Recent content by kartoffelmeister

Just imagine the line at your local LHBS is about 6 people. Theres 3 more people asking the only compitent people there rediculus questions that they should have researched before they ever walked in a LHBS with the intention of opening their wallets. Then the bin for the 2-row is empty but...

I just brewed this but man did it turn out red. I used organic 2-row , vienna, cara pils, and 20L organic crystal. All in the same ratio as the original post's recipe. I did use a bit more base grain the 2-row to get my OG up to about 1.062 and expect to finish at 1.010 giving the 7% as seen on...

The store bought milk was brand new with 14 days left on the sell by date. Not ultra homogenized just homogenized but it was pasteurized because of laws but I don't know to which criteria flash/low temp etc... I got it to work on the thrid try using a recipe that was slightly different from the...

Well the buttermilk definitley had enough cultures because the milk was clabbered from it by the next day which violates the 4th factor. Fresh store milk should be good its pasteurized and sealed so... I used store bought rennet tablets but can't find the mono lactic starters here so I rely on...

I have attempted twice now. Each time with 1 gallon of whole milk from the supermarket since that's all I can find. I looked for the stuff that was just homogenized and pasteurized not ultra pasteurized. Attempt one was with yougurt with live active cultures as the starter I put it in per...