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Thanks for the advice. I'll try it.

Upon closer inspection, I noticed the beer level is almost to the top, and only a tiny bump is dry. Not enough to worry about, the majority is submerged. Thank goodness. This is a real hopped up brew and I want the aroma to match the hopped up flavor. 2 oz cascade (5.5) & 1 oz amarillo (9.3)...

It's three oz of hops for an IIPA. I think next time I'll use a larger carboy when hopping so much. When the photo was taken, the hops were expanding, pushing wort out of the top, but then settled as the pressure was released. Guess it's time to gently push it down.

I had to bring this to the noob section and hopefully this isn't the dumbest question in history. Here it is. Should my hops actually be dry? I ask, because after two days of dry hopping, the top has dried in the shape of the top of my carboy. This is how it looked before. Now...

How does this look? Partial Mash OG 1.080 IBU 104 Fermentables US 2-Row Malt 5.00 lb US Caramel 10L Malt 0.50 lb US Caramel 60L Malt 0.25 lb German CaraAmber 0.25 lb Extract - Light Liquid Malt Extract 6.00 lb Sugar - White Sugar/Sucrose 1.00 lb Hops US Galena 12.0 % 2.15 oz Bagged...

Cool. I'm going to go for it. Cheers.

Cool, thanks. how about this? OG 1.078 4 lbs 2-row .5 lbs caramel 10L .5 lbs caramel 60L 1.5 lbs sugar 6 lbs extract that's about 8% caramel. should I ease it back a little? Thanks a lot.

Wuddya make of this? http://www.brew-monkey.com/articles/Better_Hoppy_Beers.pdf says keep your crystal malt to a minimum

Are you being sarcastic? or do you agree. Tell me if I learned wrong. that would be more helpful, but thanks anyway. :rockin: ;)

I want to brew an American IIPA meaning all American ingredients. I'm going for real high IBU 80+ and I want a decent malty backbone. Partial mash, I'm using US 2-row. I was going to use some caramel 20L and 60L that I nicked from an IPA recipe, but now I've learned that real hoppy...

Is it OK to add all extract at the end of the boil if partial mashing a good amount of base malts? My inquiring mind wants to know. Easy question, right?

Yeah. I noticed they wrinkled a little after a month of refrigeration. They stayed on and still looked good. Here are a few new pics I took tonight. Porter Pale Ale Hefeweizen Beer Page after taking these pics I drank each one of them. Loving life right now. Happy...

You're right. It was not intentional. I have nothing to do with homebrew forum politricks. I get along with everybody. :mug: I fixed it.

Dunno yet. I still have to finish this one by Saturday. :cross: I guess it will depend on my assignments. I updated the beer page so the hefe bottle pic rolls over to a glass of the beer poured. I have to photograph the other two tomorrow when the lighting is right. ::: BATCHES...

good idea. thanks, that's a must