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WOW! 4 weeks is the longest I've ever kept something in primary and that was lighter beers I didn't plan to secondary. I'm just paranoid I guess. The quad I brewed Saturday is the first big beer and the first Belgian I've brewed in almost a year. It was undoubtedly the best brew day I've ever...

I thought about that. I brewed yesterday. OG was 1.085 and I still have a pound of D-180 to add @ high krausen. I decided the WLP500 is too beat up. Most of what I found said to use fresh yeast to bottle. From what I understand the yeast used at bottling doesn't have a huge impact on the...

Sounds good. I talked to the guy at my LHBS and he also recommended CBC-1. Since it comes in an 11g packet and you say I only need 2g, I asked him about storage once it's open. He said once it's open, if I'm careful to seal it back up as airtight as possible and store it in the fridge it will...

I'm getting ready to brew a Belgian Quad with an estimated OG of 1.090 and an estimated FG of 1.012. I'm fermenting it with WLP500. I want to add fresh yeast when I bottle it. I've never tried this but from what I've read it seems like a good idea. I was thinking of using Safbrew T-58 for...

Well it didn't last very long. My take on it is that it didn't cost much to brew it and it tasted good for what it was. A little too light for my liking - but that's the beauty of having lots of styles. It cleared up a little compared to that picture I posted, but it was never brilliantly clear...

No - I used gelatin and cold crashing when I bottled because I had no way to filter. Most beers I don't worry to much about clarity. Because this one's a fairly light beer it just seemed like it should be as clear as I could get it - and like I said it was pretty clear in the carboy after 12...

I just brewed Biermuncher's Centennial Blonde. OG was 1.045, (.005 points higher than I calculated). FG was 1.005, (a little lower than I wanted). It sat in primary for 12 days. I transferred it to a keg and then immediately pushed it to the serving keg thru a 1 micron canister filter. It's been...

I agree - but my brain doesn't think like that. I brew whatever beer I'm in the mood to drink at the time. I'm not in the mood to drink big Belgian beers right now so even the thought of brewing one doesn't appeal to me. Partly because the last few higher gravity brews I attempted were...

This what I came up with, (only because I have everything on hand). I just have to buy the yeast and maybe some hops. If anyone can see any problems I'm not seeing I'd appreciate the heads up.

Yeah, I though maybe a red ale after I posted. I know IPA is all about the hops and bitterness. I've read quite a few comments over the years where some guys decry the use of anything that might add any kind of caramel notes to an IPA. I'm curious why that might be? I like IPA's okay but there...

I have a pouch of D-45 candi syrup in the fridge I bought for a Belgian I was planning to brew this winter. I got side tracked brewing other stuff and never used it. Now that summer is on it's way I'm not in the mood to brew any Belgian ales. I suppose I could just let it sit in the fridge until...

501irishred's end count seems like it should have been 6896 6896 + 5 = 6901

Thanks. It is 4.4 ppm, sorry. I think I will send off another sample of tap water to Ward Labs. I sent the last sample 3 years ago so if it's close I guess I can assume it's pretty consistent. According to the website for my city: "All of the water supplied comes from nine wells that pump...

3 years ago I sent a sample of my tap water to Ward Labs to have it analyzed. I plugged the results into Bru'n Water and used that for awhile. Then I read that municipal water can change fairly drastically over time so I wasn't sure how accurate my numbers were. I decided to start using 100% RO...

Interested in the counter pressure bottle filler. How much shipped to 85335?

I just got my fb in the mail. Most people I've talked to said it's never been an issue with the fb lifting and letting grain thru, so I'm going to give it a try just setting it in at first. If there are any issues I like that spring idea. Sides of the opening are baby butt smooth. I have a large...

Wilserbrewer - you may be 100% correct - stirring the mash might very well have caused the tiny holes - who knows? On that note - I ordered my false bottom from Bobby M last week and it should be here any day. Whatever it was that caused those tiny holes is irrelevant now. It was a $30 lesson -...

Thanks everyone. I have a 3 keggle system I'm using now with propane. If I go electric it would be a conversion of that equipment. I've gone thru a few different brew pots and several converted ice chests and water cooler mash tuns over the years. Now I'm committed to building what I have...

I know (almost) nothing about electricity - it scares me to death. I'm the guy who shuts the main breaker to the house off to change a light bulb, (no sense taking crazy unnecessary risks). For that reason I was never even mildly interested in considering electric brewing... until now. The...

Nah. The first thing I did was get the bottom drain keggle. Without thinking it thru completely, I liked the idea of the bottom drain for a mash tun. Step 2 was to look for a false bottom. During that search I read a lot of comments about fb's floating up in bottom drain tuns because there's no...