Recent content by Paradactal

Yes, Co2 was my main concern!! Thank you!!

I recently brewed a Belgian Tripel, 9.7%, and have some questions about aging in the keg. I transferred out of the primary after 14 days into a 5g keg. I really wanted to drink it at a party so I forced carbed and put it in the fridge. The beer tasted great, but I quickly realized, it needs to...

So, I think I did my brix conversion wrong somehow. I used the Northern Brewer post fermentation brix to gravity calculator. I think I entered wrong info in. I just took a hydrometer reading and it is 1.008. Right where I was trying to get to. So. guess the error was on my part. Guess I have 2...

Ha!!! Nevermind!! Its done. 1.008 Rookie move

This was the direction I was planning on going. Thank you!! The reason I had originally created a starter was to get the yeast cell count up and not use 2 packets. Is this not correct? I did read the recommended pitch rate was 2 packets for my beer. soooo, no starter for dry yeast? I was more or...

Hey guys and gals, I have a stuck fermenter and I need some help deciding how to move forward. I brewed an all grain Belgian Tripel. Its been in the primary for 13 days stuck at 1.037 (6.3 brix). OG was 1.079. I originally made a starter using Lallemond Abbaye at 1.7L using 5.89oz of DME using...

On a commercial level we will filter through after aging and cut to at least 90 proof