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Had a double brew day last weekend. First beer was my L'internationale Saison. I ferment with bootleg's Saison Parfait sach yeast and Bootleg's Funk Weapon #3 brett mix, co-pitched. The 2nd brew was a german pilsner step mashed, and whirlpooled with some homegrown hops.
 
Grodziskie day. Here’s the grain:
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Just mashed in on another version of cream ale. For this one I'm using both flaked corn in the mash and dextrose in the boil, to double-down on the corn flavor/aroma. Last keg of it kicked the other night, will ferment this one under pressure on 34/70 with an eye to having it done in a week or so. So yes, not technically an 'ale', but the last few batches with 34/70 have been very tasty.
 
Made a Tripel with an experimental trio of Aurora/Columbus/Amarillo.
Hi, I'm brewing a Tripel this weekend. 10 gallons using 20lbs of pils 5lbs of vienna 2lbs of aromatic 1 lb victory 2lbs of table sugar. 2oz of nugget 15.2 aa at boil and 2oz of saaz 2.5 aa at 60 mins 5 gl's with Imperial tripel/double yeast and 5 gl's using safbrew be-256. What do you think, and will this turn out?
 
Hi, I'm brewing a Tripel this weekend. 10 gallons using 20lbs of pils 5lbs of vienna 2lbs of aromatic 1 lb victory 2lbs of table sugar. 2oz of nugget 15.2 aa at boil and 2oz of saaz 2.5 aa at 60 mins 5 gl's with Imperial tripel/double yeast and 5 gl's using safbrew be-256. What do you think, and will this turn out?
Some will probably come here to post that a Tripel should be Pilsner malt and sugar, only. I like the idea of the Vienna addition; the aromatic (and maybe the victory) could be overkill. You want it to be high-alcohol but also easy-drinking.

Do you mean Nugget at 60 minutes (that is, 60 minutes left in the boil), and Saaz at flame-out (0 minutes left in the boil)? That should do fine.

I like Triple Double, but haven't used BE-256. The Internet is not so helpful on whether or not it is diastatic. If you haven't gone shopping yet, may I recommend Lallemand Abbaye?
 
I brewed five gallons of a 4% 20 IBU light lager last week. I pitched one WLP-833 pure pitch. It fermented fast in the low 60s at 15 psi in my allrounder. It's just a starter.

Yesterday I brewed a Festbier. I pressure transfered the light lager to a keg as the Festbier chilled. Then I pumped the festbier right in without even cleaning the allrounder. Today I have nearly 15 gallons fermenting strong.

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I need a bigger kegerator and more kegs. They are all full. :(
 
Some will probably come here to post that a Tripel should be Pilsner malt and sugar, only. I like the idea of the Vienna addition; the aromatic (and maybe the victory) could be overkill. You want it to be high-alcohol but also easy-drinking.

Do you mean Nugget at 60 minutes (that is, 60 minutes left in the boil), and Saaz at flame-out (0 minutes left in the boil)? That should do fine.

I like Triple Double, but haven't used BE-256. The Internet is not so helpful on whether or not it is diastatic. If you haven't gone shopping yet, may I recommend Lallemand Abbaye?

I often use a bit of Wheat malt in the grain bill and very few added sugar. I also like the idea of Vienna but with the aromatic it might be too much indeed. It has to be subtle imho. I usually use Fermentis T58 (BE-256 or S-33 are great yeasts as well for tripels) as the main yeast but I recently found interest in the WLP720. That is the one I used in the experimental one (now in secondary with a bit of hops for a week).
 
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Very interesting, love the color! What is the base beer?
It’s an adjunct lager, so English pale, about 1/3 purple corn, and just a touch of Munich. Somewhat aggressive with Lotus and Bergamot at 5 minutes, but not into cold IPA territory. Too hoppy for a cream ale, not quite as bitter as a New Zealand Pils (and the hops are from the wrong side of the world), not malty enough for a blonde.
 
Brewing a gluten free Lavender Saison (as I sip on some lavender sangria):

4L Rice
Munich Millet
Pale Oat
Pale Rice

Hallertau Mittelfruh
Hallertau Blanc
Barbe Rouge

Belle Saison
 
Brewing a gluten free Lavender Saison (as I sip on some lavender sangria):

4L Rice
Munich Millet
Pale Oat
Pale Rice

Hallertau Mittelfruh
Hallertau Blanc
Barbe Rouge

Belle Saison
If you can get your hands on some Lublin/Lubelski hops, they have a really nice lavender thing going on. Enough so that you could use then instead of actual lavender, or to complement.
 
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