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Make sure you save some (past the ~3 week point after bottling) for several months. The flavors will all mellow out and will be incredibly drinkable. Unless, you know, you like the harsh whiskey flavor :)

I made a Berliner with White Labs lacto and it fermented out like this as well. A frothy krausen formed and a nasty smell came from it. Beer came out delicious :D

I had the same issue. Sorry if someone already adequately responded. There is a blockage in the reg on the side where the pressure is creeping. pull off the hose, crank the pressure up, give a few puffs of air, and then reconnect.

There is a thread on cleaning your yeast. Most likely there is a lot of proteins and hop bits mixed in with the yeast. Edit: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f163/yeast-washing-illustrated-41768/

Blackberry saison sounds mighty tasty.

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Get a fan inside of the keggerator to help move the air around. It sounds like your coils are getting ridiculously cold, and the cold air is primarily just sitting at the bottom?

If you haven't already put the raspberries in, I would wait at least 6 months before you add them. Any flavor from the fruits will be gone by the time the beer is ready if you add them now

I think most Whole Foods around there carry their sours and Pliny

I was excited until I realized that you don't actually get to brew with the Ommegang brewers. :(

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Could just be CO2 in solution coming out.

Kill the flame, add the 0 minute hops, whirlpool, then chill 1lb DME = .8lb LME Hope that helped -mal

O.o thats a long boil

Fermcap-s is your friend. 53 or so gallons in a 55 gallon drum is scary as hell even with fermcap.

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Lawson's is amazing. I wish I had access to it in MA. I was only able to get it at American Craft Beer Fest, and only a small sample. White Birch Berliner is my favorite of their beers, but I hear they have a beer or two which is only sold on premises.

How are you still married when you bring home Natty light?! jkjk. GL on the sale.

Thats actually a really good deal...if I didn't have my own 360, beaches, and games I would hop on that.

Congrats! It feels good. Just one thing though...you shouldn't aerate in the bottling bucket. You just want to swirl the beer gently to mix the sugar in. Adding extra oxygen will hurt the beer post-fermentation starting.