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What MHB said and some further questions. What style are you trying to brew? What was the resulting predicted Calcium (Ca) concentration (ppm) from the salt additions recommended by the water profile? This can also affect the mash pH (higher concentration, lower pH), is important for yeast...

In my view open fermentation is not worth the contamination risk in the home brew environment. Suspect you might have been very lucky. You will find that the German strains will throw plenty of banana at higher temperatures (probably too much).

Spot on! White Labs equivalent to WY3068 is WLP300. BIG difference in ester (and phenol) output to the American Wheat strains.

Late to this thread, but I can’t see anywhere which strain of yeast you are using? I would expect that yeast strain, pitching rate and temperature schedule would have a much larger impact on ester production than the difference in pressure between “closed” (with airlock) and open. In my...

How did you go with this pump? What power supply is required? I need a pump suitable for the SS Brewtech spray ball for CIP of Grainfather fermenters. This one looks like it should fit the bill.

During the lactic ferment, do you take measures to exclude oxygen? I was thinking of doing the lactic fermentation and pasteurisation (add hops, heat to 100C) in my HLT (has an electric element) before cooling, transferring to a fermenter and pitching yeast. However using this method it would...

Happy birthday, Ross!!

Sorry, no photos but I had to share with those will appreciate it. Upside of being forced to fly to the US for work the week before Christmas is that the hotel was in staggering distance of a Dogfish Head Ale House. Needless to say there were not many beers in the line up left untasted...

I'm sure there are better ways to consume it....

Forfeit!! See post 116.

Brewing Network, The

Urquell ...or for those of you without an appreciation for puns (was going to say "sense of humour" but the two are not always synonymous)

Liquor (image courtesy of Wikipedia) (Edit: Attribution)