Recent content by tmanlua

Any updates on this thread? Is it a good clone recipe? Any new thoughts on the necessity of the saffron?

Being off by .01 is pretty significant. If your temperature is high and you have somewhere in the neighborhood of 5% less volume than youre supposed to that could make a significant difference. But, assuming you are correct that you are a little over 5 gallons you must be making a mistake with...

I've used oak chips once. I used about 1oz. along with 2 vanilla beans for a fairly high gravity stout. I soaked them in bourbon for a few days before adding them to secondary. I then left them in secondary for around a month. I would say it produced a moderate to strong oak flavor. I don't...

I had the lid blow off my starter leaving it completely uncovered for as much as 5 hours. I had planned on stepping up my starter on Tuesday and then not brewing until Saturday. I'm wondering what the chances are that my starter became infected and if it did would it be obvious by Saturday so I...

I don't have enough malt to make a regular starter so I was thinking about making a starter out of Belgian Candi Sugar. Will it work, and if so what should the sugar to water ratio be? Also my recipe calls for adding 2lbs of it during primary, I am wondering what effect that will have on my OG?

I'm making a quad with a predicted OG of 1.09. I went to make a .5L starter, and in the process of pitching the yeast had a big clump come out of the yeast vial and end up on the floor. I might have lost anywhere from 20% to 80% of the yeast in the vial. I contemplating brewing on schedule...

So I have a recipe that has a predicted OG of 1.083 and I am using a 1028 London WYeast that says on the package that is designed for wort up to 1.060 SG. Will this work for me?