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Sounds like a fantastic beer! The recipe seemed to have changed quite a bit, did you ever end up settling on a favourite batch? Did the different yeast contribute anything nice?

I brewed this on Saturday. Mashed at 147 for almost two hours and added 8% sugar near the end of the boil. It has been bubbling away and smells great. I went with the Motueka version. As a hop head, it's a little difficult to fight the urge to dry hop...maybe the next time around.

Awesome, will do!

Thanks for the info. I'm still going to go ahead with the YB Saison Blend because I already have my starter started. But I'll make sure to mash low and long, and I might up the sugar a little.

Excited to brew this one this weekend. I'm going to use the Yeast Bay Saison Blend. Anybody have experience with it? LoloMT7 - According to my software, the SRM is about 3.6. Have you ever been docked points because it was lighter in colour than the BJCP range for saisons? Also, I don't have...

I'm curious about fermenting 3711 on the cold side too. I'm wondering if it's possible to get a dry beer, with muted saison character, while keeping that great mouthfeel.

Yup, it is a lot of dark malt! It smells and actually tastes pretty nice, but it's just a little sweeter than I'd like and the body is a little heavy. Normally I'd just leave it alone, but the last stout I made was a sweet stout, so I wanted to try something less sweet this time.

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I do intend on waiting at least another two weeks (for it to clean up). However, I really don't think the gravity is going to go any lower. S-04 is a beast. Most, if not all of the fermentation is finished. I really don't think this is an issue of stuck fermentation. I split this batch between...

I brewed an oatmeal stout six days ago. OG was 1.064. Pitched two packets of re-hydrated S-04. Fermented at 64f. Over the past three days the SG has been stuck at 1.03. At first I thought the fermentation stalled, then I realized that about 50% of my grain bill was unfermentables. I didn't...

That's what I was thinking too...sounds awesome.

I haven't read through very much of this thread yet, but would you change the hops if you were going to use Simply Grapefruit? Maybe something that compliments grapefruit a little more? The original hops for this recipe seem like they would compliment Simply Limeade more.

Thanks for the suggestions guys. It's bubbling away right now, just added a blowoff because it's getting dangerously close to the top of the carboy. I'll take a sample in a few weeks, if it's too sweet (for me), I'll look into adding some coffee.

Brewed this today as my second all grain recipe. Everything went well, efficiency was great, ended with an OG of 1.068 for a 5.5 Gallon batch...but, I just realized that I used 1 lbs of lactose instead of 0.5! I'm not really a fan of sweet stuff, I was more looking forward to the coffee/roasty...

They sent you the wrong grain? Who did you order from?

My OG was 1.069 and I pitched 1.75 packs of US-05 (rehydrated). My FG=1.012. I'm still a newb, but I'd shoot for 1.5 packs to be safe (Mr. Malty recommended 1.3 packs). Note: I made extract and it was a 5.5 gallon batch.

I've had this one in the fermenter for nine days now. Just stole a little sample. It is awesome! I'm almost reluctant to dry hop because it already tastes amazing. SG= 1.012, I'm sitting at about 7.6% ABV but I wouldn't have even noticed it's that strong because the flavour is so nice.

This beer turned out great. Everyone loves it. I used zest from 2 navel oranges, 1 tangelo and 1 lemon. The orange aroma at bottling time was very strong, but died down to the perfect level after bottle conditioning. I'm thinking of brewing this again next week but incorporating grapefruit zest.

Brewed this mean mama on Sunday and it's bubbling like crazy and had to attache a blow-off tube. It already smells amazing. I had to toss a wet t-shirt around it to keep the temp down. My gf says I take better care of my beer than her. Thanks for the awesome recipe Yopper. Can't wait to...

My wife has a yeast infection in her bung hole... Star San?