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Found this Fin du Monde extract clone in an old thread right here on HBT: 4# Belgian Pilsner Malt 1# Malted Wheat 1# CaraVienne 1# Crystal 20 6# light LME 8 oz clear candi sugar 6 AAU's of Perle - 60 minutes 4 AAU's of Styrian Goldings - 30 minutes WLP 570 - Belgian Golden Ale Yeast I don't...

would love to know the answer to this too. Or Maudite for that matter, both are excellent Canadian Belgians :)

Appreciate all the advice! I am really liking this forum, you guys are so helpful and kind to us noobs :mug: I think I added a little too much water in the boil. Since I was doing a full boil, I started with somewhere between 5-6 gallons. My 7.5 gallon kettle has markings at 4 and 6 so it's...

Consider a used keg to save some serious dough: 5 Gallon Cornelius Keg - Ball Lock

Thanks, that's helpful. I steeped the specialty grains (8oz) in about 2 quarts of water for 25 minutes, then added the 'tea' to the boiling kettle. I read on here that this is the preferred method. My temp (on an electric stove) was fluctuating and it was hard to keep a consistent ~155F so...

Hefe extract brew w/ specialty grains Full 6 gal boil (yield just north of 5 gal) Overall a complete success (so far) but just a couple questions I had coming out: 1) OG on the kit was 1.049-1.053. I ended up with an actual OG of 1.044. I know, not a big deal to be off a bit, and I'm not...

True, I have no experience with a 'non-smacked' pack, but basically there's liquid throughout the entire foil pouch, and what feels like the remains of a bladder floating around inside there. Off to read about making a starter...I like to do my own research, but any advice on that is...

Hi all - first timer here. Getting ready for my first ever brew, and ordered a couple kits online, upgraded to Wyeast Activator for one of the kits. It arrived yesterday and the packet was already smacked, but NOT inflated. I'm assuming this is because it never got up to a temperature for the...