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What was your starting gravity? That yeast is supposed to attenuate 75-80%: http://www.whitelabs.com/yeast/wlp530-abbey-ale-yeast You can run your starting and current gravities through this calculator to see I you are in that 75-80% range: http://pint.com.au/calculators/alcohol/

I'm doing my first yeast starter ever, and it happens to be in a stir plate. It is the Wyeast Trappist ale yeast in a 2L 1.04 starter and has been stirring for 24 hours. I can tell the yeast has multiplied, but it is clearly still fermenting due to the amount of co2 bubbles being generated. I...

Here is the pdf link: http://www.uvm.edu/~pass/perry/hopsanalysis.pdf At the very bottom is the DIY instructions. He suggests trying it on a known hop alpha to test your methods. Guessing you just buy an ounce of hops with labeled alpha and give it a try a few times to prove your methods are...

Thanks everyone for the suggestions. The teepee idea struck a nerve. Could I fill a bucket with concrete and the 10 foot pole and use that as the center of the teepee, then use 3 buckets with the plants and have the twine tent up to the center pole? Would this be wind resistant enough? I...

I just bought a few rhizomes (they will arrive mid April) and the only space or way I can grow the hop plants is in planters with a pole in each planter. Unfortunately, I can't hang twine to an above surface. I was thinking about using a 5 gallon bucket from Home Depot for each planter and...

I built a box out of thin wood that is lined with styrofoam board. There is about 4 inches of clearance all round the carboy. Used in conjunction with the ferm wrap heater and Johnson temp controller, I have had great success in controlling my fermentation temps without worrying about burning my...

I have a saison going right now @89 degrees using the 3724 wyeast. Just tried it tonight with a gravity reading and it is spot on for flavor. And it's been going slowly for two weeks in primary. It is a stubborn yeast sometimes. High temps bring on the funk! The good kind of funk :rockin:

Thanks for the link. Good and informative read!

I get it. I will be using more grain at the same 1.2 quarts/lb for initial strike water, but less sparge water to achieve the 6.5 gallons.

Thanks everyone for your replies. I will go the use less sparge water route to reach my desired pre boil volume.

What is the best way to achieve a higher gravity? Especially for a 5 gallon batch? For my mash setup, a 10 gallon cooler + false bottom, with 10lbs of grain @ 1.2 quarts of water/lb for initial strike water, + mashout water + ~3 gallons batch sparge water, I usually get around 6.5 gallons of...

Hello, Not a new brewer, but new to the forums. Been brewing for ~7 years, and recently upgraded all of my equipment to do all grain brewing in the way that I want to do it. No more splitting batches between two 4 gallon pots or using too small of a cooler for mashing. Now with a 10 gallon...