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Hoppy2bmerry, Thanks, but that's obvious and not at all what I asked. I know it will be beer. My question was will it be a bad beer (ie not enjoyable to drink). I'm concerned that increasing the chocolate and black patent malt by more than double will make a overpoweringly harsh or bitter beer...

Hi all, I recently placed an order with Atlantic Home Brew supply. I didn't click the link to read their explanation that they mix all of the grains you order in one bag, and ordered them as I would from any other brewing supply website. I scaled the recipe based on my efficiency and I rounded...

Thanks, I'll have to remember to check the volumes at those steps next brew day and see if I can pin point where my losses are.

Thanks for the advice. In response to McKnuckles, all of the volumes listed were measured, not calculated. I just used beersmith the figure out what volumes i should start with.

Hi all, I posted a few years ago about efficiency issues I was having, the advice given was get a good recipe (mine was crap), get a grain mill, which I did, and get temperature control (which I did although I know it doesn't effect efficiency). I've brewed about 6 batches since then (I took...

Thanks, I figured it would still be drinkable, I was just wondering if there was a rule of thumb for temperature variation from the recommended fermentation temp where there would be little or no noticeable effects.

Hi all, I built a son of a fermentation chiller as a space and cost efficient alternative to a fridge or freezer with temp control (this is my first time using it, and second batch of beer, first of which was a failure). I'm wondering how much of a temperature swing in terms of °F is OK during...

Hi All, I've ordered all the parts to complete the build detailed in this thread: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/forum/threads/how-to-build-a-5-gal-110v-ebiab-kettle.304914/ My question is, I have an aluminum kettle and have read the you will melt aluminum before it gets hot enough to silver...

@mongoose33 , I didn't mean to imply I was planning on designing great beers for my next batch but the consensus of this thread is that the recipe I used is at least weird if not disgusting. I got it out of a published book and assumed it would be somewhat "established". I ordered the "Brewing...

Wow, awesome info. By all means, stomp away. We don't learn anything from compliments. And I agree, there's a lot to learn here and I'm excited to try again with this new info. I ordered "Designing Great Beers" this evening, hopefully to get more familiar with which grain does what. I plan...

Thanks for all the suggestions. I'm hoping its just the crush or the temps. I just wanted some opinions so I don't end up chasing my tail with other things if its the PH, but if PH won't cause efficiencies to be that drastically low, then I'm happy investigating other issues. There were...

Hi All, First of all, thanks for the awesome resource this forum provides. Over the past few months I've been obsessively researching home brewing, with books, this forum as well as others and podcasts (Basic Brewing, the Jamil Show and Brew Strong). I'll give some details below, but to save...