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Yeah I wanted to do that. But here in Japan the homebrew game is pretty weak. Just got liquid yeast for the first time two months ago - bought the only WLP004 Irish they had to brew the first beer, so they didn't have any fresh that I could use. I definitely would have done that if it was possible.

Yeah that's why I tried the side-by-side to see if I could detect the difference. Might re-do the experiment again - let me know if any of you guys do it with the same yeast!

Ok - results. Not *the* most scientific but I probably will follow the 1.060 rule - unless I'm in a bind. I made an Irish Red Killian clone (all grain) 10 gallon batch. I split the batch in half and put it into 6 gallon buckets. In one beer I pitched two WLP011 European Ale vials that I had...

Sweet! Yeah I put 3 tsp of graham cracker extract at flameout and I agree it has dropped out during fermentation. I put it into three 2.5gallon kegs (was way off on my pre-boil volume, only ended up wtih 8ish gallons), so I will try to add some more graham cracker to one of the kegs and see...

I have read a lot on this forum and others about using yeast from high gravity beers. Everyone says don't re-use it if it's from a beer with OG above 1.060 or a highly hopped beer. Some people cite mutations but I don't really buy that. Other people cite all the trub/dead yeast cells but...

Its still aging but I'm pretty happy with it. It's been too long since I've had Warlock and am living overseas so I can't compare it to the original. Good roasted flavor that dissipates into a nice vanilla/autumn spice.

Not sure if my last post sent. Here's my attempt at summarizing this thread and the pumking thread, hopefully the graham cracker extract and vanilla together will really bring this together. Slight change from my last post (part of the dark grain bill apportioned to debittered black) 30 lbs of...

So I looked at this thread for Warlock, looked at the one for Pumking, and put together my own (10 gallon) recipe using those recipes and following my own preferences. What do you guys think, any glaring issues before I start buying ingredients? 30 lbs of 2 row 5 lbs of crystal 40 3 lbs of...