Recent content by l3agel

I've used wlp530 in the past without any offensive smells, of course the temp was warmer for that ferment and it was much more vigorous. I have read that the low and slow fermentation of lagers puts out alot of sulphur and I'm curious how much of my experience with these two is time and...

Thanks for the replies! Looks like I'm gonna practice some patience. I'll update on the beer at bottling and after carbing for anyone else with a similar situation.

I just drew a hydro sample and the smell was there but more subtle, not sure if the agitation scrubbed it away with CO2. The beer tastes good but the sulphur is still there behind some other nicer fermentation flavours. FG is 1.006 down from about 1.060, I'm not very good with diligent note...

I brewed up my first attempt at a trippel a little over a month ago. Numerous things went poorly with brew day primarily that the manifold in my MLT came loose during the vorlauf and lauter...this however is not my concern. I still ended up with a good tasting yet lower OG wort going into the...

I'm curious how this turned out. Did you enjoy the flavour and bittering Polaris gave you?

IMO using hops or anything other than food colouring would probably be a waste of money. A neat idea, but I don't know if I'd be okay with paying for hops just to use them for colour... 944play: That looks freaky!

+1 on DementD. basic economic theory: more demand means more supply, and, often as a way of ensuring company survival, higher variation in product. I want more people drinking craft brew in my area, maybe the LCBO will start opening their eyes to the fact that people want interesting beer made...

What would be the problem with adding fruit to the primary? Why is a secondary necessary for that?

Don't buy much beer but: Steamwhistle (left here, I only think it tastes good fresh, otherwise it's skunked) Red Stripe (Bought it for the stubbies, it's decent with a snack) Guinness Rickards Red (I'm a sucker for this, it's my dad's beer, at least he had decent taste) DFH 60 Min IPA Maudite...

Wow, nothing should be allowed to look so good and smell like that and not taste good, thanks for posting! Gotta stash some bottles of my own away, all the aged goodness no coopers taste.

Okay I was hasty in posting this, and I just read this thread: Bottle Bomb Fears I feel a little more determined that I shouldn't vent anymore of my bottles, but if anyone wants to help give me some calm, that's always welcome! :mug:

I just bottled my second batch earlier today, maybe about 6 hours ago the last cap was put on. I'm putting everything away and just out of curiosity squeezed two of my plastic bottles and they felt firm already, I opened and recapped them, shook them up and from the gas released from that alone...

Personally, I pour more aggressively because I want to get more CO2 out of solution, the bite just takes away from the flavour IMO. As for why I want the head to stick around? It's purdy. I love seeing a nice whispy cloud of head towering over the rim of the glass... mmmmmm... Also the popping...

Same here! My first year of university was at Brock in St. Catherines for Oenology and Viticulture. I hated the school, loved wine, but in the course of that year I noticed just how much more complex and creative beer is! Now I'm at a different uni for Biochem. IMHO when making wine you are...

I would really be interested to see this beer in the glass and hear how it tastes! Have you poured yourself a glass yet?