Recent content by FancyMac

I am looking to get together with some brewers in the Rockies. I am specifically located in Dillon- Summit County. I brew commercially and 5 gallon batches at home. It would be fun to start a group that meets up every now and then to do what brewers do best, brew and drink all kinds of beer. We...

Checked up on it yesterday, it's down to 1.04 now. It had a nice healthy looking head on it. I have a wlp530 abbey ale yeast starter going that I will add tonight to help it finish out in high alcohol conditions. It also taste deliciously spicy!

I didn't do a starter the proper way.. I should have given it a day or two for a good starter. I just pitched it into some warm water with a pinch of sugar for an hour before pitching to the wort, not enough time for the yeast to even wake up really.. next time I will have a proper starter...

I started a Belgian tripel two days ago and am a bit concerned with my yeast choice. I could not find any resources specifying this yeast for particularly high gravity. White labs says medium-high alcohol tolerance for the 550, in reviews I have found 1.084 coming down to 1.10. My OG was...