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Imperial IPA on the right and Belgian Pale on the left. In the background I have aging in bottles - London Ale, Saison, Holiday Cream Stout, IPA Sent from my SCH-I545 using Home Brew mobile app

I bottled today adding EC-1118 Champagne yeast to get the carbonation that I am looking for. F.G. 10.10. 8.66% ABV. I had a commercial Farmhouse Ale to compare aromas and flavors to. Very very close. Mine is young and uncarbonated. The commercial version was bottled 8 months ago. So it has had...

I tried cold steeped coffee in my secondary with one of my Imperial Stouts. I split the stout and bottled half of it straight and added 1 quart of cold steeped coffee to the other half. It was way too much. My friends like it. They say the coffee flavor really comes out. Personally I...

As far as mash temp goes, 154 was what the recipe I was following called for. Sent from my SCH-I545 using Home Brew mobile app

Yeast was WLP550, Belgian Ale Yeast. The brew shop I go to was out of the Saison specific yeast. But WLP550 is used in Saison as well. So I gave it a go. And so far it seems to be working out well. Sent from my SCH-I545 using Home Brew mobile app

I took a sample yesterday (1-23-2014) and S.G. was 1.012. Down 2 points in 5 days. Flavor of sample improved. Still a light sour background aroma. Mostly fruity. Taste was less chemically and more fruity. Not much in the way of sour to the taste. Overall it has mellowed a lot. I plan on...

Thanks. I am keeping it on the yeast cake for now Sent from my SCH-I545 using Home Brew mobile app

Everything I have read has said to give it time. Put it in the back of your closet and come back to it in a couple of months. Sent from my SCH-I545 using Home Brew mobile app

I brewed a Saison style beer last weekend (1-12-2014) and pulled a sample today (1-18-2014) to check attrition as activity has slowed way down. O.G. 1.076. Today's S.G. 1.014. It had rapid fermentation as I used a yeast starter. Everything I have read about Saison is it should be active for 3...

I had a small infection in my first brew. I had mold growing on the top of my IPA. I treated it like cheese. I siphoned off the beer into a bottling bucket and left the layer with the mold in the carboy. It turned out great. I would recommend doing the same thing. leave the infection in the...

It was sitting solid on the unseen side LOL. Sent from my SCH-I545 using Home Brew mobile app

Holiday Cream Stout and Double IPA Sent from my SCH-I545 using Home Brew mobile app

Start of the new year. On the left we have my Holiday Cream Stout and on the right is my Double IPA :) Sent from my SCH-I545 using Home Brew mobile app

Thanks all. I am brewing an IPA tomorrow (last brew day of the year) and made a yeast starter this time. I have been using the smack packs and relying on them to do their thing. My first batch of beer I ever made went really well. It was just dumb luck I guess. I have been trying to follow...

Beernik my mash temp was 160. Pitch temp was 70°F.