Recent content by Dontdropthebeer

thank you everyone for the input. The calculators mostly say the starter is enough. im thinking i will just pitch 1/2 to the whole thing, since i am planning to ferment it on the cooler side, and we'll see what happens. i am really approaching it as an experiment since 1) i havent done a...

Hello I am no stranger to making starters. Often when I bottle beer, I will pour off the yeast cake, and store it in mason jars that I have sterilized in boiling water. I then will decant and store in a fridge, then later when i want to use it, take a jar and make a 1L starter with about 100g...

I got nervous about submerging it in water, and went with a wet t shirt, a fan, and freezerblocks. kept it in a good range. thank you for the input!

Hi! Not sure if this is the best place to put this but I'll start here. I plan to brew up a NEIPA in the next couple of days. I live in the south of France and it's getting warm here, and in my "cave" (basement/garage sort of thing) it's currently about 23c (about 73f). I will be using London...

How did it go? Did you try it out yet?

I too bought it about two weeks ago and it arrived last week. The reduced price really motivated me. Did a couple nights of tests with just water and brewed my first batch with it on Sunday. I kept it simple - 6kg of Vienna malt and 50g of citra hops with bry-97 west coast ipa yeast...

those forums are great thank you. I had already been poking around the brassage amateur forums but not the facebook group. and yeah, i have not missed the 5 months of winter and freezing temps and knee to waist high snow i used to get in new england!

I am outside of Aix-en-Provence. I had mostly been looking at Rolling Beers and Brouwland. Thanks for the info!

I had not yet encountered either the Brewster Beacon or the Brew Taurus before, but with the included extras/accessories (and free shipping to France) I am suddenly very interested in the brew taurus. Mainly for the price, the size (i still wonder if 45l is too much more me, but it is good to...

Hello everyone As the title says, I am an American who somewhat recently relocated to the south of France. It was initially a one year stint to see if it worked out, and almost 4 years later there are no plans to return. I used to brew pretty regularly from about 2010-2015 and I was using a...

I am looking at buying one of these (although the 30l), and I was wondering about your thoughts/experiences?

Not to hijack the thread but where in France are you? My wife is from the south (Aix) and I actually just got back from a visit there. We have been talking about moving there and I was contemplating how my homebrewing would be affected by living there (availability of ingredients mostly)...

do you remember the fermentation temps?

How was this? I'm debating brewing a black saison this weekend and was looking for recipes. Thread ressurection!

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