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Awesome glad someone is close

Came home from working all night, stopped by my IPA in the fermenter, lifted the lid, took a bit wiff of the 2oz of falconers flight and 2oz of simcoe that I dry hopped it with last week. I can't wait to go camping next week, it was made for the trip.

Hey Skeez, Ya first batch I did was about 65-70, looking to try to keep it in the lowers 60's this time around. Thanks

About to brew my second batch of this ZD clone! This time I'll be doing FWH now that I understand how to do it with extract. Should be a fun experience. It was tasty last time but hoping for even better results this go round. What temps do you suggest for fermentation ?

you could always use hot water and vinegar if you had concerns. Would take much longer though.

I do it, then I frown on it, then I drink it, then it turns my frown upside down :)But seriously, i've not had a prob with it, and I do it a lot!

Kinda like how people do hop teas to gain knowledge of what hops impart what flavor.

Thanks Hector, I was just clarifying what I meant in my first response for the op's sake. I didn't pick up on possibility of "grndslm" not using steeping grains. Until I read your response. :)

I have steeped the grains then brought the the wort to a boil, added hops to to this, then added ALL the malt extract to it at flameout. I was doing this a lot when I was trying to get rid of the twang of extract brewing. I subsequently went to dry malt extract adding a pound or two early and...

Hey, Whats up Lucas? Welcome to the site. Was just out your way a few weeks ago. We went to Sea World, San Diego Wild Animal Park, and Beer World! ;)

Yes I have And it came out very good. I do it all the time. You're good. In my opinion.

Very Important step here, Could ruin the whole batch if not followed to a tee. :rockin:

I force carb, Im not saying its the best way but this works for me. I turn the psi to 30 and let it sit for a day, next day I cut the psi and release the pressure, once thats done I put the pressure on a serving pressure say 10psi, and sample. Im my experience it usually needs some more so I...

Ditto

Great thread, I've been looking t do a good brown ale. Ive done 2 from kits that tasted a bit thin. Might have been my techniques though. I brewed them early on in my home brewing ventures. Looking for something like the fans of it here are describing its flavor. I may give this a shot this...