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Well, it took forever, but the beer finally hit the FG over the weekend. Sitting in bottles now, waiting for the first sample. I'm sure it will take a while to bottle condition based on the slowness of this yeast. I'm so glad I was warned about it, I would have been freaking out. It never really sta...

Yeah, I racked it into a second vessel after the first week. I kinda thought that was SOP based on what I've read -- which is basically just New Joy edition from 10 yrs ago :P I thought leaving it in the primary with all that sediment was potentially a bad thing. Charlie P says not to let it sit in ...

Well, it's been in the secondary for 3 weeks. Given how generally cool it's been, the temp hasn't been as hot as I'd like it. Took a reading yesterday, and it was down to 1.022. 1 week ago was at 1.026, so it's still going. Still some visibile signs of fermentation too -- occasional burps and small ...

Well, it's off to a good start--foaming like mad in the primary. We'll see if I get the dreaded stall...

Great advice on the starter. I'll get that going today so it should be ready for a Sunday brew. Thanks!!

Thanks for the advice. It is the 3724 Wyeast, and I was reading about its finicky nature last night. I don't have any temp control in place, so we'll see. My garage stays pretty hot though! The pack was also shipped mail order. I'm on the fence on that now... give it a shot and hope for the best or ...

I just picked up a 6# jug of this. Going to experiment with a Rye based Saison this weekend. Really curious to see how it turns out, I've been wanting to experiment with Rye.

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Hello everyone, just joined this forum today, looking forward to meeting you all some day. The other day a Northern Brewer catalog arrived, and they had a new item that really intrigued me: Rye Extract. I had been planning to do an experimental rye steep kind of thing (I'm an extract guy), but this ...