at least the color and clarity are good

Posted on July 31st, 2007 by John Little

I was really happy with the color and clarity of this Biere de Garde. This picture is of it being transferred from fermenter to keg via a jumper. But upon tasting it, I suspected chlorophenols. Brewing in a new location, I didn’t realize how careful I needed to be to get rid [...]

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Best all-grain beers to brew with no adjustments to Auburn water

Posted on July 21st, 2007 by John Little

Using (i) the following values (Ca=14, Mg=3.5, HCO3=50), (ii) my very good friend Tom Meier’s Residual Alkalinity spreadsheet (used to calculate brewing salt additions, specifically for Residual Alkalinity) and (iii) the mid-point SRM (color) for the particular style’s SRM range, the best beer styles to brew (all-grain) with unadjusted Auburn water (except getting rid of [...]

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Filed under: American Pale Ale, Begian Pale Ale, Best Bitter, Biere de Garde, California Common, India Pale Ale, Oktoberfest, Ordinary Bitter, Rauchbier, Saison, Straight Lambic, Strong Bitter, Vienna, Water

White Labs on Biere de Garde Yeast

Posted on July 12th, 2007 by John Little

I sent the email below to White Labs a few weeks ago and got this response. I was surprised. I don’t recall seeing anything about Brett in a Biere de Garde in Farmhouse Ales.
From: John Little
Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 1:57 PM
To: info@whitelabs.com
Subject: best yeast for Biere de Garde?
Farmhouse Ales highly recommends WLP003 (German Ale [...]

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