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I am making an Orval clone and my primary is finished fermenting and ready to rack to secondary and add the WL 650. Last week I made a 1.5L starter for the WL 650 at 1.040 and had on a stir plate at 70F for 7 days. Nothing has happend with starter and gravity is still at 1.040 so I assumed I had...

I started a solera project in a 60gal wine barrrel in 2/2012, and just pulled 15 gals a few weeks ago. Kegged 10 gals straight, but racked 5 to a glass carboy on 3lbs of canned cherry puree. After 1 week on cherries got a small krausen which dropped away after another week. Question: how...

I have a 12 pack of Redhook Longhammer and all the bottles have white looking flakes floating at the bottom of the bottle. When poured into a glass they break into finer particles. Any ideas of what it is? Does not look like yeast, plus I dont think Redhood bottle conditions.

I have some extra pilsner malt I want to use up. If I use the pilsner grains in place of 2Row for the base grain of an American Pale Ale recipe, what type of flavor difference could I expect? Thanks for any thoughts...

My Berliner Weiss was quite tart when I bottled 5 weeks ago, but tasting today it has faded away and is very mild. I did not think tartness could fade, anyone else experience this?

I just got a new Analog Temperature Controller for Xmas to keep my fermentation box warm. The vendor description is... "This thermostat, with a 5 foot extendable stainless steel sensor, is perfect for controlling the temperature of your freezer, refrigerator, air conditioner, or heater for...

I just located a 60g red wine barrel, freshly emptied, rinsed, and sulfured. Going to pick it up Monday and I need a plan to fill it with a Flanders red based wort to start a solera. I would like to pull 20 or 30 gals each year and top off with fresh wort. My 10 gal brew system could create...