Hey everyone-
I recently posted about my first attempt at making a beer with some brett and other bugs added (via dregs of some commercial bottles). I did a primary fermentation with a saccharomyces strain and then transferred to a secondary carboy and pitched the bugs. After sitting in the...
Alright- so I brewed the beer described in my original post back on June 19. Great brew day, everything went well... hit my O.G. perfectly. I pitched a big healthy starter of Wyeast 3522.
On June 29 I transferred to a 6 gallon carboy. The S.G. was down to 1.011. The beer tasted great-...
I considered this... because I've read that you get more funk when you pitch everything at once. But I think I want to do a primary with saccharomyces because that is how the process is described for Supplication. Also, I'm not a huge fan of the intensely sour beers... I really like brett-y...
So I've been brewing for over two years now and have attempted a wide variety of styles. My wife loves sours and I occasionally enjoy them as well, so I figured it is time. My favorites include Russian River Supplication and just about anything by Jolly Pumpkin. I have done a little reading...
I am very interested in the Orval process as well. I recently had a couple bottles that were bottled less than a month ago and they were frickin' amazing. But as expected, the brett presence was pretty subdued.
In Brew Like a Monk, it says that Orval does a primary fermentation with no...
Hey everyone-
A couple weeks ago I kegged my first batch of beer after bottling for a long time. I have my keg in a kegerator, but I'm not running the beer out through a draft tower or anything like that. It is just being dispensed through the beer line out through a plastic faucet. It is...
Welcome to HBT! This looks like quite a beer to tackle while being still new to homebrewing! Let us know how it turns out. My only comments...
The hop bill looks pretty awesome. Almost Pliny-like (according to the recipes I've seen). For the grains- I might replace the maris otter with...
Looks good to me. I would use the Cascade for bittering and save the Saaz for a late addition- just because you'd have to add a whole lot of hops with alpha acids in the 3% range to get up to 25 to 28 IBUs. It should be a tasty brew- as you mention, not really a traditional blonde ale. Call...
Just had my first bottle of Plead the 5th last week. I liked it a lot. Waaaay better than Bells Expedition Stout in my opinion (if you wanna compare Michigan-brewed Russian Imperial Stouts)...
I use a big strainer. I just take the kettle and dump everything through a sanitized strainer into a plastic bucket. If it is a really hoppy beer, then I may need some help from my wife to scrape away hops as I pour the wort.
I am considering switching to the whirlpool and siphon method...
I don't have experience with the Burton Ale yeast... but notice that it does say SUBTLE fruity flavors. The English ale yeasts I have used have been more estery than American varieties- although they can become very clean if fermenting at lower temps. BUT- these same English ale yeasts are...