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Update: I contacted Brewing Sciences and they said that I could set up an account and purchase 1 BBl's worth of pitchable CL980! Needless to say that made my day. Given that 1 BBL is around 30 gallons, that should be enough for about 6 batches of beer for me. Those guys (and gals) at Brewing...

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Does anyone know where I can purchase CL 980 (American White Ale) besides from Brewing Sciences? Here is the description of the yeast: CL 980 American White Ale 74-76% apparent attenuation • low flocculation • 64-70°F fermentation range Smooth with an exceptionally round...

Thanks for the advice, Cyclman! Will go ahead and just burn it off (and yeah avoid those fumes!). :mug:

Hi, I know this may not be an exact solution to your current problem, but I was able to find a chest freezer on Craigslist that can fit two carboys for about 25 dollars, and then I just bought a temp controller for it and it works fantastic. So total spent was 100 bucks (25 for kegerator and...

I just purchased my 10 gallon Blichmann kettle and brewed my first batch with it recently. Everything went fairly well, with the exception that I too did not remove the sticker on the heat shield that comes with the pot, thinking it was some sort of heat barrier applied to one side. After a...

day_trippr and Trail: Thanks so much for your advice! The carboy is still slowly fermenting away as of this morning so I'm guessing there was enough fermentables and residual yeast left even after the freeze to keep things going (and as you point out probably enough to bottle). In any...

Long story short, I was a dummy and let my 'temp controlled' Wheat beer freeze solid in my fermentation chamber after I left my temperature probe outside of the freezer on accident. D'oh! Up to that point the beer had been fermenting for 10 days at about 64 degrees and by all accounts went...

Jpierce3, I'd say as long as the carboy stays wet after rinsing with Starsan you should be fine. I fill my 5 gal carboy up an hour (or more) before brewing then dump the Starsan solution that is left inside shortly before I fill it with wort. I do agree that it is totally odd that they say to...

Awesome, thanks for the info Redcat! I'll go ahead and do the 60 minute steep since you did it as well and seemed to have pretty good results (and yeah will definitely do 6 lbs lme (or maybe even 6.5). I'm brewing this on Thursday and I will let you know how it turns out!

Redcat, many thanks for your reply. I am really looking forward to trying this recipe out, and the Fuggle hops sound like a good substitution for the more traditional Williamette hops considering your beer earned a good review from a BJCP judge. Oh and I forgot to include in the above recipe...

I'm looking for a good ESB extract recipe and I'm thinking of trying this extract version (created by pmoe) of Biermuncher's all-grain 'Captain Hooked on Bitters' recipe: For those who tried this extract version, how did it turn out? I'm thinking of adding 6 pounds of LME instead of 5, but...

Not only should they do whatever they can to make you happy given their shipping 'defective' product, they should replace the order and ship it free of charge. But to echo others here I'm of the opinion that great customer service is measured by how well they respond to when (and with any...

I'll let you know how how it turns out and which one worked the best.

Tim, thanks for the speedy response! I will definitely give those yeasts a try and see which one comes closest to the beer I am trying to approximate.

Does anyone know of a suitable alternative for the CL 980 yeast strain? Here is the description of the yeast: CL 980 American White Ale 74-76% apparent attenuation • low flocculation • 64-70°F fermentation range Smooth with an exceptionally round, clean malt flavor. American profile...

Thanks, folks for all of your input regarding this brewing technique. I am ashamed to admit I forgot about this thread I started and only recently checked back on it to realize that there was all of this awesome advice awaiting me. Having said that, I will be attempting a wit using the sour mash...

It sounds like you are trying to make what they call 'Jungle Juice'. At least that is what they used to call fruit juice, yeast and sugar thrown into a vat and left to ferment. The by product often being a gnarly, headache inducing, 'mad dog 20/20' like fortified wine. In any case, as with beer...

Residue, so sorry for my late reply! In any case this turned out phenomenal. I 'released' it in early December with a small group of friends and they absolutely loved it (at least that's what they told me :) ). I'm sure by now you have either brewed this or forgotten about it, but if you...

Well said Draken! I was actually kind of wondering about the accuracy of that 'common knowledge' regarding tannin extraction from squeezing steeping grain bags too much. Thanks for the info, and I will take that into account for my future brews (and suggestions for others). Cheers. :-)