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Popped the lid today and the krausen has finally dropped. Hydrometer reading is at 1.012 putting us at a solid 8.3% ABV. Sample tasted great too. Gonna rack onto about 10 lbs of cherries tomorrow!

When you say you did it three times, you mean over the course of three days, right? If so, then yes it is entirely possible for fermentation to be complete in 8 days or less. It could probably use a week or two to condition and clean up a bit, but you certainly could go ahead and bottle/keg it...

Considered taking a gravity reading on the Cherry Dubbel this weekend, but after popping the lid, I noticed the krausen was still hanging around pretty strong after two weeks. I will give it a few more days to see if it drops before taking my first post-fermentation SG reading.

Loving seeing the pics! The Cherry Dubbel is still bubbling away, but has slowed significantly enough for me to switch out to an airlock. But, boy was my blowoff bottle abused from this one! I expect to let it sit in primary for at least 2 weeks before racking onto the cherries. I am still...

That sounds good to me! Feel free to throw in a Pepperoni Pie from Pepe's while your at it!

Just outside Philly for me... This yeast is going crazy!

+5 gal of Spiced Cherry Dubbel = 37,523

The Spiced Cherry Dubbel brewday yesterday went well, at least until I couldn't find the lid to my last unused fermenting bucket (easily rectified by kegging my California Common and using that lid!). I was able to collect almost six gallons of 1.075 SG wort. This morning, the yeast is...

I would definitely add these late in the boil or at flameout.

Gonna brew Radical Brewing's Spiced Cherry Dubbel as part of the 2013 12 Beers of Christmas thread on Saturday so it can have plenty of fun sitting on the cherries for a while! https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f14/12-beers-christmas-2013-edition-need-brewers-422879/

Nice... I am brewing on Saturday morning! I will post some pics along the way!

Got my starter going last night! P.S. I will also try to label these beers.

I also keg, but might bottle condition the Dubbel. Not sure yet. I pretty much have my recipe set, but I am on the fence regarding when I will add the sugar additions. The recipe is going to use 1 lb of dark candi sugar and 1 lb of unrefined/raw sugar. I was thinking of adding the raw sugar...

I've only been brewing for about 1.5 years, but caught the bug hard and fast. I mostly brew all grain and that's what I will be doing for the Cherry Dubbel. I have brewed 22 different beers (5 extract and 17 all grain). I tend to prefer the hoppier or yeastier beers (pale ales, IPA's...

I am planning to brew the Spiced Cherry Dubbel this weekend too so I can give it as much time on the cherries as possible! I will try to take and post some pics of the brew day.

That's awesome guys and thanks to danbrewtan for organizing. Looking forward to tasting your brews this Christmas!

Sounds fine by me... I think we should all feel free to stray a little from Mosher's recipes as long as the beer is largely inspired by the original. Or if you want to go based strictly by the recipe, that's cool by me too!

Only 1 more spot to go! Ms. Crabapple's Lambicky Ale is the only one left!

I'm psyched too! The caramel/apple combination sounds better to me, but nothing says Thanksgiving/Christmas more to me than pumpkin pie... I guess I would vote for apple if I would held over a burning Yule log.

Woohoo... Way to go stovetop. 5 more to go!