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Strange. I generally use MJ Belgian Ale M41 and tripel M31. They always start rapidly and usually finish one or two points lower than target. I ferment at room temperature in a bog standard fermenting bucket. One thing I always do is rehydrate the yeast first. I just sprinkle the yeast into...

@Caramel Ox thanks! Funnily enough, I have just been in the garage and looked at the the Leffe bottles. They have suddenly cleared! After two months in the bottle, the cloudiness has, like magic, just dropped out. However, two bottles I had in the fridge are more cloudy, like a chill haze...

The yeasts were MJ Belgian Abbey M47 for the Leffe and SafAle T-58 for the dubbel. I used the Abbey instead of the supplied T-58 and switched this to thr dubbel.

And the leffe is both bottled and in a mini keg. The mini keg was a real pea-souper! The bottles slightly less cloudy but not great at all.

The Leffe is but the dubbel is a community recipe which I have scaled down slightly. Both have been clear before.

This guidance on protofloc and Brewbrite is helpful thanks. What counfounds me though is that the problem is inconsistent. I use the BIAB method and always mash longer (90 mins +) at 62° to eek out better efficiency, and dunk sparge the bag in fresh, dechlorinated water at 75° for at least 10...

Yes it is 23L so I am clearly over egging it with the protofloc. I'll try a bit of a tablet next time, thanks.

I have brewed many successful batches. More recently though I have had some refuse to clear, with what looks likes faint whispy clouds in the beer. I never get it with Saison, but have recently had it with a Malt Miller Leffe Clone, which was perfectly fine last time, and a Belgian dubbel, which...

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Interesting thread. I have just made a Belgian dubbel all grain which I have done before. 4.8kg of grain and 0.5kg dark candi sugar. 19 litres in the FV. OG was as expected at 1.059 at 64% efficiency using BIAB method. The only change was I used SafAle T-58 rather than MJ M41 Belgian Ale. The...

Welcome. If you want a good reference book then John Palmer's How to Brew is worth considering. My son bought it for me and it provides practical advice for all stages of your brewing journey, as well as very advanced sciency stuff! It guided me through my first leap from kits to extract...

Amazing - Royal Mail managed it within the stated delivery time. Wonders will never cease!

When and where do we send please? I have a Brugse Zot blond and a Chouffe clone for your consideration. Thanks!

I'm sure it is originally a Wallonian brew, like Saison, and therefore Belgian??? 🇧🇪

The Malt Miller sell a very good allgrain kit for the Jon Finch Saison recipe at £24. I have made it successfully several times. You can add the zest of an orange. Yeast is Mangrove Jack Saison. It will go down to c. 1 002. Mine comes out at 5.5% on a 23 litre BIAB boil and 19 litres bottled...

Weirdly, I only get this problem with a kit brew. I have made many all-grain Belgian-style beers using the BIAB method. I always prime at racking-off stage, at 2.4 volumes and have never had a gusher or bottle bombs. But I occasionally make a New Zealand pale from a kit. The latest was primed at...

Parents are absolutley correct when they say that 90% of what their kids listen to is rubbish. And their kids are absolutely correct when they say that 90% of what their parents listened to was rubbish.

Yes - this method solved my low efficiency problem for my BIAB process. That and mashing longer at a reduced temperature of 62° to increase fermentable sugars. I heat up to 8L in a second kettle to 77° max and dunk the bag in it for 10 minutes. Then drain under its own weight in a large colander...

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@hoppyscotty speaks the truth of course. These devices are never bang on and you can go mad trying to get them that way. I have found they are right on the OG or the FG, but never both! I have used the online tool to tweak the calibration from actual readings which improved it somewhat. My...