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I made a starter for my second brew last week which used WLP 530, and it gave off a really appealing banana aroma from that, how can I get that aroma to stick around in a beer? I placed my fermenter in the same room as the starter was kept in for two days. I was thinking it would be a good idea...

I want to attempt this for my third brew after yesterday went so well! Must concentrate on school while that one takes up space... I looked this up in reference at one point to decide what I wanted last time: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer_in_Japan

Thanks for all the tips guys. I'm just starting the boil! I've moved some of my hops schedule around for the actual recipe. Changes will be posted after the brew. My homemade mash tun did it's job wonderfully. Hopefully the day keeps moving along smoothly. Time to go sanitize!

Ah, those numbers are very helpful! I bought all the stuff for my mash-tun and am just putting the manifold into an old cooler right now. I'll probably be brewing with some buddies tomorrow. I have one question about the use of my honey. I have half a pound of darker manuka honey, and half a...

I really can't say where I'm GOING with this, but the recipe is derived from messing around with the dubbel recipe I found... soo.... yes? 20s is around what a standard dubbel would fall then eh? thanks for your opinion!:mug:

Yeah, I'll have to see what the numbers are on the package when I go over to buy all my supplies for this one. Thanks for the input! I'll be sure to post about my brew day when it happens, and how the beer turns out. Hopefully it'll go as smoothly as my first!

Hey, thanks for the suggestions! Maybe a half pound of the Crystal 40L would be a better idea? I'm thinking maybe I'll go for a mash around 66-7C for a little sweetness, the honey should help balance the sweetness with more dryness and fermentables right? I would personally prefer something...

Hello all, This will be my first post on these message boards after extensive reading of all the different forums and links associated with what I thought I needed to know to start making my own recipe. I've finally worked something out. The name "Duppel" Dubbel is in reference to how I feel...