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• Posted in thread: 1st AG recipe from scratch troubleshooting Black RyePA on 10-31-2012 at 07:35 PM
  I have decided to change the hop schedule. It's not a big difference but it does increase the
  IBUs, to a range more closely associated with IPAs, where as before I was probably closer to an
  APA. Chang...

• Posted in thread: 1st AG recipe from scratch troubleshooting Black RyePA on 10-31-2012 at 07:18 PM
  Yes, exactly right! Gravity calculators will show it as an efficiency increase though, hence
  why I originally posted "more efficient"; your description is more accurate however.

• Posted in thread: 1st AG recipe from scratch troubleshooting Black RyePA on 10-31-2012 at 06:15 PM
  I meant I would boil the wort for 45 min, then start adding hops, so the total boil time would
  be 90 min, but the hops would only boil for 45. This gives higher efficiency* (b/c of higher
  OG), without...

• Posted in thread: 1st AG recipe from scratch troubleshooting Black RyePA on 10-31-2012 at 05:34 PM
  That's great info! I didn't use a calculation for boil off, only IBU, Gravities, SRM, etc. I
  can only fit 6.5 gal in my kettle, so I guess the yeild will be closer to 5 gal. But that
  should also raise...

• Posted in thread: 1st AG recipe from scratch troubleshooting Black RyePA on 10-31-2012 at 05:25 PM
  I've heard that increased mash time(I guess b/c it gives starches longer to break down to
  sugars) as well as increased boil time (I guess b/c of decrease in batch yeild) can raise
  effciency. Since my ...

• Posted in thread: 1st AG recipe from scratch troubleshooting Black RyePA on 10-31-2012 at 05:06 PM
  Thanks for the advice!

• Posted in thread: 1st AG recipe from scratch troubleshooting Black RyePA on 10-31-2012 at 04:52 PM
  I've have only brewed 3 AG before this will be my 4th. I love to come up with my own recipes.
  Other than drinking it, it's my fave part of brewing. BUT with extract brewing it is alot
  easier to do b/c...