Recent content by GardenElf

The beer is supposed to be a saison, so it obviously should be pretty dry, the BJCP guidelines say that a saison should finish between 1.002-1.012. So with that in mind, I'd say it does look good. The estimated FG of 1.014 is most certainly given by some recipe design software, which always...

I haven't read all the xbeeriments yet, but I don't mind anymore if some of the kettle trub enters my fermentor. So I must admit he has affected my brewing.

I wouldn't worry about the cloudyness, it will settle with time. Besides some cloudyness doesn't matter much if the beer tastes good. About the taste issues, wait a week or two until the beer's fully carbonated before making any final judgements. I've run into this myself too (Hmmm... the beer...

There are hardly any craft breweries in here anymore (if there ever was, maybe Stallhagen from Åland) that uses the old fashioned paper-labels, that would come off with simple soaking. Almost all of them use some kind of sticker-labels, that leave most of the non-watersoluble sticky glue on the...

This has been a most interesting thread and I'm going to give this beer a try. What temperatures did You have, before and after pitching the yeast?

I have my own well, never tested the water but it tastes good so I believe its okay. I brew my beer with it and they too taste good :). I'm actually quite proud to have my own water source because that makes the beer a bit special too.

When being lighter than your beer, they will keep on floating. You could try to get rid of them with a kitchen sieve or similar.