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last winter I brewed a belgian triple that came in about 12%abv and never really carbonated. It had a little tingle on the tongue but that was it. I used wyeast 3787. I'm guessing the yeast just couldn't handle the strong abv. I'd like to brew it again but I'm thinking about using champagne...

I have a couple of simple questions regarding this thread. Can't I just buy a NG burner for a commercial stove that would already be set up perfectly for NG? And. Is NG that much cheaper to use than LP?

I think I would cut the roasted barley out completely, use about half the honey malt, and make a smaller batch so you get an og of 1.055 to 1.060. Still might be a little too strong on the chocolate malt but give it a shot and send me a bottle.

I'm working on a recipe for this that I'm going to brew in a couple days. Mine will have a lower og and abv so it actually fits within the oatmeal stout category without the addition of the lactose, cocoa and oranges. I'm also trying to locate fat-free cocoa powder to help with head retention...

Any thoughts on this recipe with some orange peel in it? I'd like to something a little christmasy without going over the top with a xmas ale. How much orange peel and what about some cinamon?

I agree it should be highly carbed. What do you mean 3.5 or 4 volumes?

So in the end this beer tasted great but never did carbonate much. I'm going to retry it in a couple weeks using champagne yeast at bottling time.

I tested mine today. I cooled 3 gallons of boiling vinegar water in 7 minutes through the spigot on my pot. My cooling water was 48 degrees and I ran it at about 3/4 gallon/minute. my cooled "wort" came out at 66 degrees. Cant wait to use this thing for real.

Thanks for the tip Bobby. If I put the second pot in an ice bath while the first pot drained through the CFC (5 mins or so) would that be better or worse for oxidation? I know it would be safer to pour because it would probably be down below 150 degrees.

Bobby, thanks for the great tutorial. I just built mine today. I got all the parts for xmas, gave my wife the parts list. I'm sure the guy at HD thought she was nuts. They had a hard time figuring out what size hose clamps I needed, he kept telling her they wouldn't work on the copper, I'm...

Thanks for the tips. I've read through half of the sticky thread on washing yeast. I think I'll try that.

I plan on brewing a stout and an Irish Red within a week or two of each other. Rather than buying two propogators I was wondering if I could rack the stout into the secondary leaving the yeast behind in the primary container and then put the Irish Red wort into the same primary container. If i...

what if you used the agave syrup to prime with? Do you think it would contribute more flavor?

Does anybody know if the CLR or muratic acid tricks work on the ceramic Rogue bottles?

Somewhere on here a few weeks ago I saw a post about a "heat stick". Basically it was a heating element attached to a piece of pvc that you hang on the side of keggle. This might work since its not actually attached to the keggle you just leave it behind when you head to the club brew.

I just read the last couple pages of posts and wanted to add my experiences to the thread. I've used this basic method on two batches now, both big beers and IPA and a Tripel. I have two 5 gal pots so I basically made 2 2.5gal batches and combined them in the fermenter. I mashed in the...

Instead of running the cfc water through a tub of ice water to drop it a few degrees why dont you use a punp to pump ice water through the cfc? Another idea for the reverse IC might be to use the copper tubing from a baseboard heater through a cooler filled with ice water. You could use copper...

So have I ruined my bottles? After reading this thread I soaked a case of bottles I got from a craft brew bar in Sun Oxygen Cleaner (Wallyworld's generic version of OxyClean with no perfumes). Many of these bottles had yeast deposits in the bottom so I figured this would get much of that out...

Another option would be to buy insulation half as thick as you want and use two layers. That way you can stagger your seams. Even your corner seams, if you have one side abutt the other on the first layer reverse that on the second layer. Your door could even be made that way so the...

I would like to try my first lager but dont have a dedicated refrig or freezer. Could I put my 5 gal batch into 5 1 gal jugs and lager in my refrigerator? I could possibly rearrange things in our 2nd frige and fit a carboy in there (and protect it from the light) but would the temp swings in a...