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Tried this out recently. Very easy to use and quite a good yeast. I make rice lagers mostly, around 4% and this gives a nice character while still being easy drinking. I thought I saved some of the first starter ( standard practice ) but it appears I didn’t, or my wife or kids threw it out. The...

I have been reading up on lodo techniques and saw some of the modifications for BIAB. I have a robo brew, but I still have my BIAB bag. I did the bakers yeast and sugar de oxygenation of the full volume water, lowered the bag super slowly, capped the mash with foil. I can’t really do much about...

Hey guys, all my Brett beers end up with a pellicle in the bottle after a few weeks. It doesn't stop me from drinking them, but I'd like to know if there's any way to reduce the chance of this happening?, or is it just one of those Brett things where it does what it wants? Haha

Guys, I brewed a couple of beers to brew with Brett c alone. I made starters for both on the stir plate, volume was probably on the low side ( 2.5litres for 4 gallon batch ). They're fermenting but a little slower than I'd expected. Since pitching them I've read a few more things about all...

Hey guys, I'm doing a few beers with Brett c as the sole fermenting organism. So far so good. I'm just wondering a few things 1.) can I just pitch another beer into the yeast cake? If so, how much of the cake for a standard gravity beer?. 2.) can I take some of the cake and store it for...

Hey guys, I have a porter sitting in a secondary with brett b. I was thinking of adding some oak chips. I would be using new French oak chips, and am wondering how much, and if it anyone has done it, how did it turn out?? Cheers

Brewed my first sour, a Flanders brown ale. It's on top of the fridge at the moment in 2 x 3 gallon glass carboys. It's inside so the temps will be stable, as my garage can get hot in summer and cold in winter. I plan on leaving for 12 months then tasting and possibly adding cherries to half...

Hey guys, a few weeks ago I kegged a saison, but bottled a few with some orval dregs. I planned on leaving for months, but couldn't help it and tried one the other night. Really didn't know what to expect but it was quite nice, and the fruity saison went well with the nice earthy funk. Anyway...

After trying some sour and funky beers lately, I have my first brett beer in a 10 litre fermentor. I brewed a beire de garde brune ( which finished at 1.000 ), and put it into a secondary with 2 bottles of orval. I plan on letting it sit for a month or 2 then bottling into some champagne...

Hey guys I'm a brewer from Australia. Been brewing AG almost 10 years ( batch sparge with cooler, keggle and keggle HLT ). Been doing some google searches on Belgian beers, specifically beire de garde and this place came up a few times. Joined up about 6 months ago but only really now looking...

Hey guys, been brewing since 04, just joined up. Mostly brew UK style ales, mostly mild ales.