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Anyone had this or tried to brew it? This is a very good beer newly available in the northeast US. This particular beer is flavored with hops *and* thyme, sumac, camomile, sage, anise, and mint. The spices do not dominate, they meld with each other favorably to deliver a floral, herbal...

My thoughts on this yeast. I brewed all extract, with 6 oz of dextrine for head retention. 1.048 original gravity, got down to 1.008 Fermentation in primary only for 15 days. I fermented on the cool side for a Saison, never got above 72 degrees and spent the last week or more at 68 or...

I am mostly posting this in order to follow this thread. I bought a couple packets of this on a whim from my LHBS and brewed on Friday evening. Fermentation was already going strong Saturday morning. I have noticed my ferment temp is relatively low, I was at 72 last evening. I don't...

Kombat said: "One of my favorite craft breweries doesn't do any aeration at all." Source? I tend to side with Kombat based on my experience. But my feeling is that people brewed for years without technological cheats for things like aeration, and it will be fine for me too.

I am a longtime brewer, probably over 100 batches by now. My brewday is pretty routine and I am long passed noobie mistakes and get consistently good results with my brews. But I have finally got my hands on a large pot so I can do a full wort boil instead of the partial boil I have always...

I was crass and brewed a Sandy Blonde Ale on the morning the storm approached. The wort (pitched with California Ale V) was just starting to bubble when our power went out later that night. We stayed home for a couple of days while the initial fermentation was going strong. But then cooler...

I have my first 'big' beer in secondary, and after two weeks, it is still sending little bubbles through the airlock, once every two or three minutes. My usual routine for my standard 1.045 to 1.060 brew is one week primary, one week secondary, bottle condition for three weeks, and done...

I have my a batch of finished beer in 3 Tap-A-Draft 1.5 Gallon mini kegs. I tapped the first one, and though it's drinkable, there are problems (not Tap-A-Draft related) with this particular brew (very long story involving buying adjunct grains from a new source and the grains not being crushed...

Original poster here - This reminds me I never posted my final results. I made a good pale ale that is both sweeter than normal, and darker than expected for the grains I used. Closer to a hoppy Maarzen in those areas. Otherwise I have a good beer without wild flavors or bacterial...

For what it's worth, I was in your shoes last month. I was advised to use a blueberry extract, but didn't listen. I had fruit!! I brewed a Blueberry ale 2 1/2 weeks ago, and have been posting my progress. I bottled last night. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f12/blueberry-ale-184329/

OK, I bottled this Blueberry Ale. It spent 14 days in a glass carboy secondary fermentor. Secondary was pretty warm. 75-80 ambient temp most of the time. But the fermentation was not vigorous in the least. Only difference from my usual experience; about 30% of yeast clumps on the...

Update...... After 5 days of fairly hot fermentation (avg 75 F) the primary fermentor was very quiet. I briefly cooked up another 12 ounces of Fresh Blueberries (Boiled for 2-3 minutes) and let them cool. I crushed the fruit through a fine mesh strainer which resulted in about 6-8 oz of...

I've been craving a Blueberry Ale, and I was looking through these boards for a recipe. A little controversy about using real fruit, extract... many pleas for recipes, but then just general thoughts that follow the requests.... So I brewed a batch Saturday. I'll post as the journey goes...

Thanks for all the responses. No one commented on the low alcohol. Also, no one commented about boil time; this was my only deviation from my normal procedure. I boiled for 45 minutes instead of 60 I checked the Hydrometer this morning. 1.0000 on Tap water, so that isn't my problem...

I’ve brewed about 20 batches lifetime, and never experienced this problem. I have a completed batch of Ale I brewed from a Rogue Dead Guy kit. I used the kit as packaged, and followed the directions. The beer itself came out very good, it’s clear and has decent head retention. It’s lighter...