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I have calibrated my hydrometer with distilled water and adjusted for temperature. Caribou Slobber OG 1.057 FG 1.018 ABV 5.2% BIPA OG 1.070 FG 1.017 ABV 7.0%

I keep my beer on the trub for 3 weeks then bottle. I do rouse the yeast occasionally when the airlock bubbling starts to slow. The Caribou I just pitched 1 packed of S-04 re-hydrated. The BIPA I pitched 2 packets of re-hydrated US-05. I did not make a starter for either but I did add some yeast...

Also, the Caribou Slobber (low hops) was good initially and now has twang.

Yes I would imagine that the NB stuff is pretty fresh. I refrigerated all contents of the kit and used it a week or so later. The BIPA had a good deal of hops in it and was fantastic (just needed a bit more carbing) two weeks in the bottle. Now after a month in the bottle it has an odd taste to...

Some other info...I ferment for three weeks in a temp controlled fridge at 65F. I do a partial boil of about 4 gallons. In both of these batches I believe I did add most of the LME late in the boil. I'm very disappointed after tasting my black ipa yesterday after a bit over a month in the...

I am 5 or so extract batches in and I need a hand improving my future brews. It seems like my brews develop a sweet/twangy taste after they have been bottled for two months or so. I recall them tasting very good 3-4 weeks in the bottle but after that some of them have the sweet/twangy taste to...

Thanks for the clarification about the temps. I was planning on using the d2 candy syrup. They sell them in 3.3 lb containers so I was going to just dump it all in.

I was thinking about adding some Special B after reading the malt profile...sounds exactly like what I want. Half pound should be ok? What is the reasoning behind subbing in the table sugar for the candi? Alot of the quad recipes call for fermenting in the 80s initially....should I not do...

I had looked at that AHS kit but I am pretty sure it's just a generic Belgian Quad kit and not specifically modeled after the Bernardus Abt 12.

I've been looking around various sources (mostly all-grain) about a St. Bernardus 12 clone recipe. Combining a lot of them together and converting to extract, here is what I am thinking of going with... 5.5 Gallon Batch w/full boil OG 1.098 FG 1.018 ABV 10.3% Munich Liquid Malt Extract - 3.3...

I was wondering if anyone ever hooked up a Bottle Jet to the spray nozzle hose in their sink? My actual sink faucet doest have any screw on capabilities so I thought I would try this. I've tried a few assorted from home depot and haven't had any luck so far.

I was wondering what effect cold crashing has on dry hopping. Should I wait till my dry hop period is over to cold crash? Should I remove the dry hops before cold crashing? Thanks for the help.

Thanks for the help! Turns out I just have to put a lot of downward pressure while capping and it works fine.

The metal claws that hold the bottle seemed to slide up the neck when capping. On normal bottles it clamps down fine.

So I let this beer sit in the primary for a total of 3 weeks and it tasted much better after week 3 than it did after week 1. Almost all of the fusel taste went away I have high hopes for how this beer will taste after it is chilled, carbed, and bottle conditioned for a few weeks. Thanks for all...