Recent content by BenjaminBier

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Brewed this using the Canadian/Belgian blend and took 3rd in the Portland Cheers to Belgian Beers homebrew competition this last year. I skipped the aromatic malt and fermented with the Canadian/Belgian blend. Hopped with Hallertau for the same IBUs. That yeast gives it a pear-like...

Great brew Orfy. This is my new house favorite.

I finally made some of this today using the windfall apples from my friend's tree. I did a simultaneous pitch of Montrachet and Wyeast lacto, hoping to get some nice dry, clear, sour apple cider out of it. If it's any good I'll post back here.

sorry i didn't reply earlier - i let it go for the full 3 weeks in primary and 3 weeks in the bottle. it sounds like you are just about ready to start drinking these :) my experience with wheat beer is they carbonate and mature faster than other beers, but i think this yeast it has a bit...

The batch i brewed using the Canadian-Belgian yeast was excellent. It was served at a garden party to a group of 10 people and about half the keg was gone in a few hours. It is sessionable for me but some, who do not drink a lot of beer, said they felt the alcohol in it.

Zante brett blonde with roselare.

Mt Hood has grown about an inch since the weekend but the n. Brewer is stalled a bit. On a side note, my potatoes are doing great! Grown about a foot in 2 weeks

Mine just came up last week, mt hood and northern brewer. Both are 2nd year plants in boxes that get 8 hours direct sun. They're are about 2" tall now and yeah, I wad getting worried until just this week.

I've made this recipe (it's from mark & Tess the authors of CloneBrews). It was excellent. Mine came out a little lighter-bodied than franziskaner even with the maltodextrin. I wouldn't change anything from the recipe doing it again. I brewed a version of this beer using the wyeast...

Yes, please please go to New Glarus, it's among my favorites. Drink a Spotted Cow for me.

Yum, I love this beer. What kind of caramel flavors do you get with this recipe? The intense roasted caramel flavor in the original is my favorite part of it.

Lopez...

Weyermann Pils is my absolute favorite base for everything from wheat beers to quads to pale ales. Marris otter is my second choice.

Another reason to use a glass is to intentionally mix the yeast sediment evenly back into the beer. Google how to pour a hefeweizen.