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I use about 8oz of wheat and 4oz of carafoam (not carapils), always get a great billowing head in my Kolsch. The next time I brew my kolsch I'm going exclude the carafoam to see the effect. Also, this small amount of wheat, drops completely clear, but I cold crash (also drop this temp slowly)...

625.75 5g of Schwarz Beer 5g of Australia Golden Ale 635.75

WL810 has always been my go to yeast for my California Common, but with the cost and no local sourcing been looking for a dry substitute. Tried Mangrove Jack m54 last batch, but didn't give it a fair shake, as the batch came in a little thin on the og side. I didn't have any dme to increase the...

Kegged a schwarz beer and an Australian golden ale. Cleaned three kegs from a festival an few weeks ago. Didn't clean the fermenters, hoping to get a couple of brews done this week to dumped on top of those yeast cakes. The schwarz was Novalager, the ale was nottingham. Open to suggestion. Was...

Good point. I also guess some of these higher pressure bottles take a different size cap(?), as I can't seem to make the standard size 12oz bottle caps work. My higher pressure bottles, and a few flip tops, are pretty much the only bottles I clean and reuse so they are a mixed lot.

Next time make those decisions after the boil. There are dilution tools out there to determine how much water to add. (Also, the opposite, how much DME to add if your OG is light.) Nothing worse then not putting 5g in a keg after all that effort. Same deal though, the water should be sanitized...

Do you just use a regular caps on these high pressure bottle? I do a few Belgian beers each year and bottle about half; leave the rest in the keg, and cork/cage them. The bottles take caps, but I always felt the caps won't hold the pressure.

Change your yeast. Mash at 148, then mash out at 168-170 (10-minutes).

I'm part of this club too. My highest og the last four beers is 1.050. Schwarz, Irish stout, Australian sparkling and a session apa. The session apa actually used a pound of carafoam (8%). Huge billowing head, just saying 🤣.

My wife's a quilter and the samething has happened with her hobby, only a fraction of the stores are still around.

I've been a carafoam believer as i said above. I also always do step mashes, so I guess it's the process. I'll have to try some of my tried and true recipes without the carafoam. I would rather give up the carafoam than the process. Damn and I just restocked my inventory. The dark roast malts...

If you are in Dallas, lookup and join the North Texas Homebrewers. Great club and group of folks. Learned a lot from those folks when I was hooked up with them. Also Bluebonnet is right around the corner, always a great party. There's also great clubs in Ft Worth and Denton, depending on what...

Black patent, that an interesting one.

Never used G03. Have to give it a shot in an upcoming attempt. Probably use bootleg biology mustang kolsch soon, since he's local and I have not tried it yet. Kolsch II and WY2565 have been my most successful attempts. Wlp029 was not a favorite. According to my notes lallemand kolsch was not top...

Try Carafoam, not Carapils/Dextrine. Most places say they are the same, but that hasn't been my experience over the years when I have substituted them. You don't need much, 3-4 oz for a 5g batch.

Did 2 beers last week neither on the weekend, Schwarzbeir and an Australian Sparkling Ale. First time for both.

There are three kinds of people in this world, those who are good at math and those who are not.

Did you bottle condition/carb?

I like the idea, as long as it is easy to clean under, leaks, spills and condensation happen.

I went 2x6, or maybe it's 2x8, for the collar too on my second build. Gives plenty room on the hump to put kegs. As for cleaning the bottom, I just use a mop, no leaning over, etc. to get to the bottom.