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Long story short, had a railcar come into work with some hard red winter wheat left in it. They just dumped it and moved on so I went back and scooped up about 150 pounds of wheat. 150 lbs of wheat would make ~30 batches of wheat beer, so my question is, what sort of interesting recipes should I...

Barrel Aged Belgian Quad Triticale IPA with Columbus, centennial, and simcoe hops Voss Kveik with simcoe/Amarillo French Saison Belgian triple 9652+25=9677

I mashed on the grains and when I went to transfer the liquid out my spigot clogged. I'm thinking of dumping it into another bucket and straining it through my BIAB bag. My question- is oxidation bad when it is going to be distilled in the next step? Or- do I put some CO2 in my empty bucket...

I plan on brewing Ballast Point's Tripel. Recipe here-https://www.ballastpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Belgian-Tripel-All-Grain-Recipe.pdf I was then thinking of souring it with Wyeast 5526 (cherry pie flavor). I have one fermentation vessel and don't want to tie it up for as long as...

My experience with oak- Oak chips- Adds oak flavor in a hurry, but ends up tasting like you dry hopped mulch. Still tasted better than the English hops in my ESB (apparently I'm not a fan of EKG hops). Oak Cubes- Bought medium toast French/American/Hungarian cubes and boiled them for 10 minutes...

Periods of abstinence... I brewed 30 gallons worth the two months before my kiddo was born, thinking it would be enough for one beer a night for the first 6 months. Tapped my first keg at the start of month 4. Really glad I closed transfered all of these beers. Other than that, I dont drink...

Looking to spend ~$400 and need help deciding between the two grain mills below- FWIW- My previous mill experience was with a borrowed Barley Crusher from a coworker and it definitely had the spinning, lack of grabbing grain problem, so the bar was set pretty low. The two options I am...

5 gal IPA 5 gal French Saison 5 gal barrel aged stout 5 gal ESB 5 gal Smorz beer 5 gal Arrogant Bastard clone 5 gal Pliney the Elder clone 5 gal Belgian tripel 5 gal Belgian quad 8273.5+45=8318.5

Using crown caps. Going to try sealing them with wax not necessarily for oxygen sealing, but because they will look cool. Crayons and glue gun sticks are pretty cheap for making a gift look cool! I was just wondering if I tipped them upside to dip them if that oxygen would get my beer, but your...

Nothing like reviving an old thread! Has anyone experienced any negative oxygenation from turning their bottles upside down to dip them in wax? I plan on using 22 oz bombers so the air pocket should be very small, but I'm curious if it'd be better to dip or use a spoon to pour the wax on the...

Long story short, went to brew a belgian quad, got distracted by a hospital visit, came back, and my wort (post sparge/pretty boil) is sour-ish. How do I rescue my recipe? It is 8 lbs of pale malt and 7 lbs of pilsner malt. Do I even add the candi syrup? Do I brew my quad as normal, and if I...

Have any of these sites continued their holiday sales? Looking for a grain mill now that black friday is over. Do any of the sites normally have a 10% or 15% off sale for Christmas?

Looking to add on to my current setup, maybe try some new techniques and figured I'd ask if anyone has any of these items that they aren't using or would be willing to part ways with for a reasonable price before I go out and buy it new. Looking for- Oxygenation stone Yeast starter setup 11.5"...

I mixed up my 5 letter fermenter brands that begin with S... I have a Stout brand fermenter (picture attached). I opened it and let the yeast slowly drain out. About 15 minutes of letting the (painfully slow) yeast drain out until I got a flow that could go through my transfer tubing. I filled...

Definitely have never tried it. I believe I have a spike stainless conical. What pressure should I use? Or would it be better to pressurize a keg and use that to blow it through, as if I was doing a closed transfer?

Went to transfer my beer from the fermenter to the keg, doing a closed transfer out of the sample port, and it (for the second time) was clogged with yeast/trub. Any ideas or solutions out there? Is the best way to sanitize a coat hanger and poke through it from the top? I also tried cold...

It is also now bubbling. Not bubbling like crazy which makes me think the S05 is kicking in. I don't think aerating it would have got the S04 going, right?

I took the mason jar out of the fridge at the start of my brew day, probably 6 hours before pitching, decanted the old separated out beer, and let it warm up. I did not check gravity before pitching the packet of S05- I was too busy not worrying and relaxing while having a home brew

Not sure I get the "out of the 2 day window reference", but you had me entrigued at "rugby"! I caved. I aerated with a wisk and pitched a packet of S05. Cheap insurance! The wort had some foam on top as if there were a couple of active cells, but not enough to ferment. I'm going with tenperature...

Just got home from work and no bubbles.