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I ended up adding .5 lb biscuit grain to the grain bag while steeping. I also used the belgian abbey II liquid yeast. It turned out absolutely fantastic. We compared to some bottles of fat tire and most people preferred the home brew over the fat tire. I really enjoyed it. I have everything...

Tapped the keg last night. It was fantastic. Did a taste test with a bottle of the real thing and boy was it close!! After taste was spot on and very close on the initial taste. Only difference was fat tire had just a bit more biscuitiness. I used the wyeast Belgian abbey II and added .5 lb...

excellent... one of the guys was worried that we didnt give it 4 weeks at room temperature. he got me curious too - i had always thought secondary was for clearing and so cold crashing would be better.

hi guys, myself and 2 other guys are on our 12th batch of brew. we decided to try something different and i'm wondering if we screwed up. We brewed NB's phat tyre extract kit which calls for 2 week primary and 2 week secondary. after the 2 week primary the sg was right where it needed...

I recently did a batch of NB's phat tyre and i liked it, but it was missing the biscuit flavor that i love about Fat tire. this time I ordered the kit with wyeast 1762 belgian abbey II and instead of the S-04 and i also ordered a pound of crushed belgian biscuit malt. My question is, can...

any ideas on what caused it with this brew?

NOpe I added 2 lb right away and 3 lbs as a late addition So a late extract addition will give it more "hopiness"?

isnt the sweetness from unfermented sugars? or what causes the sweetness?

So my beer has been stopped for a week now. its stuck at 1.016 which seems high for this beer. Color is great, but it tastes very very sweet. Like to the point its almost undrinkable. unfortunately i dont know what my OG was. Only things i did different was 3 lbs of the DME I added as a...

so i just need to wait it out?

temp in the room is 66. Never fried a turkey in it. We've used the pot on the stove before to brew, but decided it would be easier on the fryer outside. could not aerating enough cause this? the guy who normally aerates wasnt there when we brewed, so maybe we didnt do a good enough job?

Brewed this on march 3rd, its now the 22nd. checked the sg tonight and its still over 1.020. It also tastes very sweet. The color is right and its very clear, but it doesnt taste right. These are my 7th and 8th beers, and never had a problem before. I brewed 2 beers that night (the other is...

Just brewed the extract version of this. Mine is very very dark looking. did I have too much heat? It was the first time we used our propane burner and not our stove top, so im wondering if its possible to heat the beer too much during its boil?