Recent content by BertusBeensteen

Almost two days into fermentation. Day one was full on banana, now it is rotten eggs. Made a mess of my fermentation chamber, krausen everywhere.

I would like to know how the recipe will turn out. I've had multiple examples of tmavě ležák recently, although not from a sidepull unfortunately but from can and bottle. All examples are somewhat similar, but also distinguishably different. Great style in my opinion.

I had sulfer showing up in a lager, two dus after kegging it. No sulfur whatsoever during fermentation, so it happens. I just brewed a Belgian blonde today, fermenting now with a starter made from bottle dregs (westmalle extra). We will see/smell what will happen. Had rotten eggs smell from...

3787 is the westmalle strain, also known as farty-pants. Mostly throws off some sulfur during primary. Never experienced it in the beer itself though. (Not a lager-like sulfer though, more rotten eggs) I would let it rest rest at room temp i guess. Or maybe flush with co2 from the bottom of the...

Floor malted Bohemian pils dark by weyermann is my choice for 40% of the grist. https://www.weyermann.de/en-gb/product/weyermann-floor-malted-bohemian-dark-malt-3/ Should be somewhat similar to munich I guess.

I asked "the gent from Budvar", and he suggests using the pilsen profile, or if you like some minerality and emphasize the hops you can use the munich profile. I will be using the pilsen profile, and maybe adjust half of the batch in the keg, just to see which one i prefer. But i will not be...

Note that grainfather is not the same as brewfather. The pilsen profile in brewfather is indeed very soft:

Edit: Wrong topic.

Even the grist in your opening post does not give me a calculated pH below 5.3 in brewfather. (Maybe brewfather is wrong) At an OG of 1.060 it gives an estimate of 5.43 pH when using distilled water. It also gives an estimate attenuation of 60% though. (FG 1.023 using wlp800). Might be on the...

Most info I find is "very soft water". Apparently Budvar uses the same water for their light and dark lager, or at least the base. Maybe they add minerals, who knows. When i use brewfather for a dark Czech lager recipe and using ROnwater, instill have to adjust the pH down a bit though...

Using a cfc wil result in more isomerisation of alphaacids from basically all your boil additions, including the flameout addition. (Compared to an immersion chiller) Try circulating the cooled wort back into the kettle until the kettle contents get below 76°C (sorry for the metric). This...

Mostly hoppy styles but i brew everything from light lagers to Imperial stouts. Last brews were a hazy ipa and Czech Pale lager. Next brew wil be a Belgian single. (Followed up by a tripel or quad)

Hello, After frequently ending here when google searching brewing related stuff, I decided to register. I live in the Netherlands and have been brewing frequently for nearly 4 years now. Started out with pots and buckets, and now brew using a "Brew Monk" all in one system. Which is basically...