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Funny, I did the same starting a few weeks ago...my "starter" beer is still in the fermentor...I'm planning on doing 2 6 gallon batches of the Westvleteren 12 clone, one batch of old world and one of new world recipies (search The Pious to find the threads and recipies). for my starter beer i...

Anyone put a carboy into a snowbank? I was thinking that if you really burried one in snow you should be able to not only cold crash, but even lager like that. if you really pack it around the carboy it *shouldn't* get colder than 32 degrees f, right? sort of the same theory that orange...

UPDATE: took gravity readings from both carboys (one with Westmalle yeast, one with the sulphury weizen yeast). the belgian yeast that was super active is at 1.018 and the weizen yeast that looked like it wasn't doing anything is at 1.013! weird! still tastes/smells sulphury and sort of sour.

I'm fermenting a stout with Wyeast 3068 Weihenstephan Weizen 2 days in and the smells coming off of the airlock are SULFUR...like rotten eggs. it also has the thinnest krausen I have ever had in a fermenting beer (about 1 inch). This is a split 10 gallon batch and the other half is fermenting...

UPDATE: so after another month with little or no improvement I added lalvin champagne yeast to each bottle. I rehydrated in warm water and added ~4-5 drops to each 12 oz bottle and about 10 drops to each 750ml bottle. I'll let you know in a month or two how this turns out. I noticed...

UPDATE: I took a look / taste for the first time tonight. ~2 1/2 months after brewing. slight patchy crust floating on top (startings of a pellicle)...smells great nicely sour. tastes nice and tart. kind of like a citrusy-pineapple, sweet-tart kind of taste, with a small amount of depth...

I believe that La Folie does NOT contain cherries. you get the cherry aroma from the Brett.

Received mine today! Perfect Rubbermaid 10G cooler with the Gatorade G (outside of the rubbermaid box says #1610 if that means anything to anyone). I'm so stoked. can't wait to try it out. Can't say enough good things about Hydration Depot. good communication, fast delivery they quoted 6...

Has anyone tried using Turbinado sugar for doing this rather than just white table sugar??? Thoughts? I bought a 6-7 LB bag of "Sugar in the Raw" from Costco yesterday and was thinking it might make for a fun/interesting experiment.

so...popped another bottle over the weekend...very slight pssst when I opened the cap. no visible carbonation/head when I poured (and I did a fairly aggressive pour). There is a slight carbonation mouthfeel (perhaps a little more than the last bottle I tried a month or so ago, but not much...

Good luck and best wishes (with the brewday and otherwise).

Edit: sorry for the double post

I got a VM saying the same thing...they said ~6 weeks to get the 10 Gallon. I think I'm going to wait it out. I'll have to put my HUGE gravity beers on the back burner for now...

AWESOME!!!! just ordered...Thanks for the tip. can't wait...I've been really wanting to brew a westy 12 clone, and my 5 gallon cooler/MLT just isn't up to it (unless I only want to brew 3 gallons). Time to do some shopping for other fixins!

fully agree! I've never found bottling to be a big hassle. I usually only do one case of 12 oz bottles and the rest in 22's, grolsch bottles, or 750's so it is not so many containers (6 gallon batch typically). I've borrowed a friends kegging setup and have kegged a few batches, but have been...

funny story this thread reminded me of. I had a neighbor/friend when I was in college (12+ years ago) who kept telling me, "I have a friend who homebrews...he would LOVE to try yours". Finally a day came when his other "friend" was over. I was very excited as this was really the first other...

any update? I'd like to hear how this turned / is turning out!

Thanks ryane. I was thinking the recipe didn't sound like it would have desired results...I really like the recipies from Radical Brewing, and this one sounded too good to be true I may try doing this just as a clean beer, but didn't see anything good coming from a bug blend in the secondary...

Has anyone brewed this recipe from Randy Mosher's Radical Brewing book? Crabapple Lambicky Ale It is on page 169 as part of the 12 beers of Christmas. he suggests brewing a pale wheat ale mashed really low and primaried with a clean yeast strain then racking to a secondary on top of 3-4 Lbs...

Thanks to those of you who offered BEER suggestions! I'm crash-chilliing now, but can only get it into the 50's...I'll bottle and let it settle out the rest of the way in the bottles. I definitely think some of you should start a site homemarriagecouncelingtalk.com :off: I thought I'd be...