Recent content by yard_bird

Saison with cashmere and cascade. Will need to try this grist and hop bill again with a clean yeast.

Thanks for the feedback all. I don’t have a co2 tank. Trying to avoid that because it’s a bit of a drive for me to get it refilled. Soda stream option may work for since I have one of those….

Thanks for the quick reply mac. I think I’m going to use this for fermenting high gravity, oak aged beer. My thought process is after most of the fermentation is complete (say 11 days for my Belgian quad recipe), I swap the airlock for a spunding valve just to make sure I don’t get o2 ingress...

I'm a bottle conditioner and I won a used corny keg at homebrew club. I'm wondering if I can use this as a fermenter with a PRV set very low (no idea how low), ferment, and then prime, rack to bottles, and bottle condition. Is this feasible? Getting a kegerator set up isn't quite an option due...

“yeah uh hi do you guys have any hazies”

Hopping off the ride on mower to grab another 7.2% saison while telling swmbo “dude this is basically a day in the life of your typical wallonian farmer”.

Opened up the second draft (July 2024) of this beer and am pleased. At this point, the sugary flavor has subsided and am pretty happy with it. Surprisingly it’s not a hit at homebrew club, though the feedback is a few months old. Comments were “gotta be in the mood for it”, “soy sauce”, and “I...

Hi all, I’m looking at diving into the sour end of mixed fermentation after having a very gently sour saison at homebrew club. Unfortunately that member has since left the club so I can’t pick their brain or harvest their dregs. I usually don’t like commercial sour beers because they’ve been...

Hi all, I’m curious what people’s thoughts are regarding this grain bill used with Wyeast 3724 + orval dregs. Would mash 149F, ferment hot, and pitch a couple bottles worth of orval dregs during fermentation (haven’t figured out when yet). 45% pils 45% munich (10 lovibond) 5% cara60 5% choco...

Good perspective nightshade. I might try making this beer straight and adding a couple mls of tequila when serving. Seems less risky off the bat as a test batch.

How do you like Barke pils? Looking at starting to buy grain in bulk and I love brewing pilsner and belgian beer.

Did you add spices to this? I'm curious what your base style is for this (because I would drink this in any season sans holiday spices)

Thanks kickass. Yeah I agree, the yeast is a sticking point here. I'll need to look at my 3711 notes from yesteryear. One of the resolutions is to brew with more Belgian yeast this year. I guess to add from Wyeast: "aromatic, spicy, peppery, citrusy". Kind of a bunch of different flavors that...

Greetings, I have a pile of Motueka, pilsner malt, and Wyeast 3711 (homebrew club thing). I've used 3711 in the past with Cascade and Amarillo and in my experience, it went with fruity hops fairly well. This being said, I haven't tried it with Motueka. I have half a mind to soak some oak cubes...

FG was 1.023 if memory serves. I think next time I’ll just go with Lalvin as I’ve had luck getting it up to ~17%. I always use table sugar for priming. Lesson learned. Luckily I’m fine with minimal CO2 on something like this, but would not be surprised if it had a shorter shelf life (will save...