Recent content by _Keven

Hello, we're thinking of brewing an extract saison and planned on using the wyeast 3724 strain. Our last brew was a tripel which although tasty had a higher final gravity then we'd like (we used the wyeast 3787 for that one). After doing further research on the 3724 strain it seems like it also...

thanks for all the detailed responses, definitely gonna give this a try this summer.

ah ok, Boil was 2.5 gallons and we added another 2.5 gallons post boil to give us 5 gallons

Yeah definitely some caramel flavors in this. I'm thinking of coming up with a custom recipe with some fresher malt. Any recommendations on yeast strain for a Belgian Trippel?

I'm quite new to homebrewing so I'm not sure exactly what a partial boil is, but we followed the instructions quite closely. One issue that might've caused such a high FG is we made a primary in a 2 Liter that blowed off losing quite a bit of yeast as well as another blow off during the primary...

yep thats the one

I recently brewed northern brewer's tripel extract recipe. It tastes much more like a dubbel than a tripel and I'm trying to figure out why. I have a few ideas though, our fermentation stalled a little bit with a FG of 1.020 (OG 1.074) which was likely caused from bad yeast choice (wyeast 3787...

You know it does taste pretty good, I'm just letting it sit in a slightly warmer environment hoping that will help. I haven't pitched any more yeast yet.

Yep I'm going to order the yeast today and get a yeast starter going asap, I'll keep you posted if I see any notable results.

Would it be too late to add yeast nutrients/energizer at this point?

I think I might try this despite what others have said (the abv is quite hostile for the yeast) because at this point what's the worst that can happen? I'm hoping I can get it down to 1.015, I just don't want the beer to be too sweet.

Ah I see, is there anything I can do to lower the FG? Could I add in more/different kind of yeast to bump up the abv or would that just ruin the beer?

Hello, I recently have been brewing a triple: https://www.northernbrewer.com/products/belgian-tripel-extract-kit. Brewing day was around 5 weeks ago. I used the wyeast 3787 with an OG of 1.072. Today I moved it to a secondary and took a FG reading of just 1.020 which is a bit high. Now after its...

Hello, I recently started brewing a Belgian Tripel and quickly realized the krausen or foam at the top of the fermenter was going to spill over my carboy. So I quickly went out and got a blow off tube, filled a bucket with water and starsan and taped the end of the blowoff tube to the bottom of...

Yep everything looks good. Been having an active fermentation for about 2 weeks now. I had to get a blow off tube it was fermenting so aggressively.