Sent an email to Northern Brewer, complaining that $18.27 shipping for a 1 oz package of Hallertau Tradiition hops was ludicrous. Will they respond or care? Probably not.
Bottled a 4 gal Kona Fire Rock clone - sample didn't taste bad; didn't taste much like FRPA though. Another partial success.
Cleaned and stowed the gear until August, when I'll try an Oktoberfest minus Lutra for the first time.
Went to LHBS, picked up grain, hops and yeast for next brew next weekend.
Planted some EKG sprouts - Cascade is finally flourishing, hoping for good things from these 2 in a couple of years.
OK. This thread has intersected with a thread that I had started about Belle Saison - making a biere de garde with it. But what I'm really after is, as Miraculix is saying, a nice beer with the one pack of Belle Saison that I have. His post has established that it might very well be a clean...
Ok. That sounds like a plan that I'm going to try. Two more questions : 1). the equipment infection concerns that jdauria mentioned - valid? I had heard that sour yeasts infected equipment once used, but wasn't aware that saison yeasts did the same. And 2). by Old World yeasts - continental I'm...
I have a question for this thread : I did an Oktoberfest-style with Lutra once. It was decent, no off flavors; it was NOT a true lager, I understood and understand this, going into the future when I try this recipe again. My complaint about the beer wasn't its flavor, but body : very thin. I've...
This may not be possible, and if not, understood, but....I (mistakenly) bought some Belle Saison yeast, that I don't want to waste. I am not a particular fan of Saisons, which makes this mistake perplexing, I understand, but I bought the yeast for its good response to ambient temperatures that...