Recent content by AU_Bob

Gotcha, Thanks for the heads up.:cross: Thank goodness for SWMBO. Keeps me on the straight and narrow!

Brewed up a Chocolate Rasberry stout, bought all of the ingredients but mistakenly picked up whole leaf hops instead of pellets. Had to go with what I had. It ended up way under bittered, way too sweet. Tried to talk myself into liking it, but never finished the keg. Lesson learned.

Shooter, apparently not... :o

Og = original gravity, that needs to be taken before you pitch your yeast. Fg = final gravity and that is taken when fermentation is complete and it can also tell you fermentation is complete when you get the same reading three days in a row. Both og and fg can be taken with a tool called a...

Thanks guys, all good suggestions.

Guys, anyone know where I might be able to get a keg I own converted to a keggle in the Marietta GA area? I don't have the tools to make it a DIY project. thanks

Might have been cool today, but I hit all of my numbers, so gotta love that. My IIPA is just sitting in the primary getting ready to produce some sweet nectar! Love this thing we call Home Brewing!!!

Going to put a variation of this recipe to the test today. Cold outside, but that's not going to get in the way. Looking forward to the results....

It's 26* here in North Georgia, but an IIPA recipe is calling my name and I have to answer. Going to start my mash within the hour!

I'm in!

I'm planning on brewing up a 5 gallon batch of this soon. After reading through all of these post I haven't seen a firm response on how much grain of paradise to add to a 5 gallon. Is two grams too much? One gram about right? Thoughts from those that have used GOP? Thanks guys...

Giving this recipe a go this weekend. With all of the awards stacking up based on this recipe it's gotta be good!

+1 - I'm in...

I had the same issue. I now make it a habit to throw a handful of rice hulls into every mash I do. The rice hulls act as a way to keep the grain bed loose, not sure of the science behind it but it works. I also use a bazooka type tube in a 10 gallon Rubbermaid mash tun.

I use a digital probe thermometer, I also use a rubbermaid 10 gallon cooler for my mash tun. I can't get the probe down to the bottom of the grain bed, I suppose my temps could be higher deeper into the mash? My temps have been spot on, right at 154 and don't loose more than a degree or two over...