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I have dealt with medicinal flavor beers quite often. Too often than i would like. Still, i have narrowed it down to some culprit, but still find it hard to avoid. Some Yeasts are more prone to stress than others. This is a known fact that i learned for myseld too. I have had stressed yeast off...

Hi, I would appreciate some advice, as its only the second time using this yeast. I made a first batch with the Danstar London ESB yeast that went as planned, but the second one not so much. I knew this yeast was known to under attenuate, but I planned ahead. Batch 1 - English Bitter 90% Pale...

So i brew a Belgian dubbel. Not the first time, but the first using a controlled brew and fermentation using the Grainfather Brew Kettle and Grainfather Conical fermenter. Mash log was: 20min 50C 35min 61C 35min 71C 10min 77C Pretty fermentable wort, with lots of sugar on the ingredients: -...

Hi, I own a Conical Fermenter from Grainfather but not the Glycol Chiller. The conical has an input/output connector for running liquid, but i am unable to find what type of connector they are. Can anyone help finding the appropriate connectors ? I plan on running chilled water through...

I have made a double batch of Saison : one dark and one amber. They were both on the same day, and pitched at same time with Belle Saison (Danstar). Both started with OG 1.065, and both showed vigorous fermentation signs for about a week. It slowed down after that i took some samples...

Hi, I am thinking of switching from my plastic buckets to SS conical fermenters. The Grainfather seems an excellent choice, due to integrated cooling jacket and possibility to control up to 4 units with a single glycol chiller. I do not have the funds to buy the Glycol chiller just yet...

I decided to start a new thread, as i intend to do follow ups on what to come. To resume this story short, i brew a Hefe that turned into Band Aid Beer. I am unsure of what may have caused it, so decided (for the sake of science) to do some experiments with my final product, and try to find...

Hi there, I recently decided to make an experiment with different Hops. Main goal was to make the same beer, with different Hops, so i could better identify how each hop tastes like ! So i made a simple Pale Ale: - 93% Pale Malt - 5% CaraPils - 2% Acid Malt Mash was 90min at 68ºC...

Hi, I know this must sound like a idiotic question but maybe someone can help me clarify . In a HERMS system, the wort is drawn from a mash tun at say 60ºC and is heated inside a coiled serpentine that is dipped in a near boiling liquid (say water). Then exits at higher temp, through a...

Hi there, I'd like some pointers here, pretty confused with current fermentation. Brewed a double IPA : 7.7 kg German - Pilsner 38 1.6 80.6% 400 g German - Carapils 35 1.3 4.2% 400 g German - CaraHell 34 11 4.2% 400 g German - Munich Light 37 6 4.2% 200 g German - Wheat Malt 37 2 2.1% 450 g...

Hello there fellow brewers, Not particularly a new brewer here, already done 15 batches in 1 year, all grain. Nevertheless i would appreciate an advice on this matter, as it is quite new to me. I have had some trub in fermenters in past beers, but never this much and never so much on the...

Hi all I intend to try to ferment in keg as I have 2 corny kegs as spares. To who has experience with this can you ferment say a Belgian strain that is known for high krausen like Wyeast 3463 or 3522 ? How much air space should i leave in a 5 gallon keg? How much pressure should I use? What to...

Hi, I am using yeast slurry from a previous batch made 1 month ago. I collected the slurry from a clean beer, aproximatly 400ml of condensed slurry and maintained it in the fridge in closed bottles. I decided to use this yeast again as i liked the 1st batch, but was too laizy to do a...

Hi I brewed a belgian 1.080 OG yesterday and planned to use a 4h starter with wyeast 1214, to try the activity method on other posts. Problem was i did not know this was a slow starter, and even worse i may have a dead smack pack. Yeast was manufactured on 12.01.2016 so its within the 6 months...

So i have made a rather strong belgian , around 9% Abv. Simple recipe with pilsner and Pale malt plus rock candy Brown sugar and 2 packs of candy syrup d180 Mash went well and hit intencional OG and fermented for 3 weeks. FG was 1.010 and bottled it after a 2 day crash cool. The have been in...

This is the first time i am using gelatin in secondary, to clean the beer. The batch is a Maibock using SAFLAGER W34/70. After 2 weeks fermentation, i droped the temp to 45F and pitched the gelatin. After 3 days, i see this. There is a lot of suspended particles that do not seem to be...

So i am trying to adjust my water to brew a Westvleveteren 12 clone. Found this to make my goal : Westvleteren Water Profile Calcium (Ca+2): 114 Bicarbonate (HCO3-): 370 Magnesium (Mg+2): 10 Sodium (Na+): 125 Sulfate (SO4-2): 145 Chloride (Cl-): 139 This is what i will be starting...

Hi all, I want to do a Maibock style lager, with light color (4-6 SRM). I know traditionaly this style is more forward 8-10 SRM, but i just had a Bock style beer the other day that i fell in love with, and wish to replicate the flavor. The beer i had was about 3-4 SRM , very very creamy...

Hey all, need advice: I just purchased a new chest freezer to lager my beers. The idea here is to send the Lagers to the chest freezer for a few months, after primary fermentation is done. Problem : the chest freezer is at my 2nd house (no space on this one) with 30min car travel distance...

Hi all, I started using my new mash tun yesterday, brewing a dunkelweissen. Its a brand new coleman cooler 70qt extreme. I changed the tap valve , other than that no tweaks. I used 8lbs grain bill for 12l (3.2 gal) water mash. I pre heated the tun prior to inserting the mash water and grain...