Recent content by bigbrewbowski

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I'm surprised no one else has noticed this: When bottling the beer... If I don't use a secondary, I notice there is a big difference in flavor from the 1st bottle to the last bottle. Usually the last bottles are hoppier than the first bottles. Using a secondary gives me consistant...

Thanks for all the replys & suggestions. I definitely will make a yeast starter next time. Bottle last week, and the results are .... delicious! I just picked up a couple of traditional kolsch beers to do a taste off. I like my results, but just not sure that it is representative of...

Well I was curious as to what was going on, so I opened up the fermenter this morning and measured the gravity - 1.019. O.G was 1.040 so there's still a ways to go. It appeared that fermentation was still happening, so I'm feeling relieved. I think I may let this one stay in the primary...

Hey all- I have a batch of Kolsch in the fermenter now, and I'm a little unsure about what is going on. This was the first time using a liquid yeast - I'm using the White Labs German Ale/Kolsch yeast. I pitched on Tuesday night at 10:00PM - wort temp. was 68 deg. and I put it in my...