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I've got a steam condenser, so a big and pretty metal vent hood is unnecessary. But the big, plain wall above the kettles feels like wasted real estate. I contemplated going the aesthetic route with floor to ceiling tile, epoxy sealed flooring, nicer keezer encasing, etc, but that's more...

I was originally going to ferment this with London ale III, but I have Lutra on-hand and appreciate the speed of it as we're quickly approaching the wonderful orange leaf season. Think this would make a nice, clean Autumn Seasonal/Pumpkin beer? Recipe 72% Maris Otter 15% Munich Malt (10L) 8%...

Reviving this threat from the dead because, well, 'tis the season. I've got more Lutra yeast than I know what to do with, and I'm contemplating doing my annual Pumpkin Ale/Autumn seasonal with it vs my go-to for this recipe: Wy1318 (London Ale III). I've done a Marzen and a German style Pils...

Good deal! Solid setup, thanks so much for the pics. Do you find that the foam insulation and the fermenter sleeve cuts condensation down to a minimum? OR are you still dealing with drippy drips when you crash/ferment low? With any luck I'll find an hour or so today to finish mounting my...

Definitely will do. These are both new fermenters, but with the suspected infection in the Oatmeal Stout, I'll swap them out. Cheap insurance policy! @IslandLizard I'll take a look at my hoses today, too. The reason I have so much length is that my brew setup uses 6 in total (sounds like yours...

Hey, I use Oxyclean free with the hottest water I can get from my tap for a good scrub, then rinse, then fill with about a gallon of starsan solution, shake up with the fermenter lid on, then drain the sanitizer out of the ball valve. Today I have spent some time sanitizing my equipment. This...

Ahhh I will definitely do that! I have two ball valves on my BK (one as the exit, the other for whirlpooling/return. I'll also bake my plate chiller. I use (ball lock style) quick disconnects with teflon tape. It sounds like teflon can tolerate 450F no problem, so I guess I'll leave them on as...

Looks great! Could you also take a picture of where the tubing enters your fermenter? I just bought a bunch of 1/2" PVC, elbows, insulation etc as my lines got super condensated during cold crashing and I wanted to go with a hard piping look, but I'm perpetually short on time and wrapping the...

Thanks for the quick response! For my brewing regimen, just to cover as many variables as I can think of, I boil with the lid on and use a steam condenser. The lid stays on from hot break through chilling and transfer, except for when adding hops/whirlfloc/yeast nutrient/adjuncts/etc. I...

I recently switched over to stainless fermenters after having periodic infections in my old Fermzillas. Today, just after kegging my oatmeal stout, I went to clean my fermenter and I saw this white crust on the walls of the fermenter. It was VERY difficult to remove. And it accumulated in kind...

Awesome dude! Exactly what I needed to know, and clearly/concisely stated. Thanks so much. Really excited about this project. I'll post the completed job here in this thread once finished. Rounding up parts at the moment and have a goal of 2 weeks to have it all wrapped up. No more behemoth...

I don't know why I didn't do this earlier, but here I am doing it now! I'm making a glycol chiller for my 2xBucket Buddy fermenters (I'll be drilling the lids and fitting the kegland coils in them). I've taken apart the AC unit that I'm using and have two questions: 1. There are three wires...

I'm sure there's a plethora of options, but I want to hear your favorites. 3-4 days in London (we have 2 kids, so we'll need to find some family friendly places) 8 days in our old city (Haarlem, Netherlands), followed by Bruges, Belgium. Won't make it to Vleteren, unfortunately. Definitely...

Hmm, I'm curious now. During my next brew day I'll collect a little sample of runoff from my condenser and give it a taste. My hot tub is due for a water change, so if it tastes funky I'm sure a heavy dose of bromine will take care of any issues. Wouldn't be much trouble to run the out post of...

Are you asking about reusing your water runoff from your steam condenser for brewing a subsequent batch of beer? That's an interesting idea if that's what you meant! I wouldn't know where to start with adjusting the water profile, since most of it would be tap water and some of it would be...

I had my first St. Bernardus Wit the other day and really enjoyed it... but it doesn't seem like their yeast equivalent (WY3787) would be a good match for brewing this beer. Does anyone know what the closest yeast match is to the one they use for their Wit? The interwebs did not produce any good...

Hey all, I put together a video for a beer that I thought turned out really good and thought I'd share it. It's a Biere de Garde using Lutra. I wasn't able to find much online regarding BdG brewed with this yeast, so I gave it a whirl as I had most ingredients on-hand already. A few notes that...

Thanks for the response. I'll dump the beer as well as the slurry I have in the fridge. Man, what a bummer. Thinking back, I've had three Tripels turn out this way--two with Wy3787 and one with WY3522 Ardennes. Probably coincidence--and the other 3787 had pellicles all over it--but it seems...

The concept of this thread is so great that I'm reviving it from the dead. For me it's my Amber Biere de Garde. Leagues above my next best beer, which is saying a lot after 200+ batches! Amazing aroma, persistent head, lovely ruby glow, subtle alcohol warmth without being harsh in the least...

8 weeks ago I brewed a Trappist Single using Wyeast 3787 Trappist High Gravity yeast (Westmalle Strain). The single turned out OK--not my favorite beer, but not with noticeable flaws--I primarily brewed it for the slurry. I pitched roughly half of that slurry into a 1.074 OG Tripel and...