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What makes you think kolsch yeast has low attenuation? Wyeast lists it as 73 to 77% which is the same as the American Ale strain. I certainly wouldn't call kolsch a low attenuated beer. It finishes around 1.010 I would think it would be an ok substitute to American Ale yeast, I don't think the...

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Did you ever come up with a recipe for this? I've always wanted to brew a pumpkin beer but this one is by far the best I've found.

We never did find any reasonably priced handles for the minimal quantity we needed. I have since cut way back on the amount of work I do for that company and am not sure if they ever did get any at all to be honest.

If it's only a liter starter, sometimes I won't bother. It's when you have really big starter like 3L and up that you need to decant.

Yeah, 90 min. is not long enough to get a good decantation. Over night is usually what I do. Plus, that was probably just long enough to cool the yeast down so when it was added to the warm wort, it probably shocked your yeast which can also cause problems. You'll just have to slow down and take...

Beardown Did you pitch a good sized starter with your Conan?

brewing 11 gallons of Baltic Porter tomorrow. Half of it is getting fermented with 1056 then going into a Jack Daniels Barrel with Vanilla Beans. The other half is getting fermented with Saflager 34/70 then going into a Balcones Rumble barrel.

I'm brewing 11 gallons of Saffron Tripel for the local brewerie's 12 beers of Christmas.

I pitched 1L starter into a 1.058 Pale Ale 1 week ago and it finished at 1.010. Fermented around 70F. I did not notice the peachy/apricot that this yeast boasts BUT I had some juniper berries in the beer and they are probably masking it. No blowoff during fermentation but a good 2-3 inch...

So how long have people actually kept hops in the freezer and still used them with success? I have a pliny pack that is probably going on about 5 years, vacuum sealed and in the freezer.....do I dare?

In it

In it

Winter is coming.

You must be using surface pro. I can't do that on my surface 2.