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You might try adding insulation to the outside if it’s easier, but I would make sure all the joints everywhere are totally sealed with silicone or something on the wood. Anytime you expand anything I think it’s definitely a good idea to add some PC fans or something for circulation. On chest...

If Andechs is your thing contact the folks at Bootleg Biology they release one. I also got the Budvar strain from them and it was great.

Something that would be just as cool as the story of how Charlie ended up with Budweiser yeast is if we knew how Adolphus Busch got his yeast😊. I don’t think I’ve ever heard and if I did I forgot.

Makes sense especially with the big guys who have the resources . I suspect they always have and always will keep an eye on the competition.

Only my second time using this yeast, that I remember anyway, both times I’ve brewed a recipe from Charlie’s Complete Joy of Homebrewing scaled to meet my process. Last year I tried the Hanging Possum Pilsner, only change was I substituted some of the hops with my US Tett I grow at home...

Guess that’s an interesting twist on the original story. Sounds plausible, but could also see breweries r&d department researching the competition as well. Who knows!

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/threads/australian-sparkling-ale.702210/ Did this a few years back after some research and felt I got close with what I had available. According to a few sources comet hops are relatively close in profile to Pride of Ringwood. I was going for a more historical...

Interesting. How long does it last you?

You might add yourself a small Fan for air circulation like a muffin fan. Air circulation always seems to help with that kind of thing. Keep in mind if the interior is aluminum and you’re spraying a corrosive type cleaner around there it’s going to cause some oxidation issues on the aluminum...

Got another batch going this year with WLP1983. Fired off bubbling in 12 hours.

Don’t feel bad I looked up at my stove top vent hood the other day and almost died 😬. Besides that I brewed a Light American Lager with 34/70 last summer that surprisingly only had Briess brewers malt at 75% and store brand instant rice at 25%. This was a Biab beer with single infusion and...

Have you thought of investing in a side pull Lukr?

Possibly natural carbonation. I don’t know fore sure but it seems like if I keg & prime the head is more stable or has more endurance if you will. Sadly I’m lazy and force carbing is way too easy so I don’t naturally carb much. I have done it with a can a Proper Starter a few times and it...

I thought I might have heard one time that was the same as the dried discontinued Koln strain or basically Kolsch yeast. I might be wrong though.

Thank you Sir. What temp are you calling cool? I’ve settled on starting at 58f for 7 days with my 34/70, diamond, Charlie’s Fist bump then dialing the temp up a degree or two a day until I hit 62-64f and hold a couple days. Basically 7 days at 58f then 7 days slowly ramping up then keg. To...

It occurred to me recently that I cannot ever recall using Wyeast 2112, WLP810, or any other Anchor type lager yeast. I decided to give it a shot and ordered some Imperial Cable Car L05 and then some question popped up In my mind like, where did Anchor source this strain from, what strain is...

What l What low abv beers you finding in your area? Back in the day we had Pearl a mass produced macro with a low abv.

Yeah my beers are ranging from 4.3 - 5.5%. The biggest beer I’ve brewed in a few years is a 5.8 % Agave Dunkel kind of thing lagering/carbing away right now. I mash high 156-158f so the attenuation is always lower but the body is full and I think this helps with my foam some maybe. I...

At 7% how do you think it affected the taste?

Call me crazy but I’m more of a fan of beer in the abv 4-5.5 range these days. I love beer as much as I ever have, but the older I get the less I care for that drunk or hungover feeling. I really only drink my beers on the weekends and would way rather have 2 or 3 pints and feel good than...