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I already have the honey malt and cara pils on the grain bill. Looks like we are on the same page. Maybe I'll boost the quantity of the honey malt and only add a half pound of honey at flameout. It's all about trial and error. Thanks for the suggestions. I'll try and remember to post results.

I am planning on adding 1 pound of honey to the IPA I am about to brew on Saturday. I've read mixed reviews on when to add. Some say to pasturize it first on the stove/oven and then add it to the primary at high krausen. Others say to add it around 10 minutes left in the boil. Nothing is too...

i just bottled a saison which had fermented fast for the first 3 days. OG was 1.05. At day 5 reading was 1.008. Left in primary for another 4 days and transfered to secondary with the same 1.008 reading. Left in secondary to clarify for 7 more days. At time of bottling the reading was still...

Hurricane Irene gave me a reason to bottle tomorrow. Nothing else to do. The problem is I checked my corn sugar and found that I only have about a 1/4 cup. The batch is roughly 4.5 gallons. Is it ok to add powdered sugar to get me to the correct amount? The brew is an original saison and all the...

Transfered to secondary after 9 days in primary. Average temp was 76 degrees F. OG=1.05 and the reading at xfer was 1.008. Added the dry hops. Airlock is not getting much activity and will take another reading tomorrow. This batch fermented pretty quick and if the reading holds, I'll bottle it...

I just finished an IPA using Simcoe and it turned out amazing 60 min= 1.5oz 18 min= .5oz 15 min= .5oz 12 min= .5oz Flame out = 1oz Wyeast Pacific Nortwest Primary for 5 days Dry Hop in secondary for 14 days 2oz

Thanks again for all the help. 10 hours after pitching, the fermentation started. At around 17 hours, I was watching TV in my basement (which is under my kitchen where the primary is located at 75 degrees) and my wife told me to mute the TV. We could hear a heartbeat like sound coming from...

Thanks for all the advice. Will start brewing in about 2 hours. I'll let you all know the results.

Just receive a wyeast 3711 in the mail. I ordered a cold pack with it and when I opened the package it felt warm. Is the yeast bad now?

Thanks for the tip. I will pitch around 70 and then put directly in shed. I'll let it go and hope for the best. If there is no reason to put in secondary then I will let it go in the primary. I will post results as they happen.

Going for my first try on a saison. Past 6 batches of other styles have been right on target. Going to use Wyeast 3711 French Saison. Main concern is fermentation. Going to put in shed which is averaging 86 degrees F over the last two weeks. Any tips on length of time in primary and should I...

I know wheats are suppose to be cloudy, but I wanted to clean it up a bit by transferring to secondary. Color is perfect at the moment and smells great with the dry hopping. Will bottle tonight since the readings have stayed consistent the past few days. Will probably let sit in bottle for 10...

brewed a wheat beer with 6.6 lbs of breiss wheat extract and nothing else. Sg was 1.056 (kinda high) and will bottle tonight. This morning's reading was 1.012. About 5.9% ABV. 4 days in primary, and 14 days in secondary. Boil vol. = 2.25 gal. Total vol for pitching was 4.5 gal. Used White Labs...

On my fourth different batch. 1st three came out as expected. Used corn sugar as primer in previous three. This batched used 2 lbs of orange blossom honey with other malts during boil. Transfered to secondary and ABV is about 7.5%. Tasted sample and the hops shined through as expected. Honey...

Looking to make an West Coast IPA unique. I have already come up with my hop list and am planning on using 8lbs of liquid malt (pale). Using Wyeast 1272. Trying to get the Alcohol to about 7%-8%. Plan on dry hopping during secondary. Any suggestions to ensure the desired alcohol content? Will...