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Inspired by Reinheirt Wild Ale, I decided to brew a light-to-moderately soured saison. I used a Wyeast Belgian yeast, and threw in Brettanomyces Bruxellensis just as the krausen began to fall. All figured it's had about 3 weeks and it seems ready to bottle. First concern: when to bottle? I...

Okay, I got in over my head with this beer. This was my first attempt at a lager, and it had a 1.096 starting grav. Well, it's been fermenting for 6 weeks, and has been stuck at about 1.04 for the past 4. I have repitched yeast, shaken, given it time, and it's now warming up a bit more. I'm...

I've got a lager fermenting away in the cool closet that I'm worried about. It's a Baltic Porter, has been in there for just under 3 weeks, and has not fermented as much as I would have expected. In three weeks, it's only gone from about 1.09 to about 1.05. I wouldn't have expected it to be...

Brewed a Baltic Porter today currently in my 5-gal carboy for primary. This beer is brewed with a lager yeast at lager temp. I didn't account for my yeast starter, and by the time I added that, I filled the level up to the neck of my carboy. Is that not going to be enough space? I have a...

Picked up a vial of White Labs yeast from my LHBO on my way home from work, planning to brew tomorrow. Got the yeast home and it was kind of caked on the bottom of the vial. It did not want to be shaken up evenly. Now, it's gotten a chance to warm up, and it's still a bit chunky. It's not...

Brewed (actually still brewing) today. I'm in the middle of my boil and realized I forgot to pick up any fining. Since I'm busy and the LHBS will be closed on Labor Day anyway, can't really get one in time. I know it won't really harm the beer if left out, just won't be quite as good. Can...

Brewed a holiday ale with a yeast blend. It's still fermenting, but wanted to share my experiences since I've decided I want to attempt this beer again, but with different yeasts. The goal was a high gravity holiday red with natural spiciness coming from a blend of yeasts, chinook hops, and a...

Yeah, I'm sure these came up a lot. Anyway, I appear to have a stuck fermentation on my American Pale Ale. Partial Mash APA, fermented for 3 weeks. O.G. 1.052. I'm figuring it should finish about .012 or generally in the .010-.016 range. Instead, it appears to have stopped at 1.020. It's...

In short, is Star San toxic to dogs or cats? I know iodifer is bad for dogs due to the iodine. In more detail, SWMBO took the new kitten to the vet for gastrointestinal exuberance. Turns out the new kitten has giardia. She (the cat) will go on 5 weeks of medication, and we have to...

So a friend has a huge blackberry bush. He's going to give me about 4-5 pounds of berries to make a fermented beverage with. Undecided on whether to do a beer or a cider. I haven't done any cider yet, and that idea is intriguing. I also think added fruit flavor sounds better in cider than...

So, I'm thinking of doing an experiment to learn flavors of different hops. Create a simple recipe (probably a pale ale) and do multiple batches where I change just the hops used in each. Each batch will use a single type of hops. I figure a CPA using WLP001 should be pretty strait forward...

Just finished a brew today and my O.G. was way too low. My target gravity was 1.074. I ended up with 1.052. :mad: Not quite sure how I screwed things up that badly. I had a small boil-over, but that doesn't account for it all. Maybe I need to mash for 90min., instead of 60? It's a...

So, getting ready to bottle some beer in the next couple of days, and I'll be using that yeast cake to ferment the next batch. I presume I don't need to throw the new batch onto the yeast right away. It should be fine for me to let it sit a couple hours (I'll leave it capped) after the beer...

Any suggestions on good, inexpensive beer recipe calculator software? I've been using the Beer Tools demo, and it seems quite good, but I'm not sure about spending $30 on it. Any suggestions on other good software that isn't as expensive? Or maybe even free?

Okay, so I'm trying to figure out my brew schedule and decide if and what I could brew in the next couple of days. I have a weizen in my 5gal carboy, on a WLP380 Weizen IV yeast, that is ready to bottle whenever I feel like. I also have a Saison in my 6gal carboy that I need to give at least...

So, three and a half weeks in the fermenter, and my Saison has been hanging out at about 1.012 for the past week. Seems like the yeast is done fermenting. My gravity samples taste pretty good, but it's a bit sweeter than I'd like. As a saison, I really want this down at 1.004-1.008 I...

I'm looking for a large 24" x 24" grain/hop back for partial mash brewing as per the method stickied at the top of the page. Both LHBS shops do not have bags that size in stock. One says they normally carry them, but haven't had any in stock for a while. I don't really feel like paying...

Okay, so I've been putting together this recipe for a holiday red ale. Please take a look and tell me what you think. I came up with the concept and brewed something like it at a local brewpub a year and a half ago, but the recipe formulation was done by the in-house brewmaster. Only thing I...

So, I'm putting together a recipe to recreate a beer that I brewed at a local microbrewery. Problem was, the brewmaster there came up with the recipe, and it now seems to have disappeared. It was one of the best beers I'd ever had, a spicy holiday red ale with no added spice. This spice...