I've been doing a lot of pale ales with those lately. Usually a 50/50 mix or ill go heavier on one. The past few have been just two row, some vienna and the nz hops. It makes a nice, easy sipper on a hot Saturday by the bbq.
I've been going through a pound or so of green bullet and southern cross and it gives a bit of a fruity, pineapple-ly taste that is pretty unique when combined.
Planning on a Belgian ale with wlp530, pilsner, saaz and some plain old sugar this weekend. My second favorite recipe to brew aside from my hefeweizen.
I had a lid blow off on me once. I came home and smelled beer before I opened the ferm chamber and saw the mess. It was open more than likely for at least 8 hours. The beer fermented for another two and a half weeks and turned out excellent.
I'd say it depends on sanitation really. Personally...
Your hefeweizen was the first all grain brew I ever did about 3 years ago and I still brew it today. I have a batch in the fermenter now.
It's good to see you back Ed. Cheers!
I've used 530 in the past for a tripel and it was extremely active. It blew the lid off my ferm bucket and made a nice mess. I made a 1200 ml starter on that brew. I started at 66 for a day or so then slowly ramped up to around 80. Honestly one of my favorite beers that I've made to this day and...
The whole thing only added about 30 to 40 min to my brew day. I boiled the first decoction for 10 min and the second for 5 min just to get to my rest temp and then just mashed as usual. Mine started to boil pretty quick and I had to babysit and keep stirring to prevent scorching.
I'm...
So, I did my first decoction back in December which was Edwort's hefeweizen recipe except I subbed 1 lb of the pilsner for a pound of munich. Which I've done in the past several times. I ended up doing 2 decoctions to get to my sac temp (152* F) after a 20 min rest at 130* or so. It was...
So I did my first decoction back in December. It was Edwort's hefeweizen recipe except I subbed 1 lb of the pilsner for a pound of munich. Which I've done in the past several times. I ended up doing 2 decoctions to get to my sac temp (152* F) after a 20 min rest at 130* or so. It was fermented...
I also use edwort's recipe, slightly modified. I sub 2lbs of the pils for 2 lbs of munich malt. I ferment wl300 or 3068 usually around 64-65*F.
I love German hefeweizen and this one comes real close.
Haven't tried a decoction yet though.
I didn't get into homebrewing to save money, but I got lucky and scored a lot of equipment on the cheap. Now that I buy in bulk and have everything I need, I save quite a bit.
I got my mash tun cooler used and used a gift certificate from work to buy all the fittings and built it myself. I...
I've used s05 before in a 5.5g batch of IPA and just used 1 pack (rehydrated) and it took the wort down to an FG of what I expected. I would think that you'll be fine with a half pack. FWIW, I never got what you would call "full krausen" with this yeast either. Just a nice layer showing it's...