Recent content by dhallila

35 to 40 degrees is pretty low and the yeast won't work as well. If you can achieve 45-50 degrees would be a more optimal fermentation. Let us know how it works though. Cheers!

It shouldn't have any affect on gravity. It probably just finished out higher than expected. Try aeration when you pitch the yeast into the wort. Helps to awaken yeast better for fermentation. Sounds like yours had stalled. Most fermentation completes within 14 days. So you should test then. A...

That is way to low. You want to mash around 145 to 155 for a more fail safe brew. 68-70 is like room temp... Thats post boil when you want to pitch the yeast or fermenting which I believe is what you're talking about. Which is correct a long as it is an ale. Trial and error keep brewing.

I would say get some tea leaves that she likes and steep in chilling wort at 180 with a good whirlpool would be my best guess. More tea, more flavor. And let us know how it turns out. I was thinking of doing something similar.

Beer trip SoCal. Visited the following breweries: Beachwood Port brewing Lost Abbey Stone Ale Smith Ballast Point Societe Green Flash The Bruery Cheers hope you all had a good weekend!

Seems legit! Cheapest barrels (used) I found in the bay area are 200+ and new ones go for 500+.. I would get none to minimal rust because it seems like the barrels would be newer with more bourbon accents? Not sure. If you're only 2.5 hours out you might want to make a road trip to some local...

Thanks kmos! Good stuff to know. And I'll definitely post how our turns our but it probably won't be for a few months. Haha

I used 3 viles total. One saison, one belgium golden ale, both blended in a starter. After racking into primary I pitched the Brett trois into one of the 5g. The other 5g is just the blend. Thanks for the info! I just wondered if I would get more funk by leaving in primary for an extra week or...

So here's the deal. I brewed this beer about a week and a half ago with a blend of yeasts. It's a farmhouse saison 10 gallon batch. In one of the primaries i threw in a vile of Brett trois. My question is how long should I keep the wort in primary with the Brett? Would it be better to leave in...