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• Posted in thread: wanting to make a Red IPA on 06-05-2008 at 01:00 AM
  Jamil has a recipe in the American Amber section of his "Brewing Classic Styles" book called
  "West Coast Blaster" that is very close to Red Rocket. I don't have the recipe handy but I'd
  recommend purc...

• Posted in thread: Dry Hops for Imperial Red? on 04-22-2008 at 12:27 AM
  what david said. irish ales are about the malt and yeast, the hops are there for balance.
  imho.I'm confused, I thought he was talking about and "Imperial Red", aka West Coast style, not
  Irish.

• Posted in thread: Dry Hops for Imperial Red? on 04-22-2008 at 12:26 AM
  I think you should let the batch mature without dry hopping. What's the point of brewing a Red
  if you hop it like an IPA? You'll drown the flavors that make a Red a Red.It's an individual
  preference, ...

• Posted in thread: Dry Hops for Imperial Red? on 04-22-2008 at 12:19 AM
  I really like pairing Simcoe with Amarillo. I am a huge hop head and this is my attempt to brew
  a more balanced beer. However it just isn't enough I think.If you are looking for balance, IMO
  2 oz of A...

• Posted in thread: Oak Aging ? on 04-21-2008 at 10:33 PM
  Sounds good my SG is 1.092 and I wasnt planning on dry hopping. I was thinking 3-4 weeks in
  secondary with 2oz might drop that to 1oz though based on what you said.Given that you would
  probably be ok ...

• Posted in thread: Oak Aging ? on 04-21-2008 at 03:01 PM
  I used 1 oz of French oak cubes in a 1.095 BW I brewed last October, IMO it was just right.
  After 2 1/2 weeks in the primary (dry hopped after 1 week) I transferred it to a keg with
  priming sugar and ...

• Posted in thread: Drilled stoppers in the Carboy - WTF? on 03-18-2008 at 05:09 PM
  Ah yes, a very common mishap. I used a pair of hemostats to get mine out. Since then I use a
  "universal" stopper - it will not push into your carboy.

• Posted in thread: In need of a crowd pleaser on 03-14-2008 at 05:58 AM
  that looks like a Jamill recipe?? cant go wrong thereJJYes, though I added the Cascade. His
  blonde recipe in Brewing Classic Styles is different - no honey malt, WLP001 yeast; a friend
  brews it and it...

• Posted in thread: PM IPA recipe on 03-14-2008 at 12:34 AM
  I recently brewed a partial mash IPA to try out a new mini-mash tun I built that holds up to
  6lbs of grain. For a 4lb tun you would need to substitute some DME for the extra 2-row. This
  recipe is my t...

• Posted in thread: In need of a crowd pleaser on 03-13-2008 at 11:55 PM
  I've had quite a few BMC drinkers raving about a blonde ale I have made, I've also helped some
  new brewers in the club with an extract version of it because they fell in love with it. It
  came out a bi...