Recent content by Jeff Olson

Although I have around 3 grand i equipment, I also have beer that is very good, and styles not available anywhere near me. Closest home brew supply is 150 miles and that is the distance to quality crafted beers as well. My wife really only wants to drink big rich syrupy imperial stouts, you...

We are on a private well. The water temp is fairly constant all year at around 55 Deg F. so no need here for an icebath exchanger, however you might find that you will save time and water, and its better for the beer to chill fast, like through a counter flow or plate chiller.

Just thinking about the saison grain bill and what yeast to use. I have been using belgian saison wlp565, is there maybe a better yeast, I know this one seams to be fairly clean, wonder how it might respond to the acidulated malt if I use any.

I am planning on using brett. I have done some kit sours before, but some of those don't give you a breakdown of the grainbill. I did a Consecration clone a 5 years ago, aged it for a little longer then the recipe called for, it came out great. Just looking for something lighter, if its not...

I am using all grain, I have a saison recipe that might be a place to start, I might want to back it down a little though, it has a starting gravity of around 1.060 and finishes at 1.001-1.003 usually

Lighter color and lower gravity, mixed fermentation and likely a longer traditional fermentation. Maybe I should use a berlinerviese (spelling?) as the base.

I am looking for a clean base beer to use in making fruity sour beers, I picked 5 lbs of sour pie cherries yesterday from our tree's and more will coming tomorrow as well as apricots later this year. I am interested in a lighter beer that really bring out the fruit, but not sweet. Any help...

As bad as NB and Midwest are in the shipping department maybe this will be good. But until I see a change I still won't be doing business with them, 10-14 days on an order is too long, And not only that, their UPS rates are through the roof compared to other suppliers that are equally far away...