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So, listen to this weirdness. I made 8 gallons of apple cider vinegar in my house along with Kombucha and now beer and wine will not ferment. I'll repeat that. BEER AND WINE WILL NOT FERMENT. Has anyone else heard of this happening? I've heard it from a few people now that if you make...

Tiny amount of sediment, stored at room temp for about 5 or 6 weeks. It is a Dogfish clone Indian Brown Ale. This is the real weird part. Me and a friend did ten gallons of the same recipe with two different kinds of yeast, to do sort of an experiment. My batch turned out fine, tasted great...

Nice to see local folks that are PROMPT! Holy Cow. Shelton is nice and close, I'd love to trade brews at some point. Stanwood is a ways, but nice to brewers close by... not surprising though in this corner of the country.

I have a batch that the fermentation died in the bottle on, so it is flat and sweet and tastes kind of like boozy soy sauce... yuck. I want to save the batch and was thinking about pouring it all back in the carboy with a little champagne yeast or coopers or something, just to get it going...

So, here is the story. I have a Piraat clone that has been going now for over a month, month and half or so. During the crazy hot spell we had up here in the NW awhile ago it got REAL hot, over 95 degrees for a few days. Thats bad, I know... what is it, fusel oils or something? Anywho, the...

Just saying hello, I have a few questions I'll post. Nice to say hello :). In the way of background, I've been brewing for a little over a year now. I've had GREAT success with barley wine and the Dogfish clone Indian Brown Ale I'm drinking right now :). Some very fun failures include a...