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Thanks for taking a look at it. I forgot to mention that the recipe calls for a pound of sugar. That will help get me there. I will probably add a couple more lbs of base malt and use the DME to get me all the way to 1.1 if needed. I would rather buy a few dollars worth of grain/dme to avoid...

Thanks for the responses.

Thanks for all the responses. My goal is to produce a good barleywine, and get a bonus batch of apa. My priority is the barleywine. My plan is to collect first runnings in pot 1. I haven't finalized all my numbers, but here is my approximate plan. Based on past experience, I think it will...

BIAB, 25 lbs grain, 5 gal 1.1 og barleywine, 5.5 gal 1.055 pale ale, 15 gallon pots.

I will brew Brewing Classic Styles Old Monster American Barleywine next week. The recipe has 2 lbs crystal, .25 lbs pale choc, and .25 lbs special b. I want to make a pale ale with the second runnings. I will add dme to the barleywine and/or pale ale if I don't hit gravity targets. Should...

I plan to brew a barleywine/pale ale partigyle in about a week. Brew date is a little difficult to nail down due to family stuff. I have 1 stir plate and 2 flasks. I am pitching 2 yeast strains and stepping up the barleywine starter. I am planning to make the starters and do the step up...

Thanks. I reviewed some forum posts and was reminded of a good solution. I connected a sanitized keg between the fermenter and the spunding valve. The emplty keg will pick up blow off gunk. If it gets little or no gunk, I will use the purged keg as a serving keg for this batch. I didn't...

I just build a spunding valve to use on my 10 gal corny. I got a little over zealous transferring to the fermenter and have very little head space. I probably have a little over 9 gallons wort. I pitched the yeast (1028 London Ale) about 24 hours ago and it is actively fermenting. I am...

I haven't brewed in about 6 months! To restock I am brewing a 10 gallon batch. I don't want 10 gallons of the same beer, so I am brewing an APA and IPA with one wort. Please provide feedback. Base wort for both beers (based on CYBI Terrapin Rye Pale Ale): Recipe Specifications...

I live near Seattle. I can pay for shipping. Thanks.

Never mind. I just looked at my kettle and realized the bazooka will interfere with the element. I'll just use hop bags.

I brew with the high gravity system (e-biab rims). I have been using pellets loose in the boil with little problems. However, I recently started recirculating wort at the end of the boil and during the chill (Jamil's method of chilling w/immersion chiller). I am now clogging up my pump and...

I think I know why my batch got infected. I had a couple fermenters in my temp controlled freezer. One of the fermenters had some blowoff that got a little out of hand. I was a little lazy and didn't clean it up right away...it started to mold. I heat my fermenter with a light bulb which...

I recently purchased a Spiedel HDPE fermenter. I really like it. Unfortunately, I just discovered mold on top of my latest batch. It is in primary. Do I need to throw away my nearly new fermenter? Or can I just clean with Oxy clean and sanitize with Starsan. I also considered filling...

Thanks for the explanations. Sounds like nothing to worry about. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew