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Anyone know what that is? I'm doing my first barrel fermented/ conditioned beer. Blend of a Belgian double and "Kreik"(cherry ale, not true lambic). 1 month in barrel and this popped up within the last week. Is it mold or some yummy form of little nasty that's developing? Smells delicious and...

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Hi All, I'm planning to move into the world of all grain and would like to know the effect of toasting 2-row. I've searched all over and can not find any info, sorry if this is a duplicate thread. (If so please link me up!) The plan is to brew an oatmeal stout and it was suggested I...

Bump... Anyone? Having the same issue....

Sorry to resurrect, how'd this concept turn out? I've been toying with the same idea and dealing with the same frustration. (finding a way to get caramel flavor to come out.) I've had a couple ideas, including killing the yeasties and back-sweatening but I think it'll be too sweet/ cloying...

I thought it was fairly successful. I felt the commercial brew was a little light for my taste, hence the longer steep. The brew was such a hit last year, I just brewed it again. This time I used WYeast 1272 for a cleaner, brighter beer. I also split it into two, 3 gallon carboys. One I did...

Bottled almost for two weeks now, cracked one open tonight. YUM!

So I brewed this on Saturday. Beautiful aroma, soba is delicious! I hit the projected OG on the head, reading 1.048. My airlock has stopped and from pure curiosity, I took a gravity reading; it's beyond done. Was aiming for 1.016, at 1.013 so far. It's a beautiful amber color and the soba...

So they made it as an extract kit with specialty grains. Here's what we have: WYeast American Ale OG/ FG: 1.048/ 1.016 (soba has lots of unfermentables) IBU: 30 12 SRM 5 Gal batch 3lbs Amber DME 1.5lbs Gold DME Specialty: .5lbs Pale 2-Row .5lbs Munich .5lbs Crystal 15L 1lb Buckwheat 1oz...

UPS says "out for delivery." Hopefully this weekend!

Mine is arriving this week. I'll follow up with the results.

This is super late, but if anyone is still interested, they sell it in kit form: http://www.homebrewers.com/product/10675/Rogue-Morimoto-Soba-Ale-Kit.html?meta=GBASE&metacpg=10675&utm_source=gbase&utm_medium=CPC&utm_content=&utm_campaign=10675