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Inspired by the same beer and poking around to see what is done. I would recommend checking out "brew like a monk" if you haven't done so already. Great read with lots of insight. I can't speak to all of your recipe, but I will say that the author indicates that chimay uses american hops for...

The yeasts from him worked out really well. I used "the monk" in two batches, the belgian pale and a belgian blonde. He gave me a ton of yeast, so I split the batches to maximize the brew I got from the "gift." Both took off relatively quickly- I realize that can be variable, but I take it to...

Did the northern brewer lefse blonde kit about 2 months ago with t58. Rehydrated the yeast, oxygenated the wort with pure o2 for 60 seconds, pitched at 69. Fermented at ambient, which is 72 in my central closet here in San Diego. Metabolic heat had it up to 76 at high krausen, flattened to 74...

Ok, so back to the blood-orange wheat ale discussion. I did this brew with pacman yeast and I think it wound up a bit over attenuated. I racked the cooled work onto about a gallon of pasteurized, frozen and then thawed blood orange juice and meat. I also added the vodka soaked zest of a...

Those hop combos sound nice, I like the citra cascade combo especially. I have brewed with galaxy and like its tropical notes as well. For bittering, warrr, magnum, doesn't matter, but 2 ounces of bittering hops for a 5 gallon batch seems like an awful lot. I would run the numbers on...

I used beersmith to scale it, then simplified/rounded. I came up with: 10 pounds pils 3 pounds rye 1 pound flaked rye 1pound d90 belgian candi sugar 2 oz styrian goldings at 60 1 oz saaz @ 10 For 6 gallons Close?

Just brewed this up this afternoon- fun brew day, aside from the couple of stuck sparges, despite the rice hulls- did about a half pound of 'em- should have done the whole pound, I guess. Mashed a little low- 149. Hit 1.072 for my post boil OG- boiled hard for 90 mins, plus satellite boiled an...

Following... Sounds like a winner!

I used this one on the rec of another HBT'er: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000X05G1A/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20 So far, so good- 5 batches so far, pretty quiet, good flow rate.

Yup! I do it. It's cheaper than a pre-chiller and saves water. I change the water a few times as the recirculated water warms (use it to water the garden, clean the mash tun, etc...), and then add ice or previously frozen water bottles to the mix when I get the wort below 90. Works great, I...

Just a quick shoutout for the recipe, Reverend! Came into some westmalle yeast and ran into this recipe as a good place to put it quick- didn't have room in the fermenter, either, so closet fermented it @ 72. It ramped up on it's own to 76 or so before coming back down as fermentation slowed...

I get free bottles from a local bottle scoop from time to time. I agree with you, I don't know where they come from, so try to be extra certain that they are clean. I use one of the big red buckets, like you get from smart and final: I soak the buckets in oxyclean overnight. Then us a...

I have heard that before, but if I wash it, shouldn't that negate color issues? Other than color transfer from darker wort and grub, are there other issues involved with the whole darker beer yeast to lighter beer yeast!

Yes, a good point- a simple recipe for sure. I haven't done a smash yet, but this would be a good candidate for such a recipe.

Good idea- I have a stout sitting on some pacman yeast that is due to finish here in about a week- would that be a good candidate for harvesting?

Greetings HBT- our local brew club is looking for a talk on oxidation and aeration for an upcoming meeting (2 months out). I am interested in researching this topic for presentation and specifically am thinking a drinkable "experiment" would make this an interesting talk. I was thinking, to...

That is a half a batch- that's a hefty amount for sure, especially for a popularity contest. IMHO, I would save your entries for a contest that will at least give you some structured feedback you can work with to brew better beers, I haven't entered many contests, but the ones I have entered in...

Why not mash a little thinner? If you have enough base malt in your recipe with the conversion power, you should be able to go to 2 quarts per pound (I believe those are the correct units for that ratio) and still get the enzymatic effect you are looking for in the mash. I am not sure of your...

old thread, but I am wondering if I need to take apart my valve to get in there a little more, or should I just let it build up? If I take it apart, are there any seals in there I need to replace? (Silicon rings, etc...). It is a weldless ball valve that came with the polarwear 8 gallon...

I was kind of afraid somebody might say that. I do agree that the spices may make it hard to see what the yeast is actually doing for the beer. With that in mind, I will drop the spices, or perhaps split the batch. For hops, I think I will keep the schedule I have as I just can't resist (hey-...