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Thanks for the reassurance.. just being a paranoid brewer :) I think I'm just gonna leave it alone and do what the recipe suggests – 5-day sugar additions; first addition with some yeast nutrient. Then a few days later put in secondary and add the SHG yeast to finish it off. I guess the...

ColoHox do you think that more aeration of the beer could help get fermentation back into action? perhaps a bit of stirring.. I feel that just 3 days of bubbling may not have been enough, and that the ferment may have become stuck..

Ok, will do, thanks! Hopefully it will pick back up, because ferment has been pretty sluggish thus far, even with a yeast starter that was built up twice. I used WLP570 Belgian strong and kept the temp fairly warm. Do you think the sugar add, along with yeast nutrient will be enough? The...

Hey all, Brewed a barleywine on 1/10, and I have a question regarding sugar additions to the beer once fermentation begins to slow (which it has). The recipe calls for 1 oz cane sugar the first day, then 1 oz brown sugar the second day, and alternating between these 2 for the next 5 days...

Damn, how much did that set ya back? Will let you know though. Had a buddy who visited the brewery and bought 2 cases of 120 minute. Cost her about $240

Yea, I have been wanting to try that one. Palo Santo is still one of my fav beers.. Thanks for the advice though on the yeast. I should have known that with it being a Dogfish brew – they wouldn't just stick to the traditional b-wine ingredients!

They do love pushing the boundaries with their beer, so thanks for the input Seven. Guess that's why the book is called xtreme brewing.. I'm interested to see how this turns out. Will report back in a bout 6-7 months :) And yea, I had to buy a 10 gal brew kettle for this one. I ended up doing...

Hey all, Has anyone ever brewed the beer – Dema Goddess ale? it is an extract kit from Sam Calagione's book, Xtreme Brewing. I've got a healthy yeast starter going with WLP570 Belgian golden ale to use in primary fermentation, and then I'm finishing it off in secondary fermentation with some...

Hey all, Has anyone ever brewed this beer? it is an extract kit from Sam Calagione's book, Xtreme Brewing. I've got a healthy yeast starter going with WLP570 Belgian golden ale to use in primary fermentation, and then I'm finishing it off in secondary fermentation with some WLP1099. With...

Thanks, I'll try keeping it warmer in the closet. That's probably why it's not starting, cuz the date on the vial says May, 2014 so it's fresh and I put in the fridge the moment it came in the mail. Appreciate the info

Hey guys, Last night I got a yeast starter going with a vial of WLP570 Belgian Golden ale. My goal is to build this up twice for a high gravity ale. It has been over 12 hours, and when I swirl the flask I don't see any action whatsoever.. no excessive foaming like the last few starters that...

Thanks guys, I figured an hour would be WAY too long, as I hear too much O2 is toxic to the yeast, so I'll probably just do 5-10 min or so. I got the recipe from Sam Calagione's book, Extreme Brewing, which calls for a long aeration time in primary, as well as secondary fermentation with the...

Hey y'all, I recently bought a wort aeration system because I am brewing my first high gravity barleywine. After pitching the yeast/yeast nutrient, the recipe calls for aeration of the unfermented wort with the oxygenation stone for 1 full hour. My question is, is this cooled wort still very...