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Am thinking of running a double size batch of my snpa clone and fermenting one half 'warm' as usual, and the second half cold with saflager s-23. Then condition both in keg for a month, warm-warm and lager the cold fermented. Any ideas what what the lager would come out like?

I have a few thoughts, from a chemical side of things. Yeasts produce hydrogen sulfide as a byproduct of fermentation, lager yeasts more than ale. In a normal ferment the yeast will rework this h2s and reduce it somewhat but most of it is reduced by evolving co2. In a cool lager ferment the...

Anybody ever tried a 100% saaz, warm fermented, non lagered ale? If so was it any good and what was the recipe as am thinking of giving it a whirl to use up some hops!

We are about to get some water restrictions, and so am looking at no chill as a solution to this. Most people on this site are using 'cubes' but is there any problem just whacking it straight into the fermenter? I could purge with co2 prior, to prevent air in the headspace. Any thoughts

Thanks barry, shall brew that bad boy this weekend! Does it benefit from prolonged storage, or is it good to go once its settled in the bottle? I never know why i ask this question because it dosent' matter either way, i will drink it asap. I fall into the 'just one bottle to see how it is...

Just booked for the oktoberfest! 5 days in munich cant wait!!! :beer: But less of me gloating, onto the beer. Anybody got any good AG recipe's (or extract) for oktoberfest style beers? And more importantly anybody tried making these beers minus cc'ing, as i am an ale brewer so do not have the...

Good post, only thing that may be worth adding is the addition timings. We all now @10 means with 10 mins to go but at first look it may seem like 'at 10 mins of boiling'

I make it 62%

Have made up 15L as per instructions and had an overnight clean of all brewing items. I now have a fair amount (1l squirty bottle and 10l in a fermenter) kicking around. Can i use it next weekend or is it just better to ditch it and start agin next week. I have read somwhere that its ok as long...

Just completed my first AG, and it went reasonably smoothly but i did have a couple of problems. And was wondering if anybody could provide a few pointers for next weekends attempt! Am using a SNPA clone that i have succesfully made a number of times using an extract converted recipe. 5.4kg...

thanks for the answers guys. Does anybody feelthat rinsing the yeast before using will have any benefits? By rinsing i mean a gallon of sterilised water plus trub, swirl, settle a touch, decant then repitch onto the yeast suspension? (obviously more brief than a wash) or do i not gain any...

I have pretty much got my Sierra Nevada pale ale clone recipe sorted and am about to make a fair few batches to condition and have ready for the new year, and onwards. If i ferment in the primary for 1 week at wlp001's ideal temp and rack to secondary, and repitch a fresh wort onto the primary...

there are plenty of sugars for your remaing yeast to consume, although i would suspect that it would take some time for the yeast to adapt to the new carb source (yeast become specialised in one food source, the sugars in fruit are different to the ones we brew with.) has it been in secondary...

sods law strikes! the ferment has kicked in! about two hours after i had started this topic i heard the reassuiring glooping noise we all love. woke this morning to find an airlock full of crud and my '90 champagnes covered in blow off! although could be an infection, i suspect they were lazy...

I made a 1l starter a few weeks ago of wyeast 1084 irish ale yeast. Didnt manage to get to brewing it there and then so it fermented out and has been sat under airlock @ 15C in my cellar for three (possibly 4) weeks. Brewed a stout this weekend and decided to pitch the yeast in as i tasted the...

if i am following an extract brew and i need it to be pale, like a pilsner how would i go about this? all instructions point to adding lme or dme at the start of boil along with the first hops. This of course causes the wort to darken, even with a full volume boil. Is it ok to just boil the hops...

just recieved my new corny kegs and am wondering about the best way of serving two differnet styles of beer. I have a SN pale ale clone and a Hoegarden clone already to keg, obviously the carb levels of these two syles of beer are different so i am wondering how best to bodge the dispensing of...

DONT SEAL AND MASH TOMORROW!! Silicone based sealants should be avoided, especially with the prolonged and warm contact we require when mashing. The problem is not with the sealant per se but the by products of curing. All the curing by products are carcinogenic and have well established...

When starting out i reckon the best advice re equipment would be the following. Any old kit that takes your fancy is fine, make something you like. A starter kit and a few bottles is all you need, dont buy seperate just get the beginners pack, it WILL see you right, all homebrewers are gear...

i find that a good rule of thumb with my bottles (and this is not in any way scientific) is to bottle with the dme levels found here and let them prime at whatever temperature my cellar is at (a fairly constant 12 deg c) By holding a bottle to the light,if its turbid and i can see yeast and...