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Thanks, that's what I figured. I moved it to an area that's 69 degrees. Hopefully the hops mask any esters that may have been produced. I'll be doing a dry hop/gravity reading in 2 days so I'll taste it then and see if I can notice any off flavors. I'll post the results here.

I'm using White Labs Dry English Ale WLP007 for a New England style IPA. I brewed on Wednesday 12/27 and transferred to the fermenter at 68 degrees and room temp was 68-69. It hung there for a bit and the room temp rised to 70-71 degrees by Thursday morning and I had an vigorous fermentation by...

Pulled a sample after two weeks in the primary and a week in the secondary with 8 lbs of apples and the spices. Gravity actually got down to 1.018. Clarity was good and color had a nice red hue to it. Taste was solid. Nice malt character with subtle apple flavor. I get more flavor from the...

Sweet!

We brewed Saturday with some changes to the initial recipe: 5.5 Gallons (BIAB) OG: 1.064 (1.062 recorded) FG: 1.024 IBU: 29.63 SRM: 19.2 (came out more of a brown than an amber; not quite what I was hoping for) Grain Bill (started with 8.5 gallons of water; boil size around 7.25 gallons): 8...

Thanks! Yeah I saw that one. That's where I got the idea of putting the peels in the secondary. It's really hard to find a recipe with apples in it other than cider and graff.

Thanks! Yeah I saw that one. That's where I got the idea of putting the peels in the secondary. It's really hard to find a recipe with apples in it other than cider and graff.

Thanks! I saw that one. Thats where I got the idea of putting the peels in the secondary. It's really hard to find any recipes with apples in it other than cider amd graff.

Ditto. I've grown tired of pumpkin and wanted to get away from it. I've done countless research on apple beer only to come up with cider and graff. I began to look into graff but most, if not all I've read says it turns out dry which is what I'm trying to avoid. I'm looking for a more pie like...

I'm looking for feedback on a recipe I concocted. I'm having trouble figuring out when to add the apples and spices and how much to add. The times and amounts below are my initial thought. I don't want a cider taste. I'm looking for more of a brown ale taste with a good dose of apples and apple...