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Here's a description of the Belgian Dubbel style courtesy of BeerAdvocate.com

This may help with describing the taste. Maltiness can taste like bread, toast, biscuits, sweet potatoes, caramel, and other similar tastes. Hops can taste bitter (tonic water, watermelon rind, or coffee left on the burner too long) or flowery (jasmine, chamomille, hibiscus) depending on...

It'll should be fine. Don't worry about it, just don't do it again. :D

I used this recipe and it turned out AMAZING. It's really simple, too. A case of it disappeared in one night at my friend's housewarming party when it was sitting next to a keg of Shiner Bock and a keg of BMC. ---------------- 0.13 lbs. Acid Malt 0.25 lbs. Aromatic Malt 7.8 lbs...

When you racked to secondary, you stirred the yeast back up into suspension. Obviously, they're finding something to eat that they missed last time. Perfectly normal. Just let it go through its course and bottle in a couple weeks.

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DON'T THROW IT OUT!!! You lose absolutely nothing by waiting longer and possibly gain 5 gallons of tasty brew. As Cheesefood said, 9 days isn't enough to tell if it's still active. Move it to secondary, leave it alone for another 2 weeks and then check it. Don't bother putting the...

OK, I brewed the Dubbel on Saturday after taking some of your suggestions and modifying the recipe. Hops... I looked at my hops stash and found that I had 1.25 oz of Hallertauer. I used 1 oz. of Cascade for bittering (60 min), 1 oz. Hallertauer (30 min), and .25 oz. Hallertauer for aroma...

Stouts are carbonated but at a much lower level than many beers. You want some carbonation, though. Just use less priming sugar and you'll get the desired effect.

Rweoor fffffttt fffftttt OK, now that we've got the nasties out of the way let's give him some tips as he requested. 1. To start out with, brew styles that you know and like. It makes it easier to detect discrepancies in your brew if you already have an idea of how they should taste...

According to the BJCP link that Blender posted, a Dubbel should be between 10 and 14 SRM. Mine should come in around 14 and whenever I use liquid extract it comes out a little darker than I intended, so it'll probably be a little darker than that.

I was thinking about Hallertauer, but I happen to have about 2 oz. of Cascade sitting here and thought it may work. Do you really think it will affect the overall flavor profile? I don't mind spending the extra 2 bucks for Hallertauer if it will be noticeable.

I'm planning on making a Belgian Dubbel this weekend and wanted to get some comments on my extract with steeped grain recipe. --------------------- Batch Size (Gal): 5.00 Wort Size (Gal): 2.50 Total Grain (Lbs): 12.50 Anticipated OG: 1.083 Plato...

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Have you ever had a red wine that made your mouth pucker a bit or tasted "sharp"? Those are tannins at work.

I don't have any problems sharing with people that WANT to try it, but if I hear someone say something like, "I know what I like and I'm never going to change," (which is basically what Brewno's friend said) then I won't offer my beer to them. It's a totally different situation when someone...

I was reading this guide on building an immersion chiller when I saw this passage. HUH? :confused: How does plain water potentially clog copper tubing? I'm wondering if they cut and pasted from a counterflow chiller guide where it makes sense that a smaller tube may clog. Am I missing...

Not overboard at all. The comment about his taste buds never changing is all I needed to hear. He probably likes his steak with ketchup, too. :D

The plastidip should make for a nice non-slip (or at least less slippery) surface to grab hold of. Good thinking.

I've had all three. As a hop lover/head, I will say that... The 60 minute is by far the most well balanced. The 90 minute is amazing, but only if you're a hop-head. The 120 minute is a little overwhelming even for hop-heads.