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I know I'm a little late to the party, but I think y'all got trolled.

Wheat, Flaked Wheat, Torrified Wheat, Flaked Barley and/or Flaked Oats will get you to where you are trying to go with beer head. As will crystal malts.

I would consider using Safale S-05/WLP001/Wyeast1056, although it is personal preference. With a beer as delicate as a blonde the fruity esters of Nottingham might be a bit much. The strains I listed are also clean fermenting through a broader temperature range. I just don't prefer Nottingham...

I take a gravity ready before I pitch yeast and then I don't take one again until I package my beer. I mostly keg, so I'm not too worried about bottle bombs, but I wouldn't change anything if I were bottling. I think for a newbie it is extremely important to practice patients and leaving your...

40 is a pretty high score. Just a few ideas: What about base malt? Possibly sub in some Maris Otter or UK Pale Malt or Dark Munich. Maybe Sub out some of the base malt for Brown Malt http://byo.com/hops/item/1751-brown-malt http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/crisp-brown-malt Or a toasted...

WLP510 all the way. I don't quite think the dry belgian yeasts are quite up to snuff compared to the liquid offerings. That being said, I do like Belle Saison and Safale Abbaye, but more for convenience of use. The belgians I brew with liquid yeasts, I prefer from a flavor profile. I've never...

I find it hard to believe that the grain could be the variable that caused the low efficiency unless it was 2+ years old or something like that, but still. Have you checked for proper calibration on your equipment? Check your scale? Check your thermometer? If you still have the sack of grain...

FWIW - I do 12g batches and split into 2 fermentors. My goal one brew day was to create an English Pale Ale/ESB and a Hoppy American Pale from the same wort. I used Maris Otter, c60 and FWH with Magnum, Tossed in some EKG around 10 mins and a little more at flameout then chilled wort to about...

To any who are following along with this post. I've continued using the better bottle mentioned in this thread and while it still has the haze, I haven't had any problems with it effecting the quality of my beer.

I think I've been inspired to brew an all oat beer, maybe a 3g batch....one day.

For Anyone who doesn't like to read through Scholarly PDF's provided is the conclusion: CONCLUSIONS Oats are a cereal with unrealized brewing potential. Malting of oats produced not only a malt that is considered to be of higher nutritional value11,15, but also suitable for brewing a...

What was the drive behind using brett as opposed to something clean fermenting.

I've run the spectrum of trub control. I've brewed batches were I've tried to filter it all out using paint strainer bags, to batches were I just dump it all in the bucket and let it go. I always get some trub into the fermentor, but I really try not to carry over the thickest, heaviest tub...

Honestly, buy the look from your picture it doesn't look like your beer is very carbonated. High ABV beers take a little while longer to carbonate, so save at least one bottle and wait a few weeks, then see if it still isn't carbonated. Most beers with carbonation don't have no head as you've...

I think the best bet to turn a mill with a drill is a corded low rpm, high torque, heavy duty drill. I bought the one from harbor freight someone was referring to, but you get what you pay for. I used it for about 6 months, it had no warning sides of wear or burning up, just one day went to...

Ok Folks, so my results are in. While both beers are really good IPA, the one with S-05 in a blind taste are both mine and my wife's preference. The one with S-05 cleaner and has a nice round finish, such that I think the flavors of the hops and bitterness blend well with the flavors of the...

5oz package is too much priming sugar for most kits, I still haven't figure out why they give you that much. Especially when all is said and done, you probably only have 4.5g going into the bottling bucket, if you followed the directions on volumes.

My typical APA/IPA with S-05 schedule 2 week in primary 1 week dry hop (in primary) 3-5 days crashing cooling, fining, carbonating in the keg. My experience indicates that S-05 tends to be a medium flocculator. I usually short cut the process by fining with gelatin in the keg after a 24...

For what its worth, I just kegged up an IPA that I split. One with Notty the other with S-05; no other difference. Both went from 1.070 down to 1.011, so 83% attenuation. The notty took off faster, finished and dropped out quicker than s-05, but this is common knowledge. I could taste a...

One thing I haven't seen anyone mention that I often do: I bottle a 6'er or a 12'er from the keg. I can save the beer, give it away, take on road trips etc. Its cold, carbonated and clear. I can give the beer to friends with no instructions. If they pour into a glass it will be clear and...