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I made the mistake of leaving a bucket that I'd transferred wort through out on my porch for over a week without liquid in the airlock, and when I opened it up there was that awful, earthy-smelling black mold that's hard to even scrub off. Using antibacterial soap and some paper towels I was...

I recently brewed my first Trippel with WLP500, after getting the base recipe down with WY3787. I can really taste the difference that the yeast strain makes - the 500 really is a Chimay-esque taste - and so now I'm looking to mess around with different yeast setups to see what I can do. My...

First time doing an all-grain brew with my new mash tun (one of the 10 gallon Gatorade coolers with a spigot/filter installed at the bottom). I'm doing a Gose, with 3.5 lbs each of wheat and pilsner, with a target OG of 1.035. After getting my 2.5 gallons of mash water up to ~160, I put it into...

Been successfully brewing a Belgian Trippel recipe for a while now with Wyeast 3787 Trappist High Gravity, and after a recent experiment with WLP545 Belgian Strong produced a completely distinct beer from the same wort recipe, I've decided to go out and try as many Belgian ale yeasts as I can...