jlpred55

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No it was a 3.5 gallon boil and then I ended up adjusting to 5.5 gal total in the fermenter to hit my starting gravity spot on.

Can't I just rack through it when I transfer to my bottling bucket? I usually put a fine mesh hop bag on the tip of my auto siphon and have never had much issue with the hop crap causing me to leave a lot of beer behind. I haven't used this much hops before and I didn't pour very much into the fermenter as it was all left behind in the break material. The dry hop could be another story, but I can usually filter those out with the hop bag.

desertbronze

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They are similar - the CaraRed is not quite as sweet as Briess crystal 20L to my taste buds. I have used about 20 pounds of CaraRed in various beers over the last couple of years and I prefer it to crystal.

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FrankRochester

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Thanks for the insight..
I tried to do just a basic Pale yesterday.. nothing too hoppy.

4.0 gal boil
7lbs extra light DME
1lbs Cara-Red
.5lbs toasted Maris Otter
1.5oz Centennial 60min
1.oz Cascade aroma

Safale US-05 yeast
How's it sound to you guys?

BarleyWater

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Marris Otter has to be mashed.

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jlpred55

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So- I took the first gravity reading on this beer yesterday and it is already a point lower than my anticipated final gravity. Tastes good and very clean, no fruityness or anything like that. It is at 1.016 down from 1.066 in 6 days. US-05 is a beast when fermented at 70. I really don't want it to dry out more than it is and am hoping it stays there- all visable signs of fermentation are over and there is NO krausen left on the beer and very little if any off gassing of CO2. I plan on taking another reading tonight and see if anything changes, if not I am going to dry hop.