I've only been brewing about 6-months. I've brewed about 8 different styles during that time. Each batch has bottle conditioned (and remains in the basement) @ approx 60F until ready to drink. Periodically I bring a couple bottles of each batch up and put them in the refrigerator a few...
I contacted DuClaw. Below is their homebrewer's version of Euphoria. Brewed this up yesterday, had to make some substitues, but the wort looks, smells and tastes great, can't wait until it's finished!
ProMash Recipe Printout
Recipe : Euphoria
BJCP Style and Style Guidelines...
This is the link to The Calculator, however you might need to 'register' on the website to access it...
http://biabrewer.info/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=189
From the Home page click on; The Master Guide of BIAB Brewing
from there, click on; The Calculator
I can also send it to you if you...
First let me say this was my first all-grain and first biab. I used the excel spreadsheet (The Calculator.xls) from the Aussie website www.biabrewer.info.
Using the efficiency of 79% from the spreadsheet, my grain bill remained the same, however I did have the grains run through the mill a...
All-in-all, I'm pretty new to this myself, but fwiw, I've been brewing all through the winter and haven't had any troubles storing/aging the brew in the basement. For those batches that needed a warmer fermentation temp I used a water bath with an aquarium heater to maintain the temp for the...
Did you re-hydrate the yeast or pitch it dry?
This is from the Safale 05 website;
Recommended fermentation temperature: 15C 24C (59-75F).
I'd think you'd be fine, I'm in Michigan too. Same here, 58-60F in the basement. Just bottled my last batch a week ago (snuck one last night for...
Welcome mcbethenstein!
I started brewing about 6 months ago with a 1-gal winemaking kit. I quickly outgrew that then expanded to brewing beer as well. Now I've got two fermenters and four carboys and work hard at keep them all going ;) I'm on my ninth batch of wine and seventh brew.
I...