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looks like heffe wins, thanks for the help.

Ok so I am just about to transfer my Belgian to the secondary tonight after 12 days in the primary. Which means one thing... room for a new beer! Here is the deal i know this belgian is gonna take a while bottle conditioning to get perfect, so in the meantime i would like to get something...

Ok so i originally set out to make my version or a nice strong belgian cru. this is the recipe i devised: Steeping grains: (45 min) 1/2 lb pail crystal malt 1 1/2 lb Cara Vienne Extract BOil wort ( 60min ) 6 lb LME 1 lb dry lme 2 lb dark lme 2lb candi sugar hops/flavoring...

that is supposed to be dark malt extract not dark lme typo sorry.

oh i forgot i got a 1/2 lb of dry amber i will probably throw in their do deepen it up a lil

Ok so i originally set out to make my version or a nice strong belgian cru. this is the recipe i devised: Steeping grains: (45 min) 1/2 lb pail crystal malt 1 1/2 lb Cara Vienne Extract BOil wort:(60min) 6 lb LME 1 lb dry lme 2 lb dark lme 2lb candi sugar hops/flavoring: 2...

well shux! guess I am buying more bottles then, as I am quite set on brewing this badboy. That way I can brew another "smaller" beer. Maybe heffe. My problem is most beers I love are big beers. Scots, Imperials, Belgians, Stouts. Guess good taste is a gift and a curse.

anyone know where one can buy bottles for cheep? I have been saving bottles from purcahsed beer but i kinda would like to just buy 5 gallons worth of bottles so I can start doing more batches. only have enough for a littel over 5 gal right now. Most the bottles i use are the grolsch style easy...

almost forgot how long does this beer take to get ready. I am a very impatient brewer with only enough bottles for 1 beer at a time, any guesses on how long i gott atorturemyself by not being able to enjoy a nice strong belgian? lemme know! also anyone know where one can buy bottles for cheep? I...

ok i found something on recipator.com (which is awesome if noone here has been there)! This sounds right up my alley and vvery similar to what you suggested. steep 1/2 lb belgian pale 1.5 lb belgian cara vienne extract 6lb light lme 1 lb light dme 2 lb belgian candy sugar hops...

looks pretty good biermuncher my thinking is that doesn't seem like it will be very high in alc. content. Am i wrong for expecting more sugar for the yeast to turn into alohol for a belgian? I always though of them as being quite hight it alc % would adding more lme get me a stronger ale?

Ok so my porter just finished about a week ago and is almost half gone already. ( success ineed!) anywho now I want to brew a nice belgian. I want something light and flavorful just wondering if any of you got a good recipe. I am an extract brewer right now and use a lil bit of dry grain...

Thanks everyone. howtobrew has been a very interesting read, with a lot of godo ideas and helpful info. all your suggestions were very helpful. onelove.

Good thought. I have a copper wort chiller that i hook to my hose that is pretty effective. If that doesnt get temp to 50 in the summertime, an ce bath should do the trick right?

sweet, i have found good condition used chest freezers for 75 to 200 bucks so that'll be sweet, For the johnson controllers is their a website that would sell them or would a hardware store have it? where should i look?

I just started brewing and want to get my feet under me before I try more advanced brewing techniques, so for my gfirst few batches I will be using extract, but eventually I want to move beyond this. So I guess I just got a few questions, What is the difference between, Mash, mini mash...

Ok so I am not quite ready for this but eventually, lager brewing is something I am going to want to do. From my understanding the equipment i will need (in addition to what I already have for my ale homebrews) includes : A fridge or freezer. Some sort of upgraded thermostat to control...

total wort cooking time was about 80 minutes. Couldn't find the recipe for the pale ale, but as far as the "sugars" go it had 6 lb of coopers light malt extract, and about a half 1b of some sort of dry grains. The dry grains were only in for about 20 min, i am thinkin that was part of my...

well thanks for all the suggestions, i decided on a porter and went and bought a kit from my local shop. hopefully this one turns out better than my pale ale (not that it is bad just not really good). If not then I will have to ditch the kits completely and just figure this all out. My porter...

well thanks for all the suggestions, i decided on a porter and went and bought a kit from my local shop. hopefully this one turns out better than my pale ale (not that it is bad just not really good). If not then I will have to ditch the kits completely and just figure this all out. My porter...