Being totally new to the HB thing, I am really excited to find this thread. The _exact_ reason I wanted to start brewing was Chimay. We can't get it here in Alabama, so I stock up whenever I'm in a place that has it.
That said, my next brew (which will be only my second brew) is a extract kit (called Noble Trappist Ale) which should arrive any day now. The kit description says that yeast cultured from a bottle of Chimay will help the flavor. I happen to have a bottle (my last bottle from September stocking-up) and would love to do the culturing from there.
Can someone here give me some pointers as to how to accomplish that before I uncork it?
Last edited by LovesMeSomeBeer; 03-19-2009 at 01:05 AM.
Being totally new to the HB thing, I am really excited to find this thread. The _exact_ reason I wanted to start brewing was Chimay. We can't get it here in Alabama, so I stock up whenever I'm in a place that has it.
That said, my next brew (which will be only my second brew) is a extract kit (called Noble Trappist Ale) which should arrive any day now. The kit description says that yeast cultured from a bottle of Chimay will help the flavor. I happen to have a bottle (my last bottle from September stocking-up) and would love to do the culturing from there.
Can someone here give me some pointers as to how to accomplish that before I uncork it?
Welcome to the Forums! You can actually buy the yeast used at Chimay. It's available commercially as liquid yeast, from White Labs as WLP500 or from Wyeast as Wyeast 1214. That might be better than culturing it from a bottle, as if the bottle is getting old, the yeast might be past their best.
If you do want to culture yeast from a bottle, you should check this out:
Welcome to the Forums! You can actually buy the yeast used at Chimay. It's available commercially as liquid yeast, from White Labs as WLP500 or from Wyeast as Wyeast 1214. That might be better than culturing it from a bottle, as if the bottle is getting old, the yeast might be past their best.
If you do want to culture yeast from a bottle, you should check this out:
Oh I see now, I just read 'All Grain' for recipe type, and not knowing anything at all yet ... well, newbie mistake.
Yeah, it shouldn't say that. Not sure why. Anyway, it's an easy extract recipe that I guarantee you'll enjoy. I just took some to my neighbors last night and they could not believe I brewed it myself. He said he's had lost of people offer him homebrew over the years, but nothing even close to as good as that.
it sure feels good to hear stuff like that. It's almost worth the cost of giving so much of it away! Why do people think that because you brew it yourself, it doesn't cost you anything????
Just curious what you figure it cost to make this. I just opened a bottle of a Belgian Honey extract that I made, but I think I got ripped off on the cost.
You can actually buy the yeast used at Chimay. It's available commercially as liquid yeast, from White Labs as WLP500 or from Wyeast as Wyeast 1214. That might be better than culturing it from a bottle, as if the bottle is getting old, the yeast might be past their best.
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