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• Posted in thread: Anyone prefer German bock 833 to octoberfest? on 05-19-2013 at 09:53 PM
  Scratch that 10 srm goal, it will be lower without the caramunich.

• Posted in thread: Anyone prefer German bock 833 to octoberfest? on 05-19-2013 at 05:03 AM
  FWH=First wort hops, you add the hops to the kettle when you drain from the mash tun. Here's an
  overview munich is ~9-15L depending on the maltster, you should aim to keep the SRM ~10. So if
  you used...

• Posted in thread: Anyone prefer German bock 833 to octoberfest? on 05-18-2013 at 12:21 AM
  I've subbed 833 in to the BCS recipe which is a traditional version before with good results, I
  prefer recipes without caramunich malts such as:Modern Version55% Vienna40% Pilsner5% Munich
  IITradition...

• Posted in thread: Anyone prefer German bock 833 to octoberfest? on 05-17-2013 at 08:25 PM
  Do you brew oktoberfest with it? If so what temps do you use for this strain? Recipe?I usually
  pitch at 45F and let free rise to 50F, wait until fermentation slows and then do a probably
  pointless dia...

• Posted in thread: Anyone prefer German bock 833 to octoberfest? on 05-17-2013 at 04:15 AM
  I prefer wlp833 to most other malt forward lager strains, it's fast, doesn't throw lots of
  sulfur and generally has very little diacetyl. It's also fairly clean all the way up to 55 F.

• Posted in thread: Sourdough Yeast on 05-08-2013 at 10:04 PM
  This earlier thread had some good info

• Posted in thread: Using Sourdough starter as yeast. Is it possible? on 04-12-2013 at 06:13 PM
  In general there won't be any S. cerevisiae in sourdough. I know this is lame but I'm a bit
  busy and Wikipedia has a good summary of why that's the case with a citation.

• Posted in thread: Using Sourdough starter as yeast. Is it possible? on 04-12-2013 at 02:59 AM
  There are a couple of breweries in the SF Bay Area that are doing sourdough fermented beers
  The biggest concern I have is that in some cultures the main yeast is C. Milleri which doesn't
  ferment mal...

• Posted in thread: Brewmasters Warehouse on 03-27-2013 at 11:46 PM
  I received my order and everything looks to be well packaged and in good condition. I'll
  probably order from them again as long as I have at least two weeks of lead time. My guess is
  St. Patrick's day...

• Posted in thread: Brewmasters Warehouse on 03-24-2013 at 02:33 AM
  I just placed an order and it shipped on day 7, 4 days of shipping to the West Coast. I
  stupidly wasn't home when Fedex dropped by and I'll have to wait until Tuesday to see if the
  order is in order s...