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Around January i made a hefe using 3068. I built up a starter and prior to pitching i decanted the starter wort and poured some of the yeast into a mason jar to save. It has been in my fridge since. On Saturday i made a 500ml starter to rouse this back to life, and i was going to step it up...

Hey guys, I got this yeast out of the free bin at LHBS. brought it back to life and made a nice big starter and last night brewed up a dubbel. white labs lists the following information: I have been googling but this doesnt seem to be a very popular yeast or something, as I'm not...

Hey guys, SWMBO wants me to incorporate lavender in a beer. I have a basic hefe recipe with 3068 that I like. I figured i could brew that up and just "dry hop" with some culinary lavender after primary completes? The recipe is really basic, I guess I'm just wondering if you guys think 3068...

Hi guys, Im going to be brewing a hefeweizen (my first one) tonight and i was wondering about the mash schedule in this wiki article: http://braukaiser.com/wiki/index.php?title=Weissbier_Hell it details a "maltose" rest at 145 degrees followed by a "dextrinization rest" at 160. I have...

If two post fermentation refractometer readings taken three days apart are the same is it safe to say that fermentation is complete? I took a hydrometer sample and FG is where I want it to be, but I don't want to take another hydrometer sample if it can be avoided. This fermentation was...

8 lb pilsner 2 lb white wheat 8 oz Vienna 4 oz flaked barley 2 oz special b 1 lb table sugar 1oz Willamette or saaz @ 60 1oz Willamette or saaz @ 30 Wlp566 w/ a big starter Single infusion mash @ 150 Its a 5.5 gallon recipe. IBU around 30. I'm not sure if I should use...

Hey guys, I got a couple vials of old yeast (best before sept 2015) that i thought i might try to revive. WLP566 and WLP545. I dont have a stir plate and i was wondering if its possible to revive yeast this old without one? I would do a small 1L starter first and swirl it as often as i...

Hey, so my girlfriend had the grand idea that we will give everyone in our families beer that I have made. I can't really get out of it at this point so bye bye pipeline! Anyways the goal is four different styles. I have three done already: 1. Belgian Dubbel 2. Milk Stout 3. Amber So I just...

Hey guys, I have started doing a mash out even though i have been told that when batch sparging it isn't necessary. I noticed I was over-attenuating and getting a thin body on all my beers and after reading up on it I decided I might be sparging too slowly and allowing the wort to drop in temp...

Hey guys, So I'm at a point where my beers have all been turning out fantastic taste-wise, but I'm noticing a trend where the majority of my beers lack body and don't quite form or retain head so well. I have noticed that most of my beers end up with an FG below 1.010. usually around 1.006 or...

Hey guys, My pumpkin beer is in the fermenter bubbling away and I'm looking for another fall style beer to brew. I intend to do a stout and I have a dubbel bottled already. I was thinking something cinnamon apple-y? Maybe with a saison yeast? I would like to do something distinctly fall, just...

Hey guys, I have been brewing with my city's tap water for about two years and I haven't really been concerned about it. However I figure I might as well get into treating my water and trying to understand the science behind all of that. So can any of you guys point me in the right direction...

I have searched but haven't found a definitive answer - does Unibrue filter their yeast and then bottle condition with a different strain for La Fin Du Monde? Or am I able to harvest from the bottles? Some people have said they do not filter La Fin Du Monde, I'm just hoping someone can...

Hey, This morning before work impulsively I decided to cold crash a brew i plan to bottle this weekend. I have never cold crashed before but I had read about suck back in the past... I ferment in a big bucket with a hole/rubber grommet. I removed the airlock and covered the hole with...

Hey guys, I have been looking through the recipes and trying to google but I can't settle on a good belgian recipe. I am looking for something with that distinct belgian yeast flavour with a dark colour (i will use my own candi syrup that turned out really dark) and an abv range of maybe...

http://www.noblehop.com/products/yeast-nutrient-dap-2oz I wanted to make candi syrup tonight so I was going to stop at my lhbs and get DAP and follow the instructions in this thread: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=114837 I searched DAP on lhbs website and this is all they...

Hey guys, So i have been away travelling in Europe for a month and spent a good deal of time in Belgium. We tried basically every beer imaginable, even took a trip to Westvleteren to drink the 12 and see the Abbey :) I have a new found deep appreciation for Belgian brewing and beer culture...

Hey guys, Road tripping through Europe and it looks like we will have two days and two nights to spend anywhere in Belgium. I have never been to Belgium and want to make these two days as beer oriented as possible! Any tips on where to go and what to do (and what to drink)? I wouldnt mind...

went to bottle a saison i have had in primary for four weeks this morning and i opened the lid and just judging from other pictures on here i think i might have an infection :( on the surface are a bunch of little filmy circles and bubbles. i hope im wrong please tell me its not infected :(...

I brewed a wit with S-04 hoping for a quick turnaround. I'm going camping on May 15th for the long weekend and wanted to have this bottled and carbed by then. I took a reading 3 days ago and I was at 1.011 and I took another reading today which was also 1.011. I know S-04 is pretty quick to...