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When I was in Navy boot camp (1992), we were required to sit to pee. The official reason was not to miss and dirty the head, but really it was just an extra level of emasculation aimed at recruits. I got over it.

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Thanks for the reply, I'm not at all sure about the diacetyl, BTW.. I just poured a fresh Ayinger marzen (my benchmark) and I might be reaching a bit about that after comparing. I will absolutely crash it for a bit prior to transferring it to secondary. Like I said, its very cloudy now, which...

I'm brewing my first attempt at a lager after 9 years brewing, and I want to know if I should be concerned.. I brewed a 1.057 OG Oktoberfest (all grain, mashed 150F for 90 min) with WLP833. Did a two step, two liters each starter and pitched in at 49F where it bubbled away for about 5 days...

JLP: I guess you could say low gravity IPA, or hoppy pale..

I did this as a BIAB actually, just using a paint strainer bag from home depot to mash and then boil during hop additions. I like this method for small batches. Easy, quick, and on the kitchen stove. I mashed at 157F for 75 min. Yeah, when I rebrew this for a full batch, I'll just double...

Haven't had the pleasure of trying Zombie Dust here in Florida, so I won't speak as to the malt bill, but as for the hops: Simcoe is a good bittering hop, and an all simcoe IPA works really well for me. If you're just boosting IBU's with the warrior, then that's cool too. Warrior is my...

Btw, the 1 min addition is a quasi whirlpool actually while cooling. Update: Spot On, Baby!! Thanks for the responses. I'm hard headed and went with my original recipe, hit the 1.045 OG, giving a 3.7% ABV according to BeerSmith. JLP's advice about bittering did give me pause, but as this was...

I'm drinking my extract version of Janet's Brown Ale right now. Best brown ale I've ever tasted. Northern Brewer and Centennial hops. http://beersmithrecipes.com/viewrecipe/359302/janets-brown-ale

I also did roughly 3 gallons with 2 of top up water. This was my last extract brew before trying out all grain. I did 0.5oz Warrior (16% aa) @60 min, 2.0 oz Citra (12.15 aa) @ 15, and 2.0 oz Citra again @ 0 (whirlpool while chilling for 15 min). Then dry hopped with 2.0 oz Citra for 7 days...

I'm drinking a citra IPA now that I recently brewed that adds up to 74 IBU's. I was wary of bittering with citra also so I bittered with warrior and added the citra at 15 and 0 and I got no badness at all (ie cat piss).. just pure citrus/orange juice. I have some mosaic on order now because...

Thanks for the response. I do want a beer with enough malt flavor so that its not too thin, but I do love the hops. I'm hoping the maris otter and the Wlp002 will ease any tendency for the hops to overpower this one. I'll have to look into it further I guess because I certainly don't want...

So I threw together this recipe for a hoppy session APA (or whatever.) I've never attempted a very low ABV pale ale. What do you think about this? Oh, its a half batch (2.5 gal) BIAB, which is what I've been using to experiment recipes with, maintaining all grain with stovetop convenience, so...

Been brewing off and on for six years, but really just now decided to start doing it right with temp control and all grain, and also finally getting over my desire to "kitchen sink" every recipe. I've gotten alot of good advice just lurking over the years and its time to <gulp> actually join up...