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So I've been contemplating a Black IPA off and on for a few months, after enjoying an IPA with Edinburgh Ale, I decided that was the yeast I wanted to try with. 12 lbs - Belgian Pilsner 14oz Carafa II 14oz Munich 10oz Chocolate 8oz C60 _______________ 14.88 lbs Total 0.5 oz - Mt...

So next Tuesday and Wednesday the house is getting fumigated for 2 days. Next door neighbor nice enough to let me store some of my brewing gear in his Garage. I'm planning on pulling out all brewery gear, Grain, hops, putting my yeast bank into a cooler with some koolit packs, as well as...

So 've been working on this one for a bit, time for experimentation going for a Trippel with an almost IPA kick, love Iron Fist's Uprising (Tripel Belgian IPA). So going for crisp, dry fruit, yet clean tasting Tripel with a slight malty kick. Here's the plan: 6 gallon batch: 218.5 oz- Belgian...

With my new 7 gal SS Conical on it's way, I need something new over my 20 Gallon Rubbermaid Roughneck trashcan for fermenting my carboys in and something with more control. It would've been nicer to use all 2x4s instead of some of the 2x2s that I used, but didn't realize that til I was finishing...

Lil mix between an American and Belgian Pale Ale, or at least that was the basis for the plan. What do ya'll think? 9 lbs- Belgian Pilsner 12.1 oz Honey Malt 9.1 oz- Melanoidin 8.9 oz- Caramel Pilsner 8.1 oz- Crystal 60*L 1.0 oz- Perle Hops (9.4%) @ 35 min (apparently I got shafted 0.2oz)...

Batch Size 5.5 gallons OG: 1.056 FG: 1.015 5.48% ABV 17.43 IBU's 22.07 SRM Grains: 5lbs- Wheat 4lbs- Belgian Pils 12oz- Belgian Caramunich 10oz- Belgian Chocolate 6oz- Belgian Caravienne 4oz- Munich Hops: 1.5oz Strisselspalt @ 30 min .5oz Strisselspalt @ 10 min Spices...

I usual only have a stout from time to time, so I wanted to create some with Coffee, Choc, malty notes, medium bodied, and fairly crisp, but not too dry, so here it is. 8lbs- Maris Otter 14oz - Roasted Barley 16oz- Choc Malt 8oz- Rolled Old Fashion Oats (rested at 140* for 20 min before...

So I replaced the old deformed SS braid setup to a straight SS piece connecting to a SS braid ring. Well it freakin' works great ! Last night I crushed my first batch of grains with my new Barley Crusher, WOW, big upgrade from my Phil Mill or having to run up the street to the LBHS and get...

Anyone else use one of these...

So yesterday I decided to try my creativity again with a experimental Sweet Amber Ale recipe that all my buds would like, but also the wifey might drink as well. 12.44lbs in the grain bill, used 1.33qts per lb, so I started with 4.14 gallons of strike water. 150*70min, then vorlaffed my...

3rd all grain batch, but 9th overall batch of brewing. 70% target was 1.062, I hit 1.066, hot diggity dog !! 6lbs Belgian 2-row 4lbs White Wheat 1lb Munich 8.1oz Special B 8.0oz Caravienne 24oz Honey 1.5oz Tettanger (60min) .5oz Germ Hallertau (10min) 1.2oz Blood Orange peelings 5gal...

So I racked my 1st AG batch (Raspberry Wheat) into the secondary that I used a bag that ended up ripping, and even though I had somewhat poor efficiency, I hit 1.10 and it's shaping up to still be a great beer and also washed and recaptured some incredible looking German Hefe Yeast! Round 2...

So I was trying the All grain method using a straining basket lined with a Nylon Muslin bag..except when I boiled up my 3 gallons to start with, realized that I should have started with 5 gallons, and screwed up by ditching the basket (stupid mistake). So I started off had my strike water at...

Well decide to make an Amber Ale since they age quicker and so I can drink on that to let my Abbey's properly age better. So I had found a couple recipes, took what I wanted and tried this one. 6 gallons of Spring water .6lb- 60*L .4lb-Dark Munich .5lb- Vienna 1.5oz Perle (45min) .25oz...

Hello everyone, I just brewed out my 3rd batch of Belgian Abbey Dubbel Ale and just love watching a great plan being executed. I just recently upgraded to a 32qt SS kettle with thermometer and SS ball valve, added a MPT adapter in conjunction with my Aluminum 32qt stockpot and got my wort...