Right on! I'm doing pretty much the same thing, hoping to open 2/1/14 - hit me up if you want to talk numbers, etc. (I'm in OR so we're certainly not competitors).
Good luck!
Maybe that's it! I switched to whirlfloc from Irish Moss for the first time 2 brews ago - the first time I'd done it...all the other variables are the same more or less.
So this photo is from an IPA I brewed 2 weeks ago, pretty soon after pitching yeast (like an hour or so). When I transferred from my kettle to the carboys via counterflow chiller, the beer had a strange haze I'd never seen before - and it stratified after I aerated it and pitched the yeast as...
All good suggestions, Widmer's pub is underrated and close to the Rose Garden. Skip Alameda, +1 on Breakside, Gigantic, Commons, Laurelwood, Cascade and Amnesia.
+1 on that - I don't typically do anything other than 60 minutes, then plenty from 15 minutes down, and my ales have great hop aroma and flavor. You'll have extra Centennial, so up it @ the 60m to get your IBUs.
have fun!
Well at least now you have a ballpark on your AG efficiency - no one at the brew shop is going to be able to tell you that...best to use some brew software now to hit your targets, I like BrewersFriend.
Welcome Snide, I'm up in NE Portland, near Alberta and brew just about every other week as well. Check out my blog in my sig if you want, and feel free to come out to a brew night sometime.
Cheers!
Backbone is a Scotch Ale (Wee Heavy) - lightly adding spices found in gingerbread, with some lemon zest in secondary to brighten it up a little.
7.5 Gallon Batch
90 Minute Boil
Estimated OG: 1.086
IBU: 29
SRM: 22
Amount Fermentable PPG °L Bill %
10 lb Maris Otter Pale 38 3.75 44%...
sounds like that's what he does not want...
small amounts of chocolate (or dark chocolate) malt will get you coffee notes. This is what I did recently: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f12/midnight-cda-349093/
It has the flavor profile you're describing, for my preference I went a little light...