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• Posted in thread: My 2-time gold winning American IPA on 12-20-2012 at 08:09 PM
  brewed this about 6 weeks ago, still enjoying it. have about 7 bottles left. very tasty.
  planning to brew it again but I'm considering trying WLP007 dry English ale yeast instead of
  001 or US05. would...

• Posted in thread: My 2-time gold winning American IPA on 12-10-2012 at 01:33 AM
  that happened to me too. I ended up with less wort because of a nice, vigorous 90 minute boil
  and my OG was 1.075 or so. I added about a half gallon of water. I dry hopped in primary as an
  experiment ...

• Posted in thread: My 2-time gold winning American IPA on 12-06-2012 at 06:32 PM
  I have this feeling though, that since this isn't a super light nor a really dark beer the mash
  ph level probably won't affect the final product too much. but I could be wrong...

• Posted in thread: My 2-time gold winning American IPA on 12-06-2012 at 06:27 PM
  apparently the mash ph should be around 5.1 or 5.2 to get the best conversion of starch to
  sugar. I haven't ever checked my ph level. probably should. there's a product called 5.2 mash
  stabilizer that...

• Posted in thread: My 2-time gold winning American IPA on 12-06-2012 at 05:11 PM
  Also I would invest in a bigger pot - like a ten gallon. makes brewing life so much easier. You
  can get 60 qt stock pots on eBay for around $65 or $70 bucks.

• Posted in thread: My 2-time gold winning American IPA on 12-06-2012 at 05:05 PM
  when I brewed this the 90 minute boil got me a bit under 5 gallons and my OG was high so I just
  added water to bring the OG within range. I would test your gravity and make the water
  adjustment accord...

• Posted in thread: My 2-time gold winning American IPA on 12-06-2012 at 03:23 PM
  A longer boil can help eliminate DMS. The half-life for DMS is 40 minutes, so half of the DMS
  will be boiled off in a 40 minute vigorous boil. So if we do the math, a 60 minute boil gets
  rid of 64.7% ...

• Posted in thread: My 2-time gold winning American IPA on 12-03-2012 at 06:30 PM
  I tried one after about a week in the bottle and it was a bit rough around the edges yet. After
  three weeks and a few days in the fridge - they're awesome!

• Posted in thread: My 2-time gold winning American IPA on 10-30-2012 at 05:46 PM
  Try raising your fermentation temp to room temp AS SOON as your krausen begins to drop. Usually
  this is at the 3 day mark. Then make sure you leave it in primary 3 weeks. I think you will be
  pleased w...

• Posted in thread: My 2-time gold winning American IPA on 10-30-2012 at 03:16 PM
  just be very careful to avoid a boil over if using such a small boil pot!