Recent content by _Keven

thanks for all the detailed responses, definitely gonna give this a try this summer.

ah ok, Boil was 2.5 gallons and we added another 2.5 gallons post boil to give us 5 gallons

Yeah definitely some caramel flavors in this. I'm thinking of coming up with a custom recipe with some fresher malt. Any recommendations on yeast strain for a Belgian Trippel?

I'm quite new to homebrewing so I'm not sure exactly what a partial boil is, but we followed the instructions quite closely. One issue that might've caused such a high FG is we made a primary in a 2 Liter that blowed off losing quite a bit of yeast as well as another blow off during the primary...

yep thats the one

I recently brewed northern brewer's tripel extract recipe. It tastes much more like a dubbel than a tripel and I'm trying to figure out why. I have a few ideas though, our fermentation stalled a little bit with a FG of 1.020 (OG 1.074) which was likely caused from bad yeast choice (wyeast 3787...

You know it does taste pretty good, I'm just letting it sit in a slightly warmer environment hoping that will help. I haven't pitched any more yeast yet.

Yep I'm going to order the yeast today and get a yeast starter going asap, I'll keep you posted if I see any notable results.

Would it be too late to add yeast nutrients/energizer at this point?

I think I might try this despite what others have said (the abv is quite hostile for the yeast) because at this point what's the worst that can happen? I'm hoping I can get it down to 1.015, I just don't want the beer to be too sweet.

Ah I see, is there anything I can do to lower the FG? Could I add in more/different kind of yeast to bump up the abv or would that just ruin the beer?

Hello, I recently have been brewing a triple: https://www.northernbrewer.com/products/belgian-tripel-extract-kit. Brewing day was around 5 weeks ago. I used the wyeast 3787 with an OG of 1.072. Today I moved it to a secondary and took a FG reading of just 1.020 which is a bit high. Now after its...

Hello, I recently started brewing a Belgian Tripel and quickly realized the krausen or foam at the top of the fermenter was going to spill over my carboy. So I quickly went out and got a blow off tube, filled a bucket with water and starsan and taped the end of the blowoff tube to the bottom of...

Yep everything looks good. Been having an active fermentation for about 2 weeks now. I had to get a blow off tube it was fermenting so aggressively.

Hello, I'm brewing northern brewer's tripel extract kit Belgian Tripel Extract Beer Recipe Kit. I'm using the wyeast 3787 and created a yeast starter the day prior to brewing. The yeast starter had tons of activity, and it was constantly bubbling over for the first 12 hours. The last 12 hours it...