Recent content by kmos

I brewed an Oud Bruin in July 2012. I sort of forgot about it and it has been sitting in secondary in the back of my brew-closet getting funky for about 15 months or so. I added a number of bugs including a vial of ECY, dregs of Orval and other funky brews. In the past 6 months or so it has...

After racking to a keg, I found that I had an extra gallon of an English Bitter. Rather than dump it (or, ahem, drink it out of the fermentor), I decided to transfer it to a 1 gal vessel and pitch some bugs (WLP655). Here she is a few months later. mmmm....yeah, that's good.

People frequently steep the dark grains separately when all they want is color and no roast flavor (eg a CDA). You can also simply throw them in at the end of the mash.

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This gets into a nebulous area because it is a matter of personal taste -- For me, when I drink and IPA, I am looking for the hops. I agree with your initial thought: English or American, I think the smoke would conflict. You might consider a more malt-forward English style, such as a mild or...

WLP013 is equivalent to 1028 -- That should do the trick fine.

My guess is that the Brewers Association is your best resource for this kind of information. If you are not a member, you should join.

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f76/

When I have used brett in primary, it was the only yeast I pitched, so my experience may not be entirely applicable here. Nevertheless: what I did was make a big starter (2.2L or so for 5 gal) and had it on a stir plate for 4-5 days. Brett is much slower to start up than sacc strains. I am...

I don't have my notes in front of me, but I suspect I kept the ambient temp in my cooler around 65F. I tend to hold ferm temps at the lower end of the suggested range, which in this case is 68-73F. Good luck with the brew!

My best brew days go this way. Also cuts down on the number of pints I drink while brewing...who'da guessed that leads to a smoother brewday. :D

In that event, I agree with eastoak (and it kind of sounds like you already knew the answer when you asked the question) -- If you are at all worried about it, why not just err on the side of caution. Unless you wanted to split the batch and do an experiment: 2nd gen vs 1st gen :D

Depends on the yeast...

Not trying to be a jerk-- Just that this board would get pretty messy if everyone posted their recipes in both sections.

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