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I way overshot my pre boil volume, which I attribute in part to some changes in my practices after realizing I was leaving wort behind in my mash tun. So now I have a good amount of leftovers after sparging, which I have boiling away next to my main batch. I took 1.5 gal of the excess(definitely...

Think I have some of the answer, wanted to check here. Finally made the jump to kegging and started out with faucet adapters to help reduce initial costs. From reading around it sounds like since it’s hooked right on to the keg, I should run at a pretty low psi for serving which makes sense. I...

I have a bunch of Maitake in my freezer, been reading The Homebrewer’s Almanac and Radical brewing which have gotten me interested in using mushrooms in beer. Anyone with experience or suggestions? I started a tincture tonight via radical brewings instructions for their chanterelle ale, just...

I have each of these on hand and am thinking about co pitching them in a pils/wheat 1.050 ish sour beer. I’ve used 644 but never 645, descriptions seem to have some overlap. Anyone try this, or have experience with both? Searched around a bit and haven’t found anything.

Happy new year all Another extract brewer looking to go all grain. I'd love to be able to use my fancy schmancy induction cooktop we just got a couple of months ago, and I would further love to do BIAB. I'm looking at a 10 gal kettle which is induction compatible for 5 gallon batches. My...

I have a Mead I bottled last week which I Mead with Voss kveik, with all nutrients added up front due to expected fermentation timeline. Noticed the Mead itself was bubbling for a while, which I assume is maybe excess C02 production? I did get some sulphur early on. Bottled after a month, and...

I've been wanting to try making a smoked beer, and originally was going to do an extract recipe with steeped smoked malt. But I think this might be a good opportunity to try out a partial mash. Below is my rough plan for a PM Stjordal style beer, stealing ideas from Historical Brewing...

I've searched here and Google, haven't quite found an answer yet. So thought I'd ask here as maybe it could help others. I'm wondering about best methods, if any, for purging oxygen for those of us who do not yet have CO2. In this instance, I am asking most specifically about after either: 1...

I have some WY5526(Brett lambicus) that I am going to make starter with per the modern fast and funky methods, link to that thread below. If I overbuild the starter, can I retain a portion to keep and build again just like Sach? My suspicion is yes assuming proper methods, sanitization etc...

Has anyone made a Bochet using the BOMM protocol? I plan on starting a three gallon batch this weekend. Unless suggested otherwise I'm going to follow protocol for basic BOMM batch, except of course the heating the honey part. So will be making starter, adding nutrients, degassing, etc. For...

I'm hoping to diagnose a mineral bite I've experienced in two of my beers so far. I've searched here and other places, and have seen some suggestions such as infection, hop matter, carbonic acid, and others. Both of these are from extract and in bottles. The first beer is an old Rasputin...

I've accumulated a number of leftover ingredients from my last several batches, and I'd like to use some up while they're fresh. Thoughts on potential general styles to pursue using them? I'd like to mostly stick to these ingredients, but no big deal adding a thing or two will probably need hops...

Attempting to brew two recipes from Mr. Papazian's Complete Joy of Home Brewing: "Danger knows no favorites dunkel" and "purposely saison". Problem is my idiot self wasn't paying attention and thought the dunkel was a dunkelweizen, it's actually a dunkel lager. Consequently I ordered the lager...

What is a best practice for re using oak chips? My initial thought would be to sanitize again in vodka and only use in similar or complimenting batches. Would multiple or extended sits in vodka be beneficial to reset them? Chips seem to be relatively inexpensive, but trying to extend their life...

I put a small hairline crack into my 3 piece airlock a while back, tested it at the time and appeared not to leak so kept using it. Started a brew Saturday, checked on it now and saw no airlock activity despite obvious activity in the beer. Upon closer inspection I saw liquid level was low in...

Hi all, I've posted this question on the recipe(applekush) thread, but haven't gotten an answer yet. Looking to bottle soon so will ask here too. I started this cider on 8/10 and got OG of 1.072, checked it today and it's 1.005(on S04). My intent is to cold crash, prime with 4oz corn sugar...