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Going to do a saison next week and I'm looking for a best practices. Planning on an OG of about 1.065. Will mash low around 145 and am using a pound of jaggery. I have a stir plate, can do as big as a 4l starter, have oxygen and temp control. Thanks for any advice. Used this yeast 2 years...

Brewed an Ommegang abbey clone last weekend. SG 1.075. Pitched starter into oxygenated wort at 66F. Raised ferment chamber about a degree per day and it's now at 73. Took a gravity sample this morning and I'm at 1.008. Tastes great too. I need my ferment chamber back tomorrow for a Pilsner. Am...

Wanted to share what I think is s good combo. Decided to upgrade from the diy stir plate to the maelstrom. Saw the "little big mouth bubbler" expansion kit at northern brewer and realized it might be a great $20 4l starter vessel. As a bonus, the bubbler comes with a blow off hose and some...

Am planning on brewing an Ommegang clone next weekend and the BYO recipe calls for dried bitter orange peel (Curacao actually) However Randy Mosher in Radical Brewing writes that he doesn't care for the flavor and prefers fresh peel. Any suggestions for the type of orange and how much fresh to...

Hi, For many batches I used LHBS mill and achieved 65-70% efficiency but beer was crystal clear after a 2 weeks of cold storage. Bought a MM2 mill and set it to 0.038" gap. Now I get 82-87% but the beer is noticeably hazier. At probably the same time I reduced Ca from 100-150ppm to 50. Are...

Brewed Jamils Chocolate Hazelnut porter on Saturday. Used 8oz of cocoa at flame out. I used Hershey's dark as it had the least fat of any brand i looked at. Pitched 1.25l starter of active 002 at 63F. Ferment activity is the same as I usually get, peak of activity around 36 hours bubbling...

Anyone know where I might be able to lay my hands on some? Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Been hearing a bunch of pro's who do rest at 145 and then 15 min at say 155-160. I mash in a cooler so while I can do steps, it's not that easy. I was wondering if some of the benefit of the alpha rest could be had by raising the wort to the higher temp and resting for 15 before beginning the...

I've been really wanting to try this blend that JZ raves about. Wyeast says it creates some cherry flavors and I thought that might go well with a big chocolate (but not roasty) stout. What do you think? Also, I'd prefer to keep some body and mouthfeel. Is that even possible with the bacteria...

Well, it was only a teeny competition but I just one best of show in a lager competition. I'm absolutely over the moon. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Just installed a new dual faucet tower on top of my kegerator and I have a two questions. First, I usually have a beer every night. Is a quick dunk of the faucet in water enough or should I be doing more on a daily or weekly basis? Once the keg kicks I run beer line cleaner through. Second...

Grain milled by shiny new monster mill, mash water in kettle, starter wort in the erlenmeyer, WLP007 standing by, Stone Enjoy By in the pint glass. Typing out my gloating post and......boil over. Damn you HBT! See you in the brew morning. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Had my kegerator off for the past two weeks and fired it up this afternoon ready for some Janet's Brown. I noticed it was really warm inside. It turns out that the door shelving is what turned the light switch off when the door closes. I removed all of that to fit the kegs. So for 6 months...

Hi all, Any comments in this? First run through a monster mill set at 0.038. This is a hell of a lot finer than the LHBS Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Hi, Got a Krome dual tower faucet for Christmas. It comes with only 5 or 6' of hose. It looks like replacing that with 10' is going to be quite a chore but I'm thinking that I'd be a fool not to. It's 3/16" ID. Currently I use 10' of 3/16" ID with picnic taps. Advice? I assume adding length...

Ordered a shiny new monster mill mm-2 with a 1/2" shaft upgrade. I couldn't justify the extra $60 for the 2.0 version. I ordered the base and hopper too. Looking for advice on setup. I seem to remember that it's good advice to replace the thumbscrews with capscrews. Gap width advice? Thanks...

Hi, Am planning an upcoming pilsner. I have pretty low alkalinity water (37ppm) and it looks like I may have to add some acid when I brew. If I use a thinner mash, according to the spreadsheet, I still may have to acidify but probably have to use less acid. I'm assuming this is because I'm...

Ok, I've got bock lagering, blueberry berliner souring, American red fermenting and another batch of American red and an IPA on deck. But, between Christmas, gifts and wife volunteering one of the reds for her office party it's all spoken for and I have nothing to drink until the holidays...

I find that holding the O2 wand and keeping the bottle upright while adjusting the knob was a pain. So I built this caddie. It's just a cheap metal bookend, a 3" U-bolt and a flow meter I bought in eBay for $12. I'll add a cheap kitchen timer next time I'm at the dollar store.

Man do I love my new kettle!