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I've made a few tweaks to the recipe over the last couple brew dates and it's now the best to date. I like to add an additional pound of Munich to the mash. Bumps the ABV up to 5.9% or so and adds a bit more flavor. I also like to do .5oz additions of Willamette at both 5 minutes left and...

Exactly what I was shooting for with the beer. I love malt and I like hops, so just bring em both together in a reasonably sessionable brew. Glad you enjoy it.

Awesome. I bet those Simcoe hoppings through the final minutes give this an amazing piney/earthy taste. I've done the same with Willamette and it gets an awesome woody tea like character that goes with the cirtrus and fruit of the hops.

Let me know how that turns out, I've never used a belgian yeast so I'm interested in hearing how it turns out. It's quiet malty, however I don't find it too sweet. I do know some are fans of the crystals though. The .5 oz of Simcoe and Amarillo seems to do the trick quiet well. I just...

What did the grape juice concentrate come from? I haven't dabbled with grapes yet, besides what are off my vine. As long as you used proper sanitary practices and such you should be safe.

All looks well to me, I'll allow it! RDWHAHB bro.

Originally I began with only Carafra for the "dark" malt which was good, but I wanted to try for a bit of that bite that comes from roasted barley to compliment the sweetness of the Crystal Malt. The lighter color is the only roasted barley the LHBS had at the time, and a pound of roasted malt...

Bottle Rocket American Red Beersmith 2 Recipe Bottle Rocket American Red Recipe Specifications -------------------------- American Amber Ale Pre-Boil Volume: 6.00 gal Batch Size (fermenter): 5.00 gal Estimated OG: 1.056 SG Estimated Color: 16.8 SRM Estimated IBU: 40.2 IBUs Brewhouse...

I have no idea what to plant. Perhaps Magnum? Nice clean bittering hop with a bit of spice. As for Porterville, well it's Porterville :D If you ever go about cutting rhizomes to give out, send a shout my way, I'd be more than happy to take a few off your hands for some cash.

Awesome stuff man, what varieties if you don't mind answering?

Holy cow, those are first year as in rhizomes planted this spring? Looks like you'll be having a nice harvest.

Know this is a bit old thread now but thought I'd ring in. I'm over in Porterville and have Willamette's that are thriving like crazy. They're planted against my north facing fence and trained horizontally across it. They receive full sun pretty much all day. I do keep a healthy layer of...

Been eyeballing this recipe for a few months now, just ordered ingredients from MoreBeer. Will be brewing this weekend!

Looks Delicious. I'm really on a brown ale kick lately, how did the clarity come out?

Updated the recipe with CaraPils and a higher mashing temp. Will give this a whirl next weekend. Estimated OG: 1.059 SG Estimated Color: 7.5 SRM Estimated IBU: 44.2 IBUs Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.00 % Ingredients: ------------ Amt Name Type...

I'm down in Porterville. Don't brew with too many people, have a few buds who like to come brew, drink some beers and barbecue though.

A Sierra Nevada man I see! Your bottles/holders look like my normal bottling day.

If you prefer dried or have it at hand US-05 will suffice well.

I'd leave it in the primary if it will fit, and siphon from that to keg after cold crash. Cold Crashing will help the yeast settle out of the beer if there is much left. You'll want to siphon making sure to keep the end of your siphon off the trub. You could transfer to another keg before...