Recent content by othevad

The sooner the better, and I'm (realistically?) *hoping* for late 2013/early 2014. Note that hoping and crossing and endless sea of red tape within a given time period are 2 completely different things haha. My equipment is scheduled to arrive in mid September, so I'd say that October is...

Hey Nuke. Definitely keep in touch man, my space is in Kingston, RI which is probably about 45 minutes from you. Even if ya wanna pop in and check it out at some point. be good

Hey Bk. I'm starting up at 3bbl (yes, even though we've been warned not to) with 4 FV's. Plan on brewing 2 days a week to start. I'm a very lucky man in that I don't have to be doing anything financially except for keeping the actual brewery afloat. I have an expansion plan and distro...

Hey guys, thanks. Jason, PM me and let me know where you are, where you are at and if we can trade any info on the whole process!

Hey guys. So yeah. Life presented me an opportunity to be a stay at home dad and open a nano as my only job. If you would like to keep track, you can check it out here, I will be updating often documenting all the steps and ridiculousness that it's gonna take to get this ball rolling...

Yeah, I wanted to keg it by this coming Monday, so I was trying to rush it through the end a bit. Otherwise I would have just set it and forget it. Next time I use it, I might pitch at an even higher rate and let it go to a higher temp than the low 80's I usually get it to. I've definitely...

Yeah. Here's the quote from the WL website. WLP565 BELGIAN SAISON I YEAST Classic Saison yeast from Wallonia. It produces earthy, peppery, and spicy notes. Slightly sweet. With high gravity saisons, brewers may wish to dry the beer with an alternate yeast added after 75% fermentation. Note to...

Hey man. Started around 66-67 as well. Ramped it up to about 80-82 by day 5. Was still going but realllllllllly slow. Don't have my beersmith on this comp, but from what i rememeber my recipe was this. 9.5 lbs pilsner .5 lbs vienna .25 lbs honey malt 2.5ish lbs of wildflower honey 1oz...

yooo. So a little over 2 weeks ago I made a saison on the strong side (about 1.068 og) I pitched the WL565 saison which is notorious for not attenuating past low 70%. I got the beer down to about 1.022 and made a small starter of 001 to finish it off a few days ago. After about 12...

Yeah man, I've seen the blog when harvesting Heady Topper yeast from the can like he did. I'll check it out. and yes, the brett will take the beer down pretty low I think like 1.003 - 1.006, I don't have much experience with it besides research and a batch I did with a buddy. From what I...

Hey Brew, Sounds like a good experimentation to try. On the recipe side, my only suggestion is to back the Crystal wayyyyyyy down. Even though it's only 10 L so it won't get crazy dark, it looks like (without doing the math) that the C is about 20% of the recipe which is a lot. The only other...

Oh yeah, I'd definitely pitch the Brett down the road, after the initial fermentation was completed and do an actual secondary fermentation with the brett/berries.

forgot the hops! Sterling .75oz at 60 mins and 15 mins.

Hey guys. Just curious of your thoughts on a sort of improv. recipe. I was planning to make a fairly big saison (about 1.070 og) 5 gallons, roughly this (sorry, haven't beersmithed it in yet) 10 lbs Pilsner malt 1 lb Munich 4 oz honey malt 2 lbs of wildflower honey Pitching with a...

Green Flash West Coast followed up by a Lagunitas Brown Shugga Sub. Just getting warmed up. Eyeing the Southern Tier 2X IPA or might slow down with a Fullers ESB.