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Looks like a tardigrade doing backstroke ;-)

Belgian Dubbel HB at 5 weeks. Tasting really good now. Worth the wait. Used a little El Dorado to dry hop. They say they’re the same, but I think Wyeast 3522 is a little better than Imperial Gnome. Both are better at generation 2 than fresh IMHO.

I’d buy your reasoning that all the CO2 would be mostly protective. Perhaps the upwelling of all the sediment/traub/etc that’s giving your unfamiliar flavor note. I’d give it more time. RDWAHAHB :mug:

My wife and kids grouse about the smell sometimes, but they’re still willing to help mashing in, carrying the fermenter back and forth, and filling bottles. My wife appreciates the fact that the kitchen floor gets mopped after the brew day.;)

Just dropped in El Dorado dry hops last night, will be bottling Belgian Dubbel tomorrow afternoon.

SNPA is local brew for me and a go to. I restarted brewing with a clone from MoreBeer ”Cali Mountain Ale”. It’s a great starter recipe. Both extract and AG kits worked well. Wyeast 1056 worked a little better from than US-05. I used Belgian yeast Wyeast 3522 with same recipe and got a...

Wow - sounds like an apothecary clearance sale! Glad it turned out well. Drink one of those on your way to a drug test and your sample will be enshrined in the Hall of Fame! :mug:

I had an issue like that with Diastaticus yeast strain carry over Into a pale ale (Imperial Napolean, I‘m looking at you. ). After the fermentation runs with your normal yeast, the carry over yeast converted the dextrins over time, since they don’t have competition. The remaining ounce in the...

Cheers from Fremont!

3294.5 + 5.5 gal Belgian Pale Ale = 3300 gal.

Four months in a shipping container does nothing good, but I think you would have noticed moldy/musty smells when you had the open cylinder in your hands. Industrial CO2 is made from natural gas combustion, which is dried, compressed, liquified, and distilled for purity. Sulfur dioxide...

I’ve been using a bag in my round cooler mash tun. I also have a flower petal vegetable steamer as a false bottom. I’ve never (knock on wood) had a stuck spare in about 40 batches.

I started in college on the cheap. Found a used 5 gal. plastic spackling bucket and set the kettle in the snow to chil. (seasonal brewing only). Moved to better climate and made an immersion chiller with copper tubing, which paid for itself in ice savings in about four batches. I use tap...

First? I have no idea. Anything I could get my hands on.:p First legal beer was Stroh’s back when the drinking age was 18 yrs in VA.

Hoppy California Cow Cream Ale 5.25 gal Belgian Ex-pat Pale 5.25 gal 2852.3 + 10.5 = 2862.8 gal

The inclinometer chips in there can take a 1 ft drop on hard surface~ 2000 g’s. With all the liquid in there, I doubt you reached the limit. Does it read out?

I’ve had good luck storing leftover 1/2 to 1 oz baggies of pellets taped shut and in the freezer. The aromas seem to hold for about 6-10 weeks. Small samples seem to fade fastest. Vac sealing seems like a good idea.

Welcome to the obsession! :mug:

HB. Belgian Saison Noir.

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