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Sorry for kicking a year old topic, but I'm also interested in the Brewtaurus gear. Specific the K70L kettle and PF55L Conical fermenter. I'm still hestitant because I read so few reviews. Any more people with Brewtaurus experiences?

If you use oak chips make sure you sanitize them, for example by soaking them in vodka. Other than whiskey vodka won't give much flavor to the oak. I used oak in a couple of imperial stouts which turned out great. Currently I have a barley wine conditioning on oak and whiskey.

Maybe you can get a hand on Wyeast 1762 Belgian Abbey II, that should be the yeast that Rochefort uses.

I grew some more yeast cells in the starter but obvious not enough. I had some doubts about the date of the yeast but some people at the Dutch homebrewing forum ensured me that a 3 liter starter would do the job... The reason I added US-05 is because I assumed it could handle the current...

Would it be useful to aerate actively at this moment or won't that make a difference?

I did a double mash at 65C for 75 minutes each. This was my grain bill:

The stout I brewed 7 days ago stalled after 5 days. OG was +/- 1.140 but after I added al large yeast starter it dropped already to 1.120. The yeast starter was 3 liter, White Labs WLP099 Super High Gravity. I didn't aerate actively because my aeration pump wasn't delivered yet but I rocked the...

Thnx everyone. Yes, I jump round canopy. Started 4 years ago to participate in Market Garden memorial jumps.

Thnx. I'm from Son, close to the north of Eindhoven. Geldrop is just a few miles south east of Eindhoven.

Hello from the southern part of the Netherlands (Eindhoven area). My first brew was 7 years ago, a liquid malt 'brew' which I didn't like that much. In the next 5 years that followed I didn't brew anything until the big C popped up. I picked up the hobby again but this time all grain only. I...