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You’d probably like mangrove jack’s California lager yeast. It’s meant for steam beers, but I’ve used it for a Helles, Oktoberfest, and a “lager” and it really is just a really clean yeast. Lager without sulfur notes (though I actually like them). It’s a nice yeast, though I still like the...

That article was why I started brewing as well. Read it years ago and didn’t do anything about it until this year. Now I always have something brewing

Have to agree. If you want a pseudo lager at ale temps, check out the warm fermented lager thread. There’s a lot of better suited yeasts for that. With tangy, I just had some of my APA that I brewed last Thursday with lutra - 7 days grain to glass and its a damn fine beer. Will get better, but...

Two toddlers here, one is sick, so I get it lol

That’s what I do as well. It’s also good for beers with expensive ingredients. Not sure what I wrote doesn’t apply, maybe you could clarify?

It’s a great beer that my hophead wife loves. Bitterness is there, most of the hops are flavor hops at 15, 10, 5, and 0, and the technique of not dry hopping gives it a very pungent, but clean nose. I’ve made the same beer S04 and didn’t notice much of a difference in hop character.

My 1 gallon AG setup was pretty simple. 3 pasta pots (if you don’t have 3, goodwill has them cheap), a large strainer ($25 at Target), and a fermenter ($25 for the LBM af Northern Brewer). I assume you already have cleaner/sanitizer/bottler, otherwise spring for the NB 1 gallon kit. One gallon...

Can’t say I disagree. I use 1/2 pound of hops in my Lutra citra IPA (with a weirdly similar grain bill). I’ve found I get a better nose skipping dry hopping and instead use those at 135 during cooldown. But for how much hops I use, I’d expect a bomb and instead it’s just a well balanced IPA that...

Recipe is above. About 1/2 pound of hops. Kind of a betweener beer that could be an APA or IPA. Pretty hoppy though. I’m a big fan of very hoppy beers.

Neither are going to get you a Pilsner. Blonde ales, sure, and different ones at that - but nothing really close to a Pilsner. Lutra also has some quirks to it. It really does best in 90+ degree heat. At ale temps you’ll get the esters described in clean beers like a blonde ale. It also changes...

I’ve stopped dry hopping. I wait until the temp is at 135, stir my hops in, and keep cooling until pitching temp. It allows the aroma oils to get released, but now I don’t have to deal with oxidation, hops in the finished product, chance of a grassy taste, or any kind of added bitterness. I...

Got on a Belgian kick lately so brewed a Trippel w/ Abbey yeast and have that bottle conditioning, plus a delirium tremmens clone, which is a Belgian strong ale with coriander, grains of paradise, and ginger that I'll let ferment for a few more weeks. I'm hoping to get a brown ale going as well...

This is the original recipe that the neighborhood raved over. The one that I'll keg today I skipped the honey malt and just used honey (my honey malt was pre-crushed and I wanted to get rid of it). It's a really good citra IPA with about 1/2 pound of hops Malt 11 lbs 2-row 1 lbs Munich 8oz...

I started with a one gallon extract kit then immediately started brewing one gallon all-grain. I had most of the equipment needed in my kitchen already. I got the kit from Northern Brewer Craft Beer Making Kit With Siphonless Fermenter - 1 Gallon and then read this site 100 times: One gallon...

Yep, this is what I do as well. Mash in, let it go for 10 min, stir, set up recirc pump, 15 min, stir then pull the pipe out and back in, stir, recirc for 15 min, 2nd pipe drop, recirc for 15 min, stir, start the boil, pull the pipe out at 170 for mash out, drain, then wait for the boil. Might...

Just kicked a 6 day grain to glass IPA keg with lutra and turned around and made another that I’ll keg tonight. It’s pretty green without any kind of aging, but still a good IPA. After a week it had settled and at two weeks it was great - then it was gone shortly after. That beer is now in...

Literally every thread about NB or MW. Next it’ll be about how he stocks his own mini LHBS and doesn’t worry about shipping delays - then meander why there hasn’t been a thread started about that topic when the current topic is, and has been for months, on how terrible these ONLINE businesses...

This. So much this. Belgian beers are known for the amount of variety they have. I don’t think you can dislike Belgian beers as a whole. It would be like saying you dislike all American beers. There’s just no way you can say that unless you just don’t like beer (and even then, I’d say it’s...

I’m drinking the first dregs of my Oktoberfest I kegged yesterday. It’s thick because of the settling/gelatin, but the flavor is great. The MJ California lager yeast is something else - 12 day grain to glass “lager” and only a slightly green taste to it. Will snap a pic in the next couple days...

I always have a cheap beer on tap. $.90 a pound grain ($45/55 lbs), $1 an ounce hops in bulk, harvested yeast, maybe $1 total on misc treatments (campden, whirlfloc, gelatin, water, cleaner, sanitizer). I can do a warm fermented 4% lager for $10. The citra IPA I brew is probably closer to $25...