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Not your process' fault it looks solid. SO-4 is beast and will munch through sugars, especially if your temps drifted up.

Congratulations! Did you get notes from the judges? If so, what kinds of comments were given?

VERY interested to hear if the decoc. helps with the breadiness. Did you make the PM recipe?

I'm sure I mentioned the sweet breadiness somewhere when describing this beer. Bottles never stayed around long enough for me to see if it faded. It is a desired character in the beer and IMO compliments the hops. Sounds like it came out as intended.

You know, that's an excellent question!! When I made it I wasnt kegging. I would go the standard 11-12 psi depending on your draft system. Gas it as you would any American pale or IPA. If you have any tricks to get it carbed up quickly definitely employ them as in my experience this beer...

I guess it depends on what you are trying to make. If you want to attempt to clone GBH you may want to use suggestions posted in this thread to guide you there but you'll have to use your senses and experience to make changes to the recipes listed as your equipment and process is different from...

Shoot for an IBU count in the mid-twenties, just enough to balance the sweetness. It's all about the hop flavor and aroma with this one. As for hop subs. I really feel the Simarillo dry hop combo is what makes this beer. Other hops would work and probably result in good beers but I would be...

I use an ice water bath to keep my adhesive thermometer on the side of the fermenter at 62-64. Sometimes I get agressive adding ice bottles during peak fermentation and it reads 58-60. The key is to wait until you see a wee bit of activity to start slamming it down that low. I have had really...

I have never experienced an under-attenuated batch of beer with this low of O.G. so my advice should be taken with a grain of salt. If you truly fermented in the mid to high sixties ambient if anything you should have experienced higher attenuation with a few more esters in the finished beer...

This seems strange. Did you make the PM or all-grain version? Every time I've made the PM recipe I couldn't get after it fast enough turbid or not. But I was bottling then so maybe that makes a difference. The only batch I've kegged was my one attempt at all-graining it.

The freshness of the hop flavor and aroma coincides with the freshness of the beer, unfortunately there is no way around it. I've thought for a while (and I think mentioned in this thread) that a decoction would probably be the best way to clone the extract/PM version of this beer. To me my...

Max- Definately sounds like a thermometer issue, especially with nearly two lbs of Cara!! A rouge pack of us-05 could be to blame as well. After having the real deal there is definately a higher percentage of wheat in my recipe unless FFF filters. For the candy flavor I think the sim-arillo...

Hey CU...When you are doing this AG are you using your recipe, 60/40...5 lbs wheat, 3.5 lbs 2 row, 1 lb caravienne, or are you using what someone else on here came up with after some advice from the brewery...8lbs 2-row, 3lbs red wheat,1lb caravienne? As you know my first PM was your recipe...

Kudos to you for keeping this around for two months:mug:, mine never make it that long. In hindsight I guess I should have never titled this with the Gumballhead name because everyone brings up how it's different but that is truly the beer that inspired this recipe and after having both I like...

Well, we have a mixer but it's a Cuisinart and the grinder attachment approaches the price of a stand alone unit.

Time for a grinder at CU's house. I finally put on the big boy pants and processed my own deer again last year after a huge lay off and I'm going to need to do something with the two pigs we are raising in October. I'll be making probably 30+ lbs. of pork sausage each year, more if I like it...

Bingo. This is why I love this recipe. It's so damn easy drinking and appeals to many a beer drinker. It has the hoppiness to draw in a craft beer drinker but it's light in color and balanced by the sweetness to make your average BMCer happy. Maybe it's a bit heavy for the lawnmower or your...

Just keep it cool and the hops and breadiness will shine. I'm glad that everyone is enjoying the beers original recipe, suggested changes, or what have you. Amarillo, Simcoe, and wheat seem like such a great marriage. Please keep the feedback coming!!

I had aphids starting on my Zues in it's first year. Transplanted a couple ladybugs from a nearby tree and, I kid you not, the NEXT DAY they were erased scorched earth style. May wanna give it a try.

Have located four different wild plants within a half-hour from my house and brewed a SMaSH with one of them. It was a let down. Not bad, just not hoppy. Mash eight lbs. of 2-row at 148, throw in four ounces throughout the boil and another in secondary and you'll quickly know whether you want...