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I did the All-grain version, brewed on 2/18/12. I cracked open the first bottle of mine 3 weeks after bottling. OMG! It was so good and the carbonation was already great! I happened to have a bottle of Dragonmead's Final Absolution, and we did a side-by-side comparison. It was sooo close...

My all-grain batch has been in the secondary for 3 weeks. I made this brew without having tasted the original Dragonmeade Final absolution. I made it because there were 32 pages of posts about the recipe, which I considered good enough. A friend from Detroit brought me a 4 pack of the the...

I made this beer back in August. We just drank the last one about a week ago. My family and friends really enjoyed it. It definitely gets better with age. I will probably make it again, but this time around I have decided to make an all-grain belgian trippel, which is in the secondary as we...

envader, I used a 6.5 gallon bucket for my primary and it worked fine. I used a blow off tube inserted in sterilizing fluid. I will be moving mine into a secondary (glass carboy) this weekend, after 2 weeks in the primary.

A little more than a day after brewing and my beer is chugging away at probably 120 bubbles/min. I've never used a blow-off tube before, but I decided to use one this time instead of an airlock , since it's such a high octane brew. It makes me so happy to see those bubbles and know my yeast...

I brewed the all grain version today. First off let me say this is my first all-grain high gravity. I made a few changes: 16lbs pilsner belgian, 1.9 oz munich malt, 8 oz carapils. It was cold outside today and I had an impossible time getting my mash temperature high enough. I started with...

Hurricane, this question is for you. I am going to brew the all-grain version tomorrow. I'm making a 1L starter today. My question is: I have 14lbs of belgian Pilsner, 1lb 9oz of munich and 1/2 lb of carapils. I bought 2lbs of light belgian candy syrup. The recipe calls for 1.6lbs of the...

First Ale I brewed.... July 2011

1st time bottling beer in July of 2011

I'm replying!!!! How exciting!

Ohhhhhh, I think I understand the question I asked about the 12.4 lbs of fermentables. Adding up all the Malt extracts, DME and candi sugar = 12.4 lbs.

I am very interested in making this recipe. The only high gravity beer I've made was a Chimay Blue clone. It turned out great, but I want to try something different. I had a question about the extract version of your recipe. When you say "12.4 total pounds of fermentables", what are the...

I transferred to the secondary after 12 days in the primary. O.G 1.065. F.G before transferring to secondary 1.015. ABV 6.5%. The Hydrometer sample tasted great!!!! I can't wait to get this beer carbonating in some bottles. The only thing I changed in the recipe was I used S-04 yeast with...

So how did this turn out? I have been looking for a thread about successes with Aventinus Dopplebock clones, but can't seem to find much out there.

oops, just realized that 1.064 is pretty much the target O.G.

I figured it out. I called my LHBS. My O.G. was pretty high though, coming out at 1.064. It tastes good though. I can't wait to taste the finished product. I realized at the end that I forgot the 1/4 tsp of irish moss. Will that make much difference?

I'm going to start brewing this in a few minutes. I just want to make sure I understand the instructions for the mash in and mash out temps. With the mash in.... are you saying to heat the water to 170.5, then when the grains are added it should bring the temp down to 150 and to let it mash at...

Thank you! I also just checked my hops stash. I have 1 oz of Kent Goldings, do you think that would be ok to substitute in place of the Fuggles? I think it's got more bitterness than the fuggles. If it's ok to use the Kent, would you use less of it? I don't like hoppy beers.

I'm thinking of making this this weekend. I didn't notice in the recipe what the OG and FG were. Could someone let me know what theirs was? Also what the ABV is? Thanks!

Thank you so much!! I am very excited about trying out this recipe and I will look at the General techniques forum. I didn't even realize that forum was there.