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Jamil has a recipe in the American Amber section of his "Brewing Classic Styles" book called "West Coast Blaster" that is very close to Red Rocket. I don't have the recipe handy but I'd recommend purchasing the book anyway since it's full of great recipes that are extract as well as all-grain.

I'm confused, I thought he was talking about and "Imperial Red", aka West Coast style, not Irish.

It's an individual preference, but I don't think that I have drowned mine by dry hopping, the malt aroma stands up well and then... A big red can take time to mature, hop aromas usually fade away anyway. The last one I brewed is 4 months old and is just where I like it now, very balanced.

I really like pairing Simcoe with Amarillo. If you are looking for balance, IMO 2 oz of Amarillo is not enough for a big red. Just for reference: I recently brewed a 1.070 OG "Red" with this for hops (79 IBU): Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time...

Given that you would probably be ok with 2, or split the difference and use 1.5. BTW, The French oak cubes I used were "Medium toast" - the range is varied.

I used 1 oz of French oak cubes in a 1.095 BW I brewed last October, IMO it was just right. After 2 1/2 weeks in the primary (dry hopped after 1 week) I transferred it to a keg with priming sugar and the oak cubes, left it for 6 weeks at 70f before transferring to another keg. I plan to...

Ah yes, a very common mishap. I used a pair of hemostats to get mine out. Since then I use a "universal" stopper - it will not push into your carboy. http://morebeer.com/view_product/16655/102272

Yes, though I added the Cascade. His blonde recipe in Brewing Classic Styles is different - no honey malt, WLP001 yeast; a friend brews it and it's great as well.

I recently brewed a partial mash IPA to try out a new mini-mash tun I built that holds up to 6lbs of grain. For a 4lb tun you would need to substitute some DME for the extra 2-row. This recipe is my take on an IPA with some malt backbone to back up a "Pliney" set of hop flavors. I have made an...

I've had quite a few BMC drinkers raving about a blonde ale I have made, I've also helped some new brewers in the club with an extract version of it because they fell in love with it. It came out a bit higher gravity (1.063) last time I made it because I had an unexpectedly high (81%...

I am just finishing up building up a copper manifold, I did use Palmer's book as a reference. I went with 1/2" tubing and fittings and used a hack saw to cut the slots. I have a friend with a similar set up and it works great for continuous sparging or batch. Hope to try mine next weekend.

FWIW - I am in the process building up a 48qt rectangular Rubbermaid (Walmart $16) with copper manifold for my foray into all-grain. I was initially concerned about grain bed depth, which for a 5 gallon batch of "small beer" (8-9lbs of grain) would be an issue with continous sparging, so I was...

In the process of going all-grain, looking at buying a mill and was wondering if folks have a preference for using a drill or crushing it the old fashioned way with a crank. I kind of like the idea of hand cranking, but then I haven't had the experience of milling 14 pounds of two-row.