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Brewed my first all grain version of this with a few differences: Undershot the OG (was at about 1.046) Single-hopped with Nelson Sauvin instead of cascade S-05 instead of Notty It tasted fairly light, and didn't have a ton of character (I figure I'll try it again with a higher gravity...

Thanks, yeah I had heard this had good flocculation, too (better than 1056, at least). I'm fairly certain it's just suspended yeast since the beer was kind of silty as I was bottling it. Oh well, I'm sure after a week in the fridge it'll settle out. The thought of suspended yeast or chill haze...

That makes sense to me. I've heard Jamil say on his show that you should slightly underpitch with belgian style yeasts, as the strain that it can cause will add some of those desirable flavors you're looking for (cloves, phenols, etc.). Also, I've never pitched more than one packet for a...

Hi all, I made a 3 gallon batch of the 2 hearted ale clone posted in BYO (except substituting the Centennial hops for Galaxy :rockin:): ~80% 2-row ~15% Vienna ~4% Crystal 10 ~2% Carapils I (foolishly, I might add) did a step infusion mash of 30 mins at 147, then 30 at 154. I...

Northern Brewer just put this on sale today: http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/brewing/brewing-ingredients/beer-yeast/danstar-belle-saison-yeast.html A little pricier than the other dried options out there. Also suggests 2 packets/5 gallon batch. Pro is definitely the fact that it could...

Awesome, using DME would make my life a thousand times easier. So, just to confirm. I've read that I should use 80% the weight of LME if I'm converting to DME. In this case, since I can only get LME in 3.3 lb containers, that would leave me with an extra 2.15 lbs of LME (8.75-6.6). This would...

Thanks so much, guys. It's great to see such quick and helpful responses. If anyone has a trick or technique for weighing out the extract on the scale, I'd really appreciate it. It seems like it has the potential to be a very imprecise process...

Great, thanks dbreienrk1. Is there something specific you like to weight your extract out into? Also, do you have a trick for getting as much extract out of those containers as possible? I always feel like I'm leaving too much behind.

Hi, I'm trying to brew the West Coast Blaster recipe from Jamil's book and I have two questions 1) It calls for adding 8.75 lbs English Pale Ale LME and 1.0 lbs Munich LME. Since extract usually isn't sold in these increments I was wondering how I would be able to measure out the specified...