Recent content by pheggeseth

Another option out there is the Brew Demon 3 gallon plastic "conical" fermentor. It's only $40, but I wish it had a valve on the bottom instead for trub/yeast removal instead of the somewhat arbitrarily placed "sampling" valve on the side. In the end I didn't think it provided any real benefits...

I first tried removing the nut in the center (along with the brushed metal cover of the lid), and enlarging the hole slightly with a drill so that I could use an airlock with a rubber grommet. I attached three 3M Command strips and some extra wire picture hangers I had on hand like a tripod to...

Reviving an old thread here, but just wanted to chime in by saying that these 2.5 gallon Montana Jars are my FAVORITE fermentors for brewing beer. I always brew small batches between 1-2 gallons (usually stovetop BIAB), and almost always use these. Online merchants like Northern Brewer have made...

I just drank the last of both my Belgian Dubbel and Belgian Blonde both fermented with Lallemand Abbaye. The dubbel was bottled in April 2015, and the blonde in June 2015, so they had about 7 to 9 months of age on them. They both tasted great, and the flavors have evolved significantly since...

Looks like that thread is all about the Fermentis Safbrew Abbaye, which for some reason isn't sold by any of the places I normally buy my yeast, so I'm trying the Lallemande/Danstar version. Why the only two dried Trappist yeasts have to both be named "Abbaye" is beyond me. Probably just to...

I'm embarrassed to admit that I've been gleaning valuable information from this site for a number of years, but haven't posted until now. I'm in the middle of doing some side-by-side yeast comparisons, and I'm interested in how Lallemand Abbaye compares to the more established Belgian strains...