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Interesting. My yeast is White Labs wlp 800 Pilsner yeast. The yeast has been in my fridge. The packaging date was November 30th 2015, but has a best before date of May 2016. So you are saying a fresher yeast would require a smaller starter, Victory Ale? 5 liters is a big step down from 18 in...

Hi. I am currently making a starter for a 10 gallon batch of Jamil's recipe for Bohemian Lager. I currently have 5 liters of starter in my flask, on a stir plate. The starter was stepped up from 2 to 5 liters today and is bubbling away nicely. The only problem is the recipe calls for a 9 liter...

Hi. I know this thread is a little old but I just brewed a 10 gallon batch of Styrian Stunner bitter from a recipe I found online, which is basically Marris Otter matched with all Styrian Golding hop additions. Anyway, It's one of the few beers I've brewed that did not clear after the addition...

I have to keep better notes, but I believe it got down to 1.006. Maybe I'm just used to the higher bitterness of the Pils. I drink a lot of Pilsner Urquell and have a Czech Pils fermenting as we speak. It's kind of a hybrid between Jamil's recipe for Bohemian Pils, and advice from Tiber on this...

Oh yeah here's a pic. Is the color too dark?

Just finished this and after 2 weeks of lagering, I transferred to keg under 12 psi, adding gelatin. It's been sitting in the keg for about a week under pressure, and is brilliantly clear. The only thing is, I haven't had a helles before, and it seems a bit too much on the sweet/malty side. Is...

Hi. Just wondering how Styrian Goldings would work in this as a replacement for the Tettnanger? I have some that I want to use up. Also, If substituting Honey malt for the Aromatic, as discussed earlier in the thread, should I use the same amount as the Aromatic? More? Less?

Thanks for the replies. Probably not worth the effort.

Just wondering if anyone has tried this. As far as I know, they are stainless steel. Dealing with a lid might prove difficult. I'm having a hard time sourcing used/new kegs in eastern Canada with a decent shipping rate. Opinions?

Haven't made it, but here's a clone http://www.fermentationriot.com/recipeviewer.php?beerID=80

Awesome. Didn't mean to get off topic. Thanks for the info.

Please don't throw away beer. Avoid at all costs! Anyway, What about getting a smaller corney keg(3 gallon?) Less space to fill, purge. I personally enjoy having a few extra bottles around. When a keg kicks I get depressed for a moment, but then realize I have a couple bottles to get me...

The color is a fair bit lighter than the pic.

Here's an update. Just tapped my second keg out of a 10 gallon batch of this, which had a few weeks longer than the first keg to lager. The first keg at 3-4 weeks lagering was very nice and crisp. This one even more so. Even considering the old cheesy hops(Doh! Never again!)) I used...

Gonna try this soon. The recipes I've tried from this brewer have been really good. Nice balance of traditional styles and easy to brew methods. Awesome label/glass by the way.

If you are going without fining agents( I personally use gelatin in all my kegs + cold conditioning), get the beer as close to freezing as possible, and wait. Cold temps+time=clear beer. Not necessary to drink clear beer though. As others have said, just make sure it is done fermenting before...

Tried this today with a squeeze of lime. Fantastically refreshing.

I brewed this about a month ago. 10 gallon batch, followed the recipe to the letter, except for using clarity ferm (first time). Kegged/carbonated about 2 weeks ago. Really cleaned up nicely now. Great light tasting, extremely moreish beer. Will brew again.

Okay. So I just sampled this today, and it seems the gelatin I added a few days ago, has removed about 75% of this off vegetal/earthy flavor. The beer has also cleared very nicely. So if you happen to use old cheesy hops like I stupidly did, and get this type of problem, I guess, try some...

Thanks for the replies. If anything, I have learned from this. No more old hops. The beer has settled and cleared nicely already. I'm not sure if It's because I've had a few pints of this, but the taste of earth/vegetal matter seems to have faded. I'll update with a little tester tomorrow.