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Okay...long ass thread. So what did the final recipe and water profile come out to be?

Getting ready to pull the trigger on a Robobrew v3. If anyone out there has one, could you tell me your efficiency, evaporation(boil off) rates? Thanks, GG

Could just be gassing off. Check the gravity, once it stops dropping...she's done.

Yeah, this is a pain in the ass. What I have been doing is using about 1 oz. of vanilla beans(roughly 10 beans)and grind them in a electric coffee mill. I then put the ground beans in about 1 cup of boiling water, boil for roughly 3 minutes, remove from heat and chill the mixture. I then...

It is possible. But SN has changed the recipe for this beer since I posted this recipe. They no longer include cascade hops in their recipe, but they used to. If memory serves(and I wouldn't bet the farm on this) but I believe they used to list carapils as ingredient...but no longer do...

SN just uses pale ale malt along with some crystal malt, they don't use any toasted malt in pale ale at all. The toasted was malt was an experiment of mine that paid off. I still brew this from time to time. The flavor and aroma is much better than SN...their beers have gotten...."meh".

Yeah, Iowa too. I don't have a fridge devoted for lagering(yet). My basement should be cool enough come oct/nov to do another batch.

Honestly, I think you'll like it. My buddy and I love Pacifico. When I told him that my latest attempt was ready, he bought a 6'er and came over. We compared tastes side by side. It's close guys....REALLY CLOSE. My buddy said if I slid him a glass of my home brew "saying" it was Pacifico, he...

5 lbs Vienna Malt (Weyermann) (3.0 SRM) 3 lbs Corn - Yellow, Flaked (Briess) (1.3 SRM) 12.0 oz Carapils (Briess) (1.5 SRM) Mash 60 minutes at 150* 60 minute boil 0.43 oz Nugget [12.20 %] - Boil 60.0 min 0.33 oz Hallertauer Mittelfrueh [4.00 %] - Boil 15.0 min 1.00 Items Whirlfloc...

Yep^^^^what he said^^^^

Man, I have done that too many times. lol

Sorry man, got totally lost in the read. Although....THAT would be an awesome yeast to get ahold of. :rockin:

Looks good to me! I like Mandarina Hops. Nice citrus aroma but still a nice noble hop type of touch to them. Personally, I would replace the tettnang hops with sorachi ace. I would also be sure to use light candi syrup. Perhaps maybe 1 gram of crushed pepper corns in the boil? Suggestion for...

For those interested.... Yeast Bay sells a blend of these 2 yeasts called "Funkytown".

Yep....what he said. If you are using Beersmith, maybe try what I do. I do a hybrid sparge(discussed in this site....somewhere). I use use beersmith software to calculate the amount of BOILING water I need to add to my mash tun to get it to 170* for a mash out. I then use that boiling...

Question...What types of flavors do you experience if you cold crash after 2 weeks to stop the fermentation? I would like a wine that is sweet and heavy in rice flavor, and say around 10% ABV give or take.

Thanks @Inkbird....and all of the men and women who provide safety for this country. Servicemen, police, firefighters, coastguard....even the volunteers that help kids cross the street to school. Many thanks.

I simply use plastic cling wrap to help the seal...and a strap wrench to help get the lid off. problem solved.

He was suppose to release an update in October for the app. One that would allow you to have cloud view of your inventory, and a lot more. But, nothing so far.

Yep, I learned the hard way too. It DID improve my extraction a point or 2...but that's it. Man, I got into heated debates defending the stuff too. Oh well, brew on.