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I pitched some crushed grains into warm water a few days ago to try an "easy" lactic starter. I smelled it today and there is a DMS aroma to it. Has anyone made a starter like this before and had this problem? Is it something that I can just hold out for a week or two and the lacto will take...

My brother in law and I were looking to get a beer exchange going, so we are looking for a bottle shipping container. I know I've seen them on here where people got them from beer of the month clubs and sell them for shipping costs. If you have one you're willing to part with, please let me know.

I'm going to Japan on business (Himeji, Nagasaki, & Fukuoka). Anyone know of any beers I should keep an eye out for while I'm there?

So everything on here is about growing and well maintaining hop rhysomes. Well, I want to remove some. Any thoughts on how to do this? Just dig up the ground in early/mid April and take them out? I'm guessing I just need to make sure I get all of the roots since its a rhysome. Is that...

I am about to embark on the most extensive build that I have ever done. My wife and I moved into an old farm house recently, and we are expecting our first child in the beginning of May. Everything I have heard says that a stockpile needs to be made in preparation since my free time will be...

So I just brewed an old ale and added some fruit to the secondary fermentation. The original gravity was 1.066, after primary it was 1.018 and after secondary it was 1.014. This comes out to about 6.8%. However, there were a lot of sugars added from the fruit (3 lbs of dried fruit, which if...