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Cool thanks for sharing. I went with what i had above although i had to drop the 40l because they put a full pound of 120 in with my munich before i told them to keep everything separate lol. Brew day went well, color is close to what i was going for. (Glass is full of a commercial red...

How did it turn out? Getting ready to brew mine today

Yeah, that was the hope.

K, ill drop it down a bit, thanks!

Look okay? I was thinking i might use lager yeast on half the batch. IrishRedAle - Irish Red Ale (9D) ================================================================================ Batch Size 11.000 gal Boil Size 12.250 gal Boil Time 1.000 hr Efficiency 70%...

Yeah, i will adjust once i pick up my hops, just dont have them yet :) I usually get pretty close to my OG/FG

thanks for the reply! I use brewtarget. I compared the IBU calculations with Beersmith and they were pretty similar. I did have extremely hard water, that is why i got the RO system. I have not had it tested the water again, but i have a cheap TDS meter and the RO system seems to be...

I forgot to mention, I have been doing FWH as well. So maybe push the 20 min to 10 or 15? I would like to do some flame out additions again just afraid that's where the bitterness was coming from.

So... still trying to figure out the best time to do my hop additions. I have been brewing mostly pales and ipas for the last year and i am getting close to being happy enough with them to move on to a new style :). Early on everything was coming out way way too bitter. (Even sent a pale ale...

well, after about a week after pitching wlp001 on this beer i took a reading. Im still at about 1.028. Still some airlock activity so hopefully will come down some more, but it is sure not in a hurry. Still trying to figure out what was different this go around. Did try a new grain...

Just curious, what hops do you usually use in your mex lagers? Think Bittering with magnum the rest with saaz would sound right?

Perfect, thanks for the info!

Thanks for the info, i like that price. Does that cooler have a channel at the bottom? (I currently use a manifold, but thought i might try a braid if there was a channel). Hows does that cooler hold temperature for you?

Wanting to move up to 10 gallon batches and my round cooler is not big enough. Anyone have any advice on a good rectangular cooler? Batch sparge only. Looks like everyone likes the 70qt coleman extreme? Any other cheaper options that insulate well? Thanks!

So, my wife's favorite beer is modelo especial. I have found plenty of the negra recipes but no so much on the especial. I have tried a few vienna lagers, some of which were good, others not so much, but none were quite like the especial. I found this on brewtoad...

Dont have a refractometer so used the hydrometer. Maybe just stressed yeast then? Who knows how many generations it was on coming from the bells bottle, and i did harvest from the two hearted.... At any rate, pushed it all back into carboys again, pitched some wlp001 and after 24 hours...

Yeah, got lazy this time and was in a hurry. I had already racked before i took a reading unfortunately. Lessoned learned. Yes, made a starter, oxygenated just by shaking like i usually do. Yeast was a second generation from a bottle harvested bell's yeast so maybe it mutated and that was...

Hello all. Well this is a first for me. Did an IPA with my home grown hops (also a first for me.). I have been using bells yeast, and it has always done great for me, this was a second generation. I almost didnt pitch this yeast because the starter smelled a bit sour, but tasted okay. At...

Thanks for sharing. 1.045 and 1.011 were OG and FG. I may try again with less specialities, thanks for sharing.

Sorry just did a quick export from brewtarget. Alot of that can be ignored, just wanted to show the grain/hop amounts. Mashed at 150 for 60 min.