Recent content by Julien

Thanks for the answer ! Have we met by any chance ? I often hang out with the hombrewing community gravitating around Dynamo in Saint-Gilles :) (But admittedly, I don't make a lot of lambiek) Indeed I didn't mentioned the temperature : it is not controlled and my thermostat kicks in at 19°C so...

Thank you for your answer. The think is, it's not delicious. It has the funkiness and the fruitiness that I want it to have, but the lack of acidity makes it a bit cloying : it lacks some kick. Or maybe it's beyond the mere lack of acidity and I'd better toss it away. I'll brew another...

Hi, In april 2021, I've been brewing a lambic(-ish) base beer to which I was supposed to add cherries. The grain bill is 65% pilsner and 35% wheat malt. I attempted to follow a turbid mash but I ended up using too much water, so maybe the wort is too fermentable. I added enough hops to reach a...

Hi all, Is it possible and safe to use a grill heating element (designed to work in free air until red-hot) to heat water ? Long version with context : I built a 20l/5G electric brewing kettle about 1.5 year ago and it has known it's highs and lows. It is heated with a small 2000W element taken...

I recently brewed a heather ale inspired by several recipes, the fermentation began well but finally turned awefull after a heather addition during the secondary fermentation (kind of a dry hopping) and I'd like to know what you think might be the cause. "Dry heathering" so to speak was refered...