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I was going to make a berliner weisse a last thursday, but the starter I made wasn't showing any signs I usually see in my lacto starters. I made it on 11/4 and today it has a nice pellicle on it and smells sour. I'm going to brew on 11/23 which is over 10 days away still. Would it be fine to...

I made a berliner weisse in november that I am finally getting around to kegging. It never ended up getting sour, so I added a few ounces of lactic acid to get it where I wanted it. I racked it onto some raspberry puree a few weeks ago a strange film on top of the beer that I had never seen...

I have had zero success with getting any of my beers sour using lacto. I have used both White Labs and Wyeast lacto with and without starters. I have a heat belt and can easily keep the temperature around 100 degrees. I have been attempting to make a berliner weisse for quite some time and it...

Due to a fellow coworkers and my own love of peach rings, she suggested that a brew a beer that included them. I thought it was a stupid idea, but the more I thought about it, the more it started coming together. I figured it would go good with a berliner weisse. I'm going to brew the...

I have a BW that has been in primary for around 8 weeks. It is sitting at 1.010, and has been for a few weeks. I pitched the lacto 2 days before I pitched the sacc. I was wondering if it would continue to drop anymore? I'm not exactly sure how lacto works. Will the lacto slowly drop the...

Could anyone recommend me a blu ray player for my pc? I'm very ignorant when it comes to blu ray. It looks like I need the player as well as software that can actually play the movie. A few of the players I have seen do not come with any software, so I would just have to buy it separate.

So I've been wanting to do a sour saison for a while now and I think I finally have a plan of attack. I'm going to brew the saison as normal 5.5 gallon batch. I was planning on pulling a little over a gallon from the second runnings off and boiling for 15 minutes and adding hops for around 5...

I'm planning on making an all brett beer with a few different strains of brett. Could I make one 1500 mL starter and just pitch both vials into it? Or should I keep them separate.

I just brewed up a Berliner Weisse today and was wondering about the headspace in the secondary. I brewed a 5.5 gallon batch and it's going into a 5 gallon carboy. Does the lacto produce CO2, which would create a layer over the beer or not?

I'm planning on making a IIPA next week and this is my first attempt at making my own recipe. I threw it together in beersmith in about 10 minutes so any feedback would help. Type: All Grain Date: 4/11/2011 Batch Size: 5.50 gal Boil Size: 7.00 gal Boil Time: 60 min Brewhouse...

I made this yeast starter last night for a beer I'm doing friday. I made it like any other starter I've ever made and used Wyeast 1084 (Irish Ale). I aerated a bit before bed, and when I woke up today I noticed this blackish brown stuff floating on top of the krausen. It smells fine, but I've...

So I'm going to be buying this cooler from somewhere eventually http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0009PUQZU/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20 I see Midwest has 12" bazooka tubes as well as these valves http://www.midwestsupplies.com/weld-b-gone-basic-kettle-conversion-brass-with-1-2-barb.html I...

So I'm bottling the caramel vanilla cream ale recipe I found on here tomorrow. It calls for DME instead of corn sugar for priming as well as vanilla extract. I'm going to use the standard 5 oz corn sugar instead and the 2 oz of vanilla instead of 4 oz the recipe calls for. I was wondering if...

So I just got an sq 14 burner today, but don't have a propane tank yet. A guy on Craigslist is selling 20 lb tanks for 10 bucks each so I was gonna get two of them. I was just wondering what size tanks most people use.

I'm going to be bottling an amber ale within a week or so, and was going to try cold crashing for the first time. I've got my converted mini fridge in my basement where I could set the temp to wherever I want. My question is : if I cold crash in my basement and then move the beer upstairs...

I've been searching for a few days for just a basic cyser recipe, and have yet to find one. All the ones I'm finding have a whole bunch of extra stuff added to them. I want to keep it as simple as possible. I'm planning a 6 gallon batch so I figured maybe 4-5 gallons of apple cider and 8-10...

So I made a 4 gallon batch using 10 lbs of orange blossom honey. I have it in a 3 gallon carboy and a 1 gallon glass jug. After I rack I'm just going to top up the 3 gallon carboy with mead from the 1 gallon jug. I plan on filling up the 1 gallon again though for future rackings. I was...

I recently planned on making 3 gallons of semi sweet mead. I wasn't thinking right and added 3 gallons of water, which once the honey was added, ended up being 4 gallons. So the 4 gallons of mead had an SG of 1.096. From what I've read this is in the dry mead range. I should have used 12 lbs...

So I finally picked up a mini fridge, as well as a thermostat, and I have a few questions. 1) I bought a johnson analog thermostat for cheap and was wondering if I could just set the thermostat on top of the fridge, or if I need to mount it like it says. 2) Would it be fine to drape the...

So I'm planning on doing around 5 small batches of cider to experiment. I've been reading about caramel apple cider and decided to give it a shot. From what I've read so far, some people say steep some grains and add it to the cider. I'm trying to get a good caramel flavor to it but I can't...