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I'll defer to the others on the initial yeast but I do have a recommendation for bottling yeast. I made "Dragons Silk" from Northern Brewer and at bottling it was about 9.7% ABV. It came out completely flat. A few months later while bottling a Belgian Quad that was about 9.5% ABV I bottled with...

For brown ales, I really liked Caribou Slobber (another Moose Drool clone) from Northern Brewer. Mine came out pretty low (4.6% ABV) but was still good. For IPAs, if you are into the whole hazy IPA thing (which I am) I recommend Fruit Bazooka from Northern Brewer. I made it once as the recipe...

"Northy 12" from Northern Brewer. Wax sealed all of these bottles for cellaring... well mostly because it looks cool. '

Looks great! Mind sharing your recipe? I've never been able to get that color from extract kits that claim to be NEIPAs.

You could also try adding fresh yeast (something that stands up to high alcohol content since you're at 10%+ ABV) to the fermentation vessel and see if you can get lower. If you're still at 1.040 after that, then I wouldn't be worried about bottle bombs too much.

Thanks @IslandLizard! I should have been more clear though, I am all in favor of high ABV beers haha. I am just worried that when I bottle condition it will be too alcoholic for the yeast to function, hence why it came out flat last time. @JimRausch ok I may try that depending on what the...

Do you add water (e.g., make a 5 gallon batch but only boil 3 gallons?). If so here's what I do. I boil the three gallons, and then first just add one gallon. Then I take an OG reading. Let's call that OG reading X. Let's call the volume thus far Y. Y is usually around 4 but may be slightly less...

I am brewing "Dragon's Silk" from Northern Brewer. I brewed it before but it came out really flat, I think I killed all the yeast with the high alcohol; the beer itself was 9.7% and then the kit tells you to add the bourbon as well as the bourbon-soaked charred oak cubes. I did a quick...

OK thanks! Yeah I felt better when I took the gravity and realized the beer was 7.35% ABV, I wouldn't think much bad stuff could survive that. It also smells and tastes good.

Agree with catdaddy66, before I brew I read the instructions through two times. Then as I am brewing I am always reading ahead to make sure I am ready for each step on time. Cleaning and sanitizing is also very important, I probably spend more time cleaning and sanitizing than I do brewing. I...

I had the same problem with "Dragons Silk" from Northern Brewer. I used two yeast packs and a yeast starter. Came out a 9.7%, great flavor but very flat. I think one of a few things may have happened... 1. It got too alcoholic for the yeast that I used. 2. Secondary fermentation lasted so long...

Some more info... OG: 1.068 Current Gravity: 1.012 Current ABV: 7.35%

Hey all, I am on my fourth brew, the first three came out well enough. I am afraid I have contamination with this one though, see the attached picture. There are definitely colonies floating at the top of my brew. I am hoping they are yeast colonies but have never seen them float before. The...