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Update on Windriver. If you check their newsletter page you'll find the barleywine is one of their specials now. $30 with dry yeast, $34 with wyeast. http://www.windriverbrew.com/newsletter.html

I've made the windriver kit several times & really liked it. Starts at about $35 but I've found it's really great with the addition of dry hopping. Last batch I added a couple lbs of honey too. Provides quite a kick. Here's their recipe. Sleepy Time Barley Wine- A classic winter beverage with a...

uh, that's great chumprock... Starter started & smells ok so I'm sure all is well in yeastyville.

I don't really have the set up...or the patience maybe to really do a lager right so I usually make do. I did an Oktoberfest over the winter. Used the 1007 German Ale yeast & in my lowly opinion it turned out fantastic. My basement was around 58 to 60 at the time. Personaly, I don't think the...

I think it's 1388 if I remember the number right, a Belgian strong. Sounds likely it's not going to be a problem then. Guess I'll go ahead with the starter anyway & see how that goes.

Got an odd Wyeast pack. When I pulled it out of the kit at first I thought it had been accidently smacked & activated but then I found that it was just the inner yeast pack, obviously still intact, had seemingly expanded. Puffed up, hard as a rock. My first thought is that there must be some...

What was the IPA you tried that you liked so much in the first place? Oh yeah, maybe you should try some of the more traditional English IPA hops like Fuggles & Kent Goldings. They're not so citrusy, more floral & Northern Brewer maybe fo bittering.

David Hasselhoff sucks donkey balls.

It'll be better in a few weeks. More hops would't hurt next time. Dry hopping especially makes a world of difference.

My beer often happily bubbles away to the music of Tom Waits. Seems to do no harm. YouTube - Tom waits - Kommienezuspadt

:D good to know, thanks

Kinda Kolsch, extra wheat. C'mon spring!

The Windriver Kolsch kit: 6 Lbs Gold Malt Extract, 1 oz Tettnanger bittering hops, 1 oz Saaz aroma hops, 1/4 Lb Vienna Pils & 1/2 Lb Caramel 10 L & 1/4 Lb Wheat Malt grain blend, yeast, priming sugar with Wyeast 2565 Kolsch The wheat seems to me to be a natural extension to this recipe so...

I'm going to do a Kolsch beefed up a little with some wheat dme. Maybe something like that would fill the bill for ya. Pretty easy to find a Kolsch recipe or kit. I just ordered a kit from Windriver from their internet newsletter special for $21 with wyeast.

Ooopps, posted twice, sorry I recognise your avatar Pelican, are you a calligrapher or in the art supply biz or something?

Could be my palate is not so refined. Is there a chemistry to this extract tang or something? I've never had homebrewed AG beer, only brew pub & micros (assuming AG ). I've done "clones" that have been sucsessful, meaning that they seem to taste like the original & I don't notice anything...

What is the "extract twang"?

Sorry if I pururbed. Didn't mean nuthin'. I did wink, see ;) I often use a bit of DME in my brewing with no noticable adverese effect. It was only back when I bought that big sack (55lb?) & did all DME brewing for a while that I was a little unhappy with the result. Maybe that was the brand, I...

I don't remember a brand name, the only thing that comes to mind is that it was European origin. Ooops, thought this was the extract brewing forum. ;)

Have you experienced this? Just wondering. I tried brewing with all DME for a while but the FG always seemed high. When I asked about it at the brew shop I was told that while DME gave a higher yield it also contained a higher proportion of unfermentables.