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My plan is to brew a 5 gallon all extract batch (3 lbs Pils DME, 2 lbs Wheat DME) and pitch second generation Roselare in along with Jolly Pumpkin, Fantome, and whatever else dregs to try and get a very tart beer to blend into other sours which will have Roselare as their primary strain. The...

Going for a cool weather saison with a big body and little bit of roast character. 1.060 OG 34.5 IBUs 32 SRM 10.25 lb Pils 1 lb Oats 1 lb Wheat Malt .5 lb Chocolate Wheat 2 oz Chocolate Malt 1 lb D-180 Belgian Candi Syrup 0.6 oz Magnum (60 min) White Labs Saison III (maybe)...

Edit: Sorry about the vague title. Meant to edit it before submitting. If a mod could make it a touch more descriptive that'd be awesome. Two days in a row my FG has been 1.008 with a SG of 1.031. I let the lacto go for about 3 days first then pitched the yeast with no starter. pH was pretty...

Here's what my berliner weisse looked like last night. Only lacto was pitched. No ale yeast yet. This is what it looks like today. From the pics that I've seen this doesn't look like an all lacto fermentation, looks like some yeast got in there. I tasted it, tastes fine, some tartness...

Does anyone have a method for testing IBUSs in a finished beer? I found this. I would've liked to perform the first method listed but we don't have the UV equipment. We do have an HPLC in the lab but I'm not extremely familiar with it, plus I want to test it in the finished beer not just...

Planning on brewing up a Bohemian Pils this weekend and wondering if anyone's used Munich in the recipe. If so what percent? I was thinking 8-10%.

Leaving out early Tuesday morning to spend my birthday in San Francisco. I'm lazy and still haven't charted out everything I wanted to do. Wanted to come here for some suggestions. Plus anything not beer related that's a must see would help a lot, too. Thanks. :mug:

Anyone ever just pitch Belgian yeast into a regular pale ale recipe? I'm considering brewing 10 gallons and splitting the yeast, one with WLP550. I'm not seeing too many recipes around, wondering if it's for a reason.

If so, what size element and what size batches? I'm trying to figure out if I can go all electric without the PIDs, SSRs, etc. I'm planning on just putting a 5500w in the HLT, but I read on here where a guy had an element just plugged straight into the BK and was getting 3+ gallon/hour boil off...

So I've been wanting to go electric for a while now. The heat is starting to hit here in Florida and I want to get the ball rolling on it. Pretty much have all the equipment minus a few fittings. However, I've never understood how to hook up a PID & SSR. Is there a tutorial somewhere. I need...

This look ok? First time brewing a barley wine. Thinking about adding some more gypsum since the EZ Spreadsheet reads "Malty". Color 17 SRM IBU: 100 Starting with RO. Water Profile: Ca: 85 Mg: 2 Na: 9 Cl: 110 SO4: 83 HCO3: 0 RA (mash only): -31 (3 to 7 SRM) Cl to SO4...

I've never had luck with the BMBF. Always loses carbonation. Basically the only difference between the BMBF and the Beer Gun/Counter Pressure setup is the purge of CO2 before and after the fill. Here's what I thought ... Get an empty keg and put some pressure on it. Use the piece of...

Brewing a hoppy amber, this is my first stab at building my water. How's this look? I would really appreciate any help. SRM is 16 Starting water is R/0. Mash / Sparge Vol (gal): 14 / 3 Dilution Rate: 0% Adjustments (grams) Mash /...

I was looking at elements on this site. I'm in the market for a 4500 w element. The low density is $10.32 and the extra low density is $27.69. Is low density good enough or should I pay almost 3 times as much for the extra low? :mug:

So i'm in the process of converting a keg to a mash tun and i've been looking at false bottoms for hours. It seems like the ones that come with dip tubes are 3/8" and I have 1/2" ball valves. Are they all 3/8"?

The elements will be heatsticks instead of drilling through the pots. I will move them around accordingly. For instance, both in the HLT when heating up my strike water. Probably use the 220v to get to a boil then sustain it with the 120v. I'll just have to build it and work out the kinks...

Got a the march pump 809 coming in this week and hope to use it on Friday. I need the fittings for it and have no idea what to get. I also want some quick disconnects for it. I saw another post where someone listed the part numbers for the QD's, but I still need the valves for the pump. I used...

I work in the receiving part of our lab and today we got in a pretty good size crate. It's at least 4' tall. My other boss (at the LHBS) told me about a guy who buried a broken deep freezer in his yard to ferment in. Now I like a little more control over my fermentation temps but I started...

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