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Hello all I would like to tell you about an expirement I am about to do. After reading this recipe: http://www.candisyrup.com/uploads/6/0/3/5/6035776/goulden_carolus_classic_-_040.pdf There are rumours the 3463 strain is the same as the Gouden Carolus strain, and if you taste a bottle of...

Something weird happened to me lately and I am wondering if anybody has experienced something simillar. So basically I made a big starter of with this yeast and it fermented like crazy. Let it sit for another week and then decanted into a big mason jar. The plan was to brew with half of it a few...

So today I tasted this amazing brew called Floreffe Dubbel, it's a real taste bomb and quite low abv too, seems like a perfect session ale. However I am totally stuck in how to brew this amazing beer, only things I could pick up were, caramalts (maybe caramunich?) and some anise. It has...

So yesterdat I bought a kit for 20 liter Witbier containing the following: Pilsener malt Wheat malt light Flaked wheat Flaked oat. I have brewed Wheat in the past, but those were all extracts. The kit supplies the following mashing schedule: 50C 15 min 62C 45 min 72c 30 min 78C 5 min Seriously...

I recently brew the following recipe: 7000Gr. Pilsener Malt 900Gr. Munich Malt 260Gr. Special B Malt 906Gr. D240 Candi Syrup @ 5min 31Gr. Challenger @60 min 8Gr. Saaz@ 60 min 23Gr Styrian golding @ 3 min I mashed for 60 minutes @68C and nailed the predicted mash efficiency perfectly @70% wich...

Hello everybody, I am planning to do a single malt d240 quad next week to see how the D240 really shines through and I had this recipe in mind: 8000 Grams Pilsener malt 60 min @68C 90 minute boil since it is Pilsener. 23 grams Challenger 60 min 8 grams Saaz 3 min 8 grams Challenger 3 min A...

Hello everybody I have a belgian blone brew in the fermenter wich I underpitched a bit with Wyeast Ardennes, but since this is an extremely aggressive stain I figured all should be fine. OG was 1.064 and it fermented like crazy for 2 days and then it was done or slowed down severely. I took a...

So yesterday I brewed my first batch with a recirculating pump and I am left with some questions. This is the setup: A direct fire electric kettle with a filterhex on the bottom.: Problem is though, after some time the flow almost got down to zero so I guess the filter must be clogging up and...

Hello everybody I recently bought a pump to recirculate my mash, and I am still figuring out what else to do with it. My question is though, since there ispotential loss in the piping how do I compensate for this? Let's say I lose 1 L of wort in the pipes, I tried equipment loss in Beersmith and...

So recently I brewed a Belgian amber ale and I used Isenglass as a fermenter fining. Since the beer was possibly overcarbed I decided to pop one early, about 5 days in the bottle. I took it home in the car, trub was obviously disturbed but since it was just a carbonation check I didn't really...

So I decided to upgrade my kettle/mashtun, it has a 2000W heating element and an SS Thermowell +lcd thermometer and a Filterhex installed. I recently bought a pump a ball valve and 4meters of silicon tubing to keep me busy for a while. I am breaking my brains over some measurements though. I...

I am kinda baffled by this actually, but today I bottled my Belgian Amber ale and to my surprise it was carbonized only hours after bottling, at least as carbonized as usually in a week. How the heck is this possible? The beer was OG 1.077 FG 1.012 It was in the climate chamber for 2 weeks...

So basically I have some spare d-240 and I need a good recipe for it. My plan is to brew a high ABV beer I can drink coming christmas, or even later if it needs more maturing. I'm thinking of a Belgian Quadrupel a Belgian Dark Strong or a barley wine. in the 12%ABV area Does anybody have a good...

Hello everybody, I recently bought some isenglass in an attempt to get my beers clearer, however I am confused how to use it, and if I should use it at all. The direction on the bottle say chuck it in and stir it in the beer, let sit for a day or 3 and then rack to bottling/kegging. Wouldn't...

Hello everybody I have done a lot of research and am bottling my first clone attempt tomorrow but I am confused about something. First of all I used the original yeast which is very very attenuative this is where the confusion starts. My brew has OG:1.076 FG 1.010 which results in 8.6-9.1 %ABV...

So a while back I have discovered this amazing beer called Gouden Carolus Classic and since I have been obsessed with it. I have literally spend days searching for information do's and don'ts and I finally came up with a recipe which I want to share with you guys today. The yeast was harvested...

So I made this beer as a glorified yeast starter, but I wouldn't mind if I could drink it though. This is what I did: 1 pouch Lucky goat pale ale LME 500 gram extra light DME 16oz/1lbs 453 gram Golden Candi Syrup +/- 200BL cells of Brewery Het Anker yeast. (Botlle harvested from Gouden Carolus...

Hello everybody I am probably overworried but this is my situation. Brewed a Belgian blonde 6% ABV a while back and washed the yeast and put them in the fridgde. As they sat quite a while I diceded I would want to give them a little wake up to brew with some in about 3 weeks. So I made a 1.030...

So I brewed my Gouden Carolus inspired brew today and I tried to do the 4-step mash schedule they do at the brewery and the result was quite amazing. Here's some info Grain bill: 4.7 kg Belgian Pilsner 0.7 kg Carared 0.4 kg Flaked wheat 0.2 kg Special B And this is the step schedule I used: 1...

So I am wondering if I just made a big mistake by purchasing my mashtun/brewing kettle upgrades. First of all I mash in a brewing kettle with an adjustable thermostat. So I thought it might be handy to get a more accurate way to measure temperature then to stick a analog thermometer in there...