Recent content by Bradthoc

I'd say 30C (BJCP 2015 - Winter Seasonal) is the category you want to enter it in. Maybe state American Strong Ale as the underlying base?

This has become my go-to Saison recipe over this past year. I've left the honey out, but the base recipe is fantastic. Have enjoyed playing around with oak and wines in secondary with it.

I made a tea before bottling and that worked great!

I think you'd be okay. I brewed late Sept/early Oct before and it was great. Even better around early February.

Tasting was great, sorry for the delay. Has been enjoyed by several others as well. I'm told for as delicate a fruit as strawberry the flavor really comes through. Very nice pleasant tartness. Carbonation could be a little higher. One big important piece of feedback I've been given is to...

Bottled and waxed, on 12/7/14. Will be tasting on 3/1/15. At that point it will be 10 months since brewing. At bottling it was fantastic. After 17lbs. Of strawberries they really come through. A nice rounded tartness. Will be nice to see what carbonation does.

Love the wax jobs guys!

What yeast did you use? How much of the individual spices? Did you change up any of the malts? These would be the factors, I'd think. I opened up my last one, from two years ago, on Sunday, and it was fantastic.

Will be bottling this on 12/7. Want to give it a solid 2.5 months before gifting some away. Ordered up some 375ml bottles. Was going to cork, but decided to go for crown style to save money this time and not buy a corker. Looking forward to tasting again and getting this carbonated and...

Just because there's no airlock activity, does not necessarily mean the yeast is not hard at work. Do you have a krausen? Maybe give it 3-4 more days - since you did have activity off the bat. After 3-4 days take a gravity sample and see where you're at. Just my two cents, maybe some of the...

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I wonder if 2lbs. will be enough cranberry to stand out much against the massive chocolate notes. I like the idea though! Sent from my iPad using Home Brew

Going to brew this up again in January. Brewed it last spring for a friend's wedding, and want to do a one year anniversary batch to surprise them. Thinking of doing a 100% Brett version to differentiate it from the original. Sent from my iPad using Home Brew

It's worth it. The spices really do well with age. Have one left from 2012 I plan to open over the holidays. Cheers! Sent from my iPad using Home Brew

Looks wonderful! Not giving up on mine yet. I will get this huge beer to carb. At least I'll know come brewing this again, in December, what to do next time to avoid the issue. Sent from my iPad using Home Brew