Recent content by DZzero15

Brewing this one today with one modification--3/4 a pound of victory malt. Thanks for sharing this recipe!

Thanks for everyone's input. The big changes were adding 6-row for diastatic power, upping the bittering addition to get 80 IBUs, reducing Special B by 1/2 a lb, and realizing my mistake confusing "black roasted barley" with "black patent." If anyone has thoughts on my hop selection, I'd much...

I think that makes sense. I'll up the bittering addition to get closer to 80--I want to enjoy this one for a few years. I'll cut back on the Special B malt. I'm hoping for 70% attenuation given I've gotten close to 80% with WLP007 under normal conditions. It should be easy to sub out some...

151 oz of northern brewer would be something... I'm hoping 1.5oz is ok. I came out to 70 IBUs.

Thanks! I think I may have misread Jamil's recipe which I based this one around. I took "black roasted barley" to mean black patent--after reading more it looks like there is a pretty big difference. I guess black roasted barley is unmalted which makes it less acrid so I'll go with that. Do...

Would love thoughts on the below draft recipe--especially thoughts on adding sugar, the hoping schedule, and the mash temp. Many thanks! Recipe Type: Partial Grain Yeast: WLP007 Dry English Ale Yeast Yeast Starter: Yes Batch Size (Gallons): 5.25 Original Gravity: 1.10 Final Gravity: 1.030 IBU...

Great! I figured it'd be fine--but it always helps to check when beer is on the line! Cheers, :mug:

Will there be any ill effects for taking a fully carbed beer off the gas for 3 weeks? I want to carb another keg, but lack the hosing (etc.) for more than three kegs. The disconnected keg will still be stored @34 degrees. I'm assuming it will be good to go once I hook it up in 3 weeks. Any...

Can do! It'll be under CO2 as well. I figured it would be fine, just wanted to check to see if their might be an issuing with aging lighter beers like this one. Thanks!

I'm brewing for a wedding and want to get as much of it done as much as possible beforehand. If I brewed my "Honey Kolsch" tomorrow, would the flavor be hurt by a few months in the keg? It's a kolsch-style beer with honey malt and flaked maize--so not very hoppy to begin with. Thoughts much...

Final thoughts?

You speak truth. However, i think I have enough beer drinkers where the dubbel will go fast so I'm still going to give a 5 gallon batch a shot. The apfelwein I'll keep since it only needs to be bottled and it costs less than $30 to make. I think I'll do 10 gallons of Belgian amber and...

Congrats man! We need to team up and compare notes. I'll have a wonky schedule so you can help keep me on the ball. Any ideas about what you will be brewing?

Thanks everyone. However, the idea is that I'm going to brew the dubbel, apfelwein, AND something from #3. 10 gallons each :D

I'm getting married in September, and am brewing for my wedding (100 people or so). I think have narrowed the beer list down: 1. Belgian Dubbel (10 gallons) - A maltier stronger beer with mass-appeal. 2. Edwort's Apfelwein (10 gallons) - Seasonal offering with a lot of kick! 3. 10...