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I can't believe I didn't come across this problem in all my research before buying the conical. Unfortunately it is looking like hop bags for me :(

Hey Guys, First brew with my Blichmann Fermenator and I hit a snag; I couldn't dump the hops. Dumped the yeast no problems, but I was unable to dump the hops from either of my double dry hops. Yes, I did throw the pellets in loose and yes I did put CO2 pressure on the airlock to try and...

So this bad boy is almost finished in primary and I am about to rack to secondary and add the vanilla beans. Tasting great so far. Jason, how did you prepare your vanilla beans? I've heard a couple of different methods and I am still deciding which way to go. Cheers Dave

Just building my recipe and I am at the water stage. Anyone got any suggestions as to a target water profile for this beer? My local water is quite soft so I was thinking of not doing any adjustments apart from some acid to get it down to 5.3pH

Thanks for the replies guys. Just waiting for a Baltic Porter to finishing lagering and I will attempt to harvest some yeast. Cheers

Just bumping this one back up. Wife is super keen for me to try and clone this beer. Can anyone add any further advice/experiences to this recipe. I'm going to try and harvest the yeast. Has anyone had success in harvesting from this beer? Does any know for sure if SN use the same yeast for...

Brew day went well, no hiccups. Still waiting to ferment this bad boy. We did the "no chill" method for this brew as I am waiting for a pale ale to finish fermenting. Should be starting to the build up a yeast starter next week. My calculations are that I will need a 3 step starter to get...

I'll left mine in primary for 2 weeks just to make sure. Not in a hurry. I allowed a month for this beer

Big thanks for the reply. Definitely brewing your recipe on Saturday. Just tweaking a few things as a result of grain availability in Australia and we will be using the Carafa Special III. Thanks again. Cheers Dave

This recipe, sounds right up my alley. Couple of questions: - Of the two, which recipe turned out the best? - Do you see a downside to using Carafa Special III instead of Carafa III? Cheers for the recipe. Cheers Dave

Just looking at the numbers, Alaskan obviously put something a bit darker in there - maybe Munich? The Alaskan Summer Ale is 8 SRM, while this recipe is 2 SRM. Also Alaskan say they use a blend of European and Pacific Northwest hop varieties. I'm guessing the European for bittering and the...

Thanks for being humane ;) Seriously appreciate the help

What about this as a basic target profile: Calcium = 117 Magnesium = 15 Sodium = 0 Sulfate = 264 Chloride = 25 Bicarbonate = 61 I use BeerSmith 2 as my brewing computer program and I just want a target profile I can use and the software will give me the needed adjustments for my water. I'm...

Hey Guys, I'm from Sydney Australia and we have soft water. Problem is I like West Coast style IPA's etc. I've started mucking around with water additions to help out with improved bitterness and hop crispness. Without opening another massive water debate, I am just after a good water...

Hey Guys, Thanks for all the info on this beer and yeast. I'll be attempting my first Berliner next week (1st sour actually, and I've got a few questions: 1. Whirfloc - Does this beer need it? My memory tells me this beer is cloudy and I'm wondering if I need to use Whirfloc. 2...

Thanks much for posting this recipe. I love this beer and I'll have a crack at it soon. Cheers

Thanks for all the input guys, it is really much appreciated. I do like the idea of keeping it simple as I will only get one shot at this. On the complex side, I was think of going something spicy and Asian, maybe like a Tom Yum Pale Ale... Galangal, chillies, Kaffir Lime leaves and...

Hey Guys, Down here in Sydney, Australia we are about to have a homebrew competition for the Sydney Craft Beer Week. The competition is to brew a beer that mimics food. So I'm after ideas. Obviously chocolate is the easy one, but I'm trying to get something a little more complex. Due to...

Thanks mate. I'm actually thinking of dry hopping it with Nelson too

Hey Mate, I'm going to give this recipe a go and I was wondering if you could give some more details if you remember them. What temp did you mash at? How long did you mash for? Did you do a 90 minute boil with so much Pilsner Malt? Any more info you could share would be much...