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here is a link to where I get mine. http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/item.aspx?itemid=23470&catid=752

This is what I was thinking if the beer in question is a lager using lager yeast the "Cooling" should begin prior to pitching of the yeast not at bottling time.

Ale or Lager?

Well I guess I will toss the cake from my Tripel and use Wyeast 1056 to pitch for my APA.

My Trappist Tripel has finally finished fermenting and it is in the fridge cold crashing. I will bottle it in a couple of days. I am planing to brew an American Pale Ale next. I am wondering if pitching the APA on the Wyeast 3787 cake from the Tripel would be advisable.

Well I never got around to repitching a starter of WLP001 and I am glad I waited. I checked the gravity on Wednesday 02/02 and the gravity was down to 1.023. When I checked it this afternoon 02/05 it was right on the Target FG of 1.016. Much to my surprise the sample tasted great! I am glad I...

DEFALCO'S BELGIAN TRIPEL RECIPE Deep gold hue, strong, slightly sweet, with some bite. O.G. - 1.074 F.G. - 1.016 INGREDIENTS: 2 lbs. Old Bavarian Munich Blend 6 lbs. light malt extract 1/2 lb. Cara-pils malt 2 lbs. Belgian pilsner malt 1 oz. Hallertauer Tradition hops (bittering)...

JBmadtown On 01/25 I swirled the fermentor and began raising the temp to the mid 70's on 01/27 the temp was in the mid 70's and there was more airlock activity. I checked the gravity on 01/29 it was at 1.033. I will check it again tonight and see if has moved .

I have a Belgian Tripple that has been in the fermentor for 22 days the OG was 1.074 as of day 19 the gravity was at 1.033. I brewed this beer on 01/10. I pitched the yeast at 70 deg F and had a very vigorous fermentation with in 4 hours of pitching. The high krausen was approximately 20 hrs...

thanks for the input maida7 I will get the WLP001 and give it a try.

I just bought 3 of these in 7 gallon http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/item.aspx?itemid=23470&catid=752

This beer was brewed on 01/10 OG was 1.074. Checked the gravity 01/29 it was 1.033. I will check it tomorrow again to see where it is at.

Temp is now holding at 74 deg. F The air lock activity is steady. I took a gravity reading saturday it was 1.033. I will chec the gravity again tonight hopefuly it has started dropping. If gravity is not dropping should I repitch and if so what yeast should I use.

I just bought Beer Smith and ran the recipe. Beer Smith suggest 1.050 OG I got 1.053. Is .03/.02 any thing to be concerned about?

I brewed my first full boil batch last night in my new 34 qt kettle. This is the recipe I used. DEFALCO'S HEFEWEIZEN (WHEAT BEER) RECIPE Pale gold, slightly bready. Low hop bite & flavor yields an effervescent, thirst quenching beer. Over-tones of bananas & cloves w/wheat yeast. O.G. - 1.047...