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You made a skeptic into a believer. Good job man!

12 hours later... I now see big bubbles in my blow off container. Man, yeasts are quite resilient.

I live in Florida... my cold pack turned into a freakin heat pack. Yes, I pulled it out and it was steaming hot... the cold pack became a heat pack... even after sitting in the shade. I put it in the fridge. Later I put it out and let it come back to room temp... then since bottling took so...

Holy crap I did not know that. Now it makes a lot more sense. Thank you! I learned sonething today.

Well 2 weeks and 3 days later the beers were sitting at FG of 1.015... just as I was expecting. We shalk see if everything is okay... but so far 2 5 gallon brews on 1 pack of US05 worked just fine fermenting wise.

I do think the evaluation of the beer is the most inacurrate part of determining beer brewing results from most people. I always see canned responses that are merely a regurgitation of the run of the mill hop or yeast definitions that prevalently repeat themselves across the board. It is nice...

Hey that is a great excerpt about the Sierra Nevada taste specialist.

I love me some Duvel. So I found a good little nugget: "A few different strains ferment out excellent tripels. First, Wyeast 3787 (Trappist High Gravity) and White Labs WLP530 (Abbey Ale), both reputedly from Westmalle, are excellent choices. Both yeasts produce a predominant ester character...

Well... I found an excellent read here about this topic. http://byo.com/stories/item/1664-yeast-strains-for-belgian-strong-ales

Okay. If one had to guess... based on past taste taste experiences... what type of recipe might get one close to a clone?

Thank you! This is the kind of feedback I am looking for.

Great. Then I should taste the differences just by the yeast alone. It will be an interesting taste off. I just need to freshen up on proper taste and response techniques. Maybe I should get with my local brewing chapter and volunteer a mini taste test event to help describe the...

I guess that is a negative Ghost Rider.

Does anyone know where the clone recipe for Valeir Divers is? I have searched high and low for this and for the life of me cannot find it.. at all. Thanks

Dumb question. .. what will cold crashing achieve for fermentation? I always thought that that was for beer clarity.

Thank you for the advice. I will try to keep the same process for each, while also taking OG and FG readings. I have heard of the stalling which requires the temp to be adjusted over time to reach FG. Luckily I have a temp controlled fridge. I also learned through reading that I will def...

In the grand scheme of things, it's still gonna work out in my favor. 2 oz Saaz @ 1.50------------= $3 Yeast (dry pack)-------------= $1.99 10 lbs Pilsen -----------------= $18.18 (59.99 for 33 lbs LME) ------ $23.17 or ~ $5.35 a twelve pack. 2 oz Saaz @ 1.50--------= $3 1388...

The good news is, I end up with 15+ gallons of Belgium Strongs... I don't see much of a drawback. I love this style of beer anyway. From this baseline, I will start adjusting the hops and maybe a slight amount of specialty grains for different tastes. Funny thing is, I bought 33lbs of...

at Northern Brewer the cost runs like this: Safbrew T-58 Ale Yeast $1.99 Safbrew S-33 $1.99 Wyeast 1388 Belgian Strong Ale $6.50 I am wondering if the first 2 will taste close enough so i won't need to spend the extra money in the future...

So today I picked up my ingredients to make my Belgian Ale. I was meaning to get the Wyeast 1388 Belgian Strong Ale, but as I was ordering i drew a blank. I ended up getting Safbrew S-33... was told it would work. Later I read about it and realized that it is not like Wyeast 1388. So, my...