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This is definately my best batch yet. Totally pleased. Thank you everyone!

Here's how it went... 4.5 gal Boil 155 deg Steep: 16 oz Caramel 60L, 8 oz Carapils - 30 min. Added 1# Golden Light DME to prep for FWH FWH @155 deg 1 oz Simcoe, 1 oz Cascade - 30 min. 60 minute boil: 60 - 1 oz Warrior 45 - 3/4 oz Mosaic 40 - 2# Golden Light DME 20 - 2# Bavarian Wheat...

Brew day went great! Only drawback was the massive amount of trub, and I got impatient with the little screen in the funnel, so just went for it and threw almost everything into the fermenter. (I figured out a great idea to stop that from happening again though.) Bottled yesterday. And boy, I...

Brewing it tomorrow. This is gonna be the best one yet!

Perfect. Picked up a 5.5 gal (22 qt) pot, and now I'll be able to boil 4+ gallons. Then I changed my "Equipment" in Beersmith, and Boom, what a difference in the Hop utilization. The IBU went off the chart, so I cut back the hops to just around 4-5 oz in the boil and I'm looking at a 97.5 on the...

Excellent Advice! Thank you!:ban:

Still doing a partial boil until I get a bigger pot and a wort chiller, but I'm definately gonna increase the boil size on this batch for that very reason. (Better hop utilization) Usually only boil about 1.5-2 gal and top off, but this is my most serious batch yet, so I'm gonna try to get at...

Thank You. I appreciate the feedback greatly. Yeah, the more I read, I was indeed planning to move more of the hops to later in the boil. I just bought some more, so we should have 15 oz total in this batch. Plenty available to consider using a couple for dry hopping. I'll have to rework some...

Ouch. I just ran this through Beersmith, and I need to triple the amount of hops just to get it into the low end of the IBUs on a IIPA profile. this is going to be one expensive batch!

Did some research and came up with a Hop schedule. This'll be a good opportunity to try a FWH. So, the plan is: 1. Steep specialty grains 2. Build wort with extracts - 6# Light DME & 2# Wheat DME 3. FWH (Hold temp at 150-160 and steep Hops 30 min. - 3/4 oz Cascade, 1/2 oz Simcoe) 4. Begin...

Just bottled the Octane, and can't stand to see an empty carboy, so here goes. Pulled a recipe from Beersmith, extract with steeping grains, for an 5 gal IIPA called Hellbender. Then went to Northern for all the ingredients. A couple of substitutions, such as Candi Syrup instead of corn syrup...

O.K. I'm over it. Scrubbing ain't so bad. Just turn on some tunes and get 'er done. Got 4 batches in bottles now, and started a second primary this week. Doubled production!

I've added this to my On Deck circle. Good to have ready for a Christmas In July Party!

The real problem... Lets all get on the same page, glue or lables? Is everyone here an oxyclean sales rep? Why add anything $$$ just to soak off a paper label? Just plain old water soaks off labels. Hot, cold, doesn't matter. Heck, how many times over the years have we all reached into a cooler...