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Boom. This is right. I only brew Belgians and read every sliver of information I can find about them. There is a strategy to underpitch Belgians. I have tried it and always got stuck Fermentations The 2 most important thing in a Belgian is yeast vitality and temperature control. I typically...

Mr malty doesn’t let you choose a pitch rate or even state what it is. My guess it they use .35. I use 1.0. The calculator I use is brewers friend

I've never used dry yeast in 10 years of brewing. I've made a starter for every beer since my first. I can't find Omega Belgian A anywhere and its summer, so I'm gonna give dry a shot. I am leaning towards a starter. The sticky at the top needs to be edited.If the only reason we don't use...

Required. Such an interesting word. Of course it’s not required, I could just by 2 more packs of yeast. I’m not really surprised the manufacturer likes this idea. I don’t understand why brewers endorse it though My calculator calls for 333 billion cells. The packs has 111 billion at best. That...

nice I like this one https://www.ebay.com/itm/BENCH-CAPPER-MICROBREWERY-COMMERCIAL-FOR-SODA-BEER-Wine-Champagne-BOTTLES-/282699833176?_trksid=p2349526.m4383.l4275.c10#viTabs_0

Safbrew be-256 yeast is $6 pack and should contain approximately 110 billion cells. Brewing a 1.065 Belgian Blonde at a 1.0 pitch rate calls for 330 billion cells. That is 2 additional packs or $12. a 2 liter starter is 210 grams of dme. which is $2.99 at Morebeer. It is not just as cheap to buy...

this is the one I wanted to get and had to settle for a delux https://www.homebrewers.com/products/queen-lux-professional-bench-capper.html?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIjuexn-jT4gIVTlYNCh34GwGEEAQYAyABEgLjdfD_BwE

I'm not sold on my Ferrari Deluxe bench capper. I wanted a queen lux when I got it, but they were out of stock everywhere. I need a bench capper for my belgian bottles, but I think my wing capper works better on normal bottles

Couldn’t find a Greenlee 1/2 hole diameter found p/n https://www.mcmaster.com/#34685A27 at McMaster which according to their support is a 1/2 hole diameter.

I bought some punches that were for conduit so they’re 3/8 bigger than the size i.e. the 1/2 inch was actually 7/8 I’m still looking for a 1/2 i ch that is 1/2 inch hole size to move my brewmometer

Ok so the Greenlee 13/16 is hole size. The 1/2 says it’s 7/8 hole size. I had no idea that it was sold conduit size instead of hole size.

I bought a set of knockout punches that say they are 1/2, 3/4, etc. the 1/2 is actually 7/8 the 3/4 is actually 1 1/8. I have read and watched videos on drilling holes in your kettle and no one mentions this. As I looked further into it, I’m finding that apparently they are for conduits and the...

Brewed my Tripel on the 19th pitched 585 billion cells to 1.078. First test today 5/24 came it at 1.010

I have been debating a Blichman herms coil. I’m kinda stuck because I eventually want my 20 gallon Blichman to be my HLT and that would need a large coil. So I decided to try out my unused immersion chiller a few times. Plus I have 2 propane tanks so I can heat my mash tun and my herms coil at...

Cheers everyone. I BIAB. My mashes are typically 8.2 to 9.3 gallons. I have been doing step mashes with boiling additions. I decided to try my old copperhead immersion chiller on as a herms coil. I have a 5 gallon and 10 gallon pot either of which I can use as an HLT to house the herms coil. I...

I prefer meticulous lol 7 pounds German Pilsner 7 pounds Belgian Pilsner 1 lb Vienna malt .5 lb Flaked Barley 1 lb Candi syrup 1/2 at 10 minutes 1/2 in primary Mash 115°F 10 minutes 135°F 20 minutes 145°F 30 minutes 156°F 20 minutes 168°F Mash Out 90 minute boil Hops 0.9 oz challenger 7.4...

3 month old yeast after 2 liter starter. Small trub approximately 10 ml

Gotcha. It would work out perfect to be around 99 billion dead cells. Maybe I will get a little experimental and see how big the off color is in my new starter for comparison I washed the yeast off a Saison I made a few weeks ago. That stuff is doing great in my new Saison. I normally don’t do...

Not buying yeast from them so it’s moot at this point. Shipping me 5 month old yeast is not ok. I don’t care if the hand carried it in a refrigerated truck.

I’ll refer that here https://www.homebrewtalk.com/forum/threads/yeast-washing-illustrated.41768/