Recent content by Genjin

Whoa, you brewed yesterday and want to keg on Saturday? If the beer was under 1.040 og you could be in good shape, but you really risk some of flavors if you don't let them clean up their mess. If it were me if wait a week or two after I had stable gravity readings and then bottle or keg. But...

I'm glad you are keeping at it! You don't need to rinse the steeping grains but you can. Just don't use water over 170f as you might extract some tannins. I usually just put them I'm a colander and let then drain into the pot. Gravity readings should be taken after the wort is cooled and after...

Stores often just toss in 5oz of sugar which is usually too much. You should probably be using a calculator to figure out how much sugar to add. That way you can also use the amount that is appropriate for the style. I like to shoot for 2 volumes of co2 for British styles, 2.5 for American and...

I would do the light or golden DME also. You don't really know what is in there and if you are doing a mash it is nice to have full control over the malt flavor. I agree on dropping the rye to 20%. You will get plenty of that distinctive flavor. Good luck. Mashing is addicting, I started...

This is true for most yeasts. However, I just brewed a 7.6% saison with wyeast3711 and that baby chewed through the priming sugar and was carbed in a week. But that yeast is a monster attenuator. That said it needs more time to condition so even if high abv beers are carbed they need plenty if...

How long have they been in the fridge before you open them? How much sugar did you prime with?

I can't believe you have waited this long. As it is a wheat beer, my guess is it is done and ready. Pop a few in the fridge and see how it is!

I've also been reading about wlp 060. Apparently it is a blend which contains some lager yeast, and gives a bit of that finish while fermenting at ale temps. Has anyone had experience with this yeast? http://www.whitelabs.com/beer/strains_wlp060.html

This is certainly possible, but having tasted a few pale ale banana bombs at the last homebrew event I went to, it wouldn't be my choice :)

Welcome! Secondary is not truly a "fermentation" unless you are adding more sugars. Fermentation should be complete in the primary vessel. Secondary vessels are used to help clear the beer, add fruit or dry hop or for long term storage/conditioning. A lot of folks on here only use a primary...

This doesn't seem like a very versatile yeast. You will get banana and clove which don't suit many styles. I'd only use it for wheat beers.

Cheers to that! A well made bitter is good for any season.

My mildly chlorinated porter. Just subtle enough to be drinkable, just strong enough to drive me batty.

Only if you can explain "frost brewed" Coors Light. I would love to get my hands on some yeast that fermented at 32F. Or do they boil at 32?

I did a bit of research and if you can find wlp 860 Munich Helles Yeast, that might be the augustiner strain. If you use the brewing software like beersmith or hopville.com you should be able to work out the recipe based on those percentages. I can't lager right now so I won't be spending the...