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Working up an AG version (5 gallons). Haven't put it in BeerSmith yet, but will before I brew. I looked at the composition of the Wheat DME (Briess) to figure out a good conversion. They state it's 65/35 Wheat/Barley. Using that with a 1.26 multiplier to go from DME to grain, I came up...

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Surly Helles and then onto a Rye we did back in April

Not sure about other specialty grains but have you thought about doing a partial mash? Substitute 4# of 2row for 3# of the LME and mash it at 153/154 degrees for 60 minutes (simple mash is heat water to 157/158 and then add grains. If you have a cooler handy just pop everything in there and...

Probably just inexperience :) This was only my 5th batch and didn't fully understand when one should add honey (now I at least think I understand that you shouldn't add honey until near the end of the boil).

Malts - 14.5# Briess Pale Ale Malt 3.5L - 1.5# Crisp Amber Malt - 1.5# English Chocolate Malt - 1.5# English Brown Malt - 1.5# Wyermann Rye Malt - 1.0# Briess Midnight Black Hops - 4 oz Fuggles (UK) @ 60 minutes - 2 oz Fuggles (UK) @ 15 minutes Yeast - Wyeast 1272...

This was only my 5th batch and my first attempt at a recipe I cobbled together on my own. (5 gallon batch) Grain Bill - 2# Weyermann Pale Wheat Malt - 2# Rahr 2 Row Pale Malt - 1# Carapils - 3.3# Wheat LME Hops - 1 oz Tettnang (60 minutes) - 1 oz Styrian Goldings (5 minutes) Yeast: Wyeast...

Thanks for the info. I'll post my recipe and results when I get everything finalized!

I've got a recipe (Wit) that I'm looking at adding some cardamom. It will likely be a small amount, given how strong the spice is (thinking 1/2 oz for 10 gallon batch, maybe a little more). My question is two fold: has anyone used cardamom in a brew? If so, how much? Secondly, which...

I agree that you should leave until the carboy is empty. Not sure about towel method but ive just used a slim screwdriver and sort of pried it out

New to HB this year. 20 gallons down: - Amber - Honey Bee Ale - Speckled Heifer - Vanilla Porter