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I used Mosaic and El Dorado hops. They were bought from two different suppliers and I didn't think to check the Alpha Acid percentage. I guess I assumed they would be mostly the same across the same variety of hops. I didn't add any other bittering hops. Post-souring I brought the wort to a...

Yes, a kettle sour. Used safeale us-05 both times.

Lacto plantarum the second time... Escapement labs lacto blend the first time

Looking for some feedback as a new brewer. I brewed a dry-hop sour recipe which I bought as an all grain kit and was very happy with the first time around. I wanted to repeat the recipe and this time I ordered the ingredients individually from a local supply store and I had to choose a...

I'm curious if anyone has any experience with the ferment-in-a-kettle kit for the Anvil kettles? I was thinking of picking up a 10gal kettle for brew in a bag and then just fermenting in that - part of the reason is for doing kettle sours where I would leave it for a bit on lacto first, then...

It would be really helpful for me if folks could explain why they did one thing over another. i.e. why a freezer over coolstix? Do the coolstix not work well enough? why the silicone oil pan heating pad instead of a heating wrap? It's great to hear what other people are doing and what they...

I guess what I'm not understanding is what is better about that setup? A fermwrap is $25 so I'm assuming the $50 homemade cooling system isn't going to automatically control the temps (an inkbird alone is $50). So what am I getting in your setup that I wouldn't in the setup I listed above...

I'd prefer to bottle it rather than use a keg setup, but I have heard that about the oxygen. I thought that keeping it all in one unit and avoiding transfers would help prevent exposure to oxygen. The other thing I can do is blow a little CO2 under the lid before sealing it. The other setups...

Here is my expected build list: https://www.morebeer.com/products/anvil-stainless-steel-brewing-kettles.html https://www.morebeer.com/products/anvil-ferment-kettle-kit.html https://www.morebeer.com/products/fermwrap-heater.html...

Brewstix or the anvil cooling system is only around $130. My thinking is that I can get a kettle that I can ferment in, control heating and cooling all for under $500... Question is will it be good enough?

I am just getting my toes wet with homebrewing, but I already know that I'll be predominantly making kettle sours. I've done a lot of reading on the process, which includes an initial fermentation with lacto at a higher temp, then a secondary fermentation with the regular yeast at regular...