Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
12 lbs Pilsner (2 Row) Bel (2.0 SRM) Grain 75.00 %
1.25 oz Styrian Goldings [5.25 %] (60 min) Hops 16.9 IBU
0.50 oz Styrian Goldings [5.25 %] (15 min) Hops 3.4 IBU
0.50 oz Saaz [2.70 %] (15 min) Hops 1.7 IBU
0.50 oz Saaz [2.70 %] (0 min) Hops -
4.00 gm Ginger Root (Boil 10.0 min) Misc
4.00 gm Seeds of Paradise (Boil 10.0 min) Misc
12.00 gm Coriander Seed (Boil 10.0 min) Misc
4 lbs Cane (Beet) Sugar (0.0 SRM) Sugar 25.00 %
1 Pkgs Belgian Strong Ale (Wyeast Labs #1388) Yeast-Ale
This is what I did..I searched in the northern brewers brew talk and they have been experimenting with recipes for years now and this seemed to be the closest that most had come up with. It is not exact but very close..Several of the brewers were experimenting with reusing the yeast from the bottle..it is the only way to get it exact..What I read was that this strain of yeast (1388) was the closest but not the same. Mash around 148 to 149. and age for a long long time...repitching yeast is recommended becasue of how long you have to keep in carboy
Jay
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Primary: DFH 60 IPA
Secondaty: Blond Ale, Apfelwine, Crandaddy mead
Bottle: Blue moon clone,Kolsch, Eds House Ale, Barley wine, Stone IPA, Oatmeal stout, Hefe,
An addition to this old thread:
The use of champange bottles is to keep them from exploding from the higher carbonation in this beer. You should use heavy bottles if you are carbonating beers very high and value your fingers.
1. what temp should the primary be at during fermentation? and how long in the primary?
2. what temp should the secondary be?
3. how much yeast should I pitch before bottling? I used one vile in the primary. Should I use another whole vile a week before bottling?
thanks
1. what temp should the primary be at during fermentation? and how long in the primary?
2. what temp should the secondary be?
3. how much yeast should I pitch before bottling? I used one vile in the primary. Should I use another whole vile a week before bottling?
thanks
I'm new too, but I brewed a DT clone as my 2nd AG.
1. I started it at 67F for two days and slowly ramped up to 75 over the next 2 weeks. Actually, these were targets I shot for using frozen soda bottles in a cooler. I cold crashed mine in the primary for a week.
2. I dunno, under 70? I mistakenly forgot to secondary mine.
3. I used 2 vials of WLP530 in a 1qt starter. That's probably the LEAST you would want to pitch. Pitch it all at, well, pitching time. Use a blowoff rig.
Despite my beer's 1.010 FG, it's plenty sweet. It has a lot of the Westmalle (530) yeast character, especially in the nose. Mine was bottled 5 weeks ago and it's mellowing nicely.
I'm new too, but I brewed a DT clone as my 2nd AG.
1. I started it at 67F for two days and slowly ramped up to 75 over the next 2 weeks. Actually, these were targets I shot for using frozen soda bottles in a cooler. I cold crashed mine in the primary for a week.
2. I dunno, under 70? I mistakenly forgot to secondary mine.
3. I used 2 vials of WLP530 in a 1qt starter. That's probably the LEAST you would want to pitch. Pitch it all at, well, pitching time. Use a blowoff rig.
Despite my beer's 1.010 FG, it's plenty sweet. It has a lot of the Westmalle (530) yeast character, especially in the nose. Mine was bottled 5 weeks ago and it's mellowing nicely.
Thanks for the quick reply 944. My question for #3 was about the reference to the original poster saying to hold back some yeast and to pitch again about 5 days before bottling. How much yeast should I pitch during that 5 pre-bottling pitch? Did you even pitch more yeast pre-bottling? Also how long did you leave in the bottle before drinking?
I did not repitch. It did take a LONG time for the bottles to carbonate, but the yeastie beasties came through even with ~9.4% ABV.
Brew day was 8-17. Bottled 9-11. It's 10-14. The bottle I drank tonight was ok. Very ok. I'm sure if I let it sit up for a couple more months it'll be awesome.
Disclaimer: I was planning on aging it in secondary for a couple months, but I totally effed that up.
either take a small portion of your starter and step it up for pitching at bottling or buy a new vial and make a new starter at bottling.
since this beer will need some time to ferment and condition before bottling time, i'd suggest just buying a new vial at that time.
i'd leave it in the primary for a month before even thinking of going to secondary. and make sure you FG is hit before you rack.
Thanks for all the advice guys. DeathBrewer, I did not use a starter, I just used one vile of whitelabs. I am now thinking this was not enough. Can I add another vile to my primary? It has been two days since I started my brew. Anybody have a link to a topic on how to create a starter or how to clone from a bottle of beer. I am very new to this and am trying to learn as much as possible. Thanks in advance.
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