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It's called Utopias actually and you can buy it here. http://www(dot)internetwines(dot)com/rws28347(dot)html you have to replace the (dots) with . Anyway I have not had it but it is not carbonated and tastes like Cognac according to what I've seen. Seems like a novelty to me but I'd try a shot...

Sup guys, I'm getting ready to brew my first all-grain batch. I'm gonna try a Belgian strong pale from the book Radical Brewing. The only malt in the recipe is 11lbs of pilsen, no boil time is given. I saw some posts recommending a 90 min boil for pilsen malt. I'd just as soon only do a 60 min...

Craig kegs now, so I'd say he would appreciate a corny (he uses ball lock) more than bottles=)

Yeah, I made the starter and there was a HUGE amount of krausen. It was trying to lift the foil off the top of the flask. At the time a 1 liter flask was the largest that I had, now I have upgraded to a 2L flask now so I should be okay. I'm fermenting @65f and at first the airlock was farting...

Haha you're right It DOES come with wheat DME. :o I'll just do that. I should never post anything before 8AM, I'm just not awake yet, Thanks and sorry for wasting your time:D

Okay, so I'm a bit torn here and figured I'd ask for help with my specific situation. I got a wheat beer extract kit I'm gonna cook up tomorrow and I'm using a Wyeast 3068 activator pack. My O.G. should be 49 for this 5 gallon batch according to the kit directions.(It's a Northern Brewer...

Thanks, I already quit with the coopers. I was just thinking that maybe since the only apple smelling yeast I have ever used produced the only appl-ish tasting beer that I ever made, that there might be a correlation. Still, I'd like to know if anyone has any other experiences with apple...

Thanks for the input guys, and please tell other people about this thread. I want to collect as many responses as possible so that I can determine if the apple-smelling yeast is the the variable that may explain why some people have the apple-esque while others report never having the problem...

I think I may have been misunderstood. I meant the yeast itself smells like applesauce. I mean just open the foil pouch and take a whiff- applesauce smell! I wasn't referring to the aroma imparted into the beverage. Anyone know of any other yeasts that smell like that?

Hmm... Good to know. Just curious though do you know of any other yeasts that smell like applesauce?

Okay, I was thinking back to my first brew. It was a Coopers "Can and a Kilo" type kit. (Yeah, I didn't know any better) so I brewed it up with just the extract and corn sugar and got a apple-cidery flavor twang in the brew. The thing is since I had no experience and my primary information...

No problem! I don't mind doing research lol. Thanks for the info about the additives. I think I'm just gonna play around with the formula a bit more before brewing this stuff.:mug:

Wow thanks for the reply, I think I need to do some more reading before I pull the trigger on this one. I wasn't planning on using the full half gallon of water, just a quart but I figured that the "recipe" would take about half a gallon due to boil-off in the DME re-hydration phase. As far...

Okay, so I found an old growler in storage around the house and I got it all cleaned and got a stopper and an airlock ready for it, and it just looks sad sitting there all empty so.... I have never made cider before or anything more complex than partial extract beer with specialty grains but I...