Recent content by moophone

Just bottled after about 5 weeks. Smells great it taste isn't all that pleasant. It's really green. How long does this take to condition and mature in the leg? I'll sample each week but I'm thinking this will need four weeks of cold conditioning ?

spoke too soon. asked my wife to look at it 2 hours ago, no sign of airlock activity, lid wasnt swelling, pushing on lid = nothing in airlock 2 hrs later, and I come home to a full airlock with a bit leaking out over the sides (!) I opened the lid a bit on one side, will leave it like that for...

Slightly exceeded my usual efficiency (based off older 2-row at 70% and hit 1.070. Nice Kraussen forming after 12hrs. I didn't use a blowoff, but I did put it in the tub just in case :P Hopefully it hasn't exploded all over my bathroom when I get home!! subbed willamette as bittering, but...

Making a 2L WLP530 starter now. Going to brew this on the weekend!

leffe is one of my favourite beers. Also one of the reasons I got into home brewing because its not available here anymore. I wanted to make leffe only after I learned how to brew, so I am going to be rather critical. I brewed this Mar21. Using Belgian Abbey II 1762 Yeast without a starter...

Making this now. I subbed 1762 Abbey II for the yeast. Should have made a starter, but ran out of time. For this style of beer additional esters/phenols may be desirable. Also added a tiny bit of salt and gypsum to try to line up with Belgian water profile. Leffe is one of my favourite beers...

This is a good recipe. I found it a bit bitter for the first 2 weeks in the keg vs malt, but really opened up at the end of week 2. (I missed the wheat, but hit the numbers). I'm glad I (mostly) waited to see how it would evolve. Very drinkable

hey enohcs Just brewed this. It was my third brew with my new RIMS e-biab setup. It went great, and nailed the gravity exactly (1.065) then I realized I left out the wheat!!! oops. I'm sure it will still be awesome, and if I love it, the with and without wheat will be an interesting comparison...