it’s a...

After a 13 hour brew day, I ended up with this: Yup, my hydrometer doesn't read quite that high... Diluted the hydrometer sample with an equal amount of distilled water and mixed well to get a reading of 1.110. That works out to an OG of 1.220... Hitting around the 1.220 mark was the plan...

Hello, everyone. I'm hoping someone out there may have a bit of advice they can share regarding stuck fermentations. I've got a huge beer I'm working with right now (1.166 OG) that has firmly bottomed out at 1.048. Initially, it was at 1.129 with adjunct additions up to the OG of 1.166...