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+1 on the crush. Without knowing the rest of the setup, it seems like it could be the culprit only because it sounds super familiar to me. My first several AG were crushed by my LHBS and had similar (60%ish) results. Tried a few different mash temps to the same ends. Bought a Barley Crusher and...

Here's the full grain bill. Guess I just figured that with 2# of oats I might actually get more than usual and there really was basically none. There's only 1.75 oz. of pellets in there, but I've done lower hopped beers and still had plenty of material in the kettle afterwards. Maybe anything to...

I've got an immersion. I don't stir constantly but I do so with the thought of getting more contact/movement around the cold coils. I've done this pretty much for every beer and always get plenty of trub. This one just seems to be an outlier. As of last night, had some pretty good fermentation...

I definitely had a hot break, but didn't see any cold. I stirred occasionally while I chilled and figured that it could have been suspended but was surprised when I didn't see anything settling in the carboy a couple hours later. If the result is possibly just a cloudy beer, I'm not concerned...

Been searching the forum, but haven't seen anything exactly on this. Just brewed an all grain oatmeal stout. Mashed at 155, appeared to hit the efficiency I was looking for, boiled for 60min, got the volume I wanted. Hit gravities, all appeared to be good. But there is seriously almost zero...

Good idea, jbrookeiv. I'm thinking I might even just crush and mash a pound of it and do an iodine test to see if it's still got enough enzyme power. I'll update if it works. Thanks everybody for the input.

Well, 2 out of 3. Looks good and tastes ok, but very obviously stale. I'm guessing it's a dump?

I've recently come across a 50# bag of grain that a friend who used to brew but has been on an extended hiatus gave to me. I didn't know he had it or even used to brew. We started talking, he said he has an unopened sack of 2 row from Breiss thats been in a bedroom closet for 3+ years. There...

Can't remember exactly where I heard this (probably BBR), but it's an easy experiment to really find the flavor of different hop varieties. Basically, get a six pack of Budweiser (or any other hop flavor-less macro you please that has a twist off cap), open them up, and drop a couple pellets of...

Ok, a lower efficiency is probably a safe bet, thanks for the tip. I'm afraid I'll just have to use extra DME to make up the gravity points if necessary, as I think this is about all the grain my current lowly set up and handle. I like the character victory creates, and that's one grain I...

I'm looking into making my first partial mash recipe this weekend and it's an ESB (also the first one of those as well.) Any thoughts or suggestions on everything from the grain and or hop bill to stovetop mash suggestions are greatly welcomed and appreciated! I'll be using Maris Otter for...

I'm an extract brewer, and I've been interested trying something with some rye. I'm giving a shot at somehting similar to the "RyePA" recipe in the latest issue of BYO. The grain bill is as follows: 3.3# LME 2# DME 1# malted rye 1# munich 1/2# victory 6 oz honey malt I ran out to...

Wow, now I'm really getting pumped up about it. The weekend can't come quick enough. So, no comments on the hop bill? I've always been a devote cascade user, I'm hoping it plays nice with the columbus bittering. I've also been told amarillo is similar to cascade, is there any validity to that?

So, I haven't brewed in about 6 weeks, and I'm burning to get back up and running. I've got a bunch of big American hops ready to go, and here's what I've got so far: 7 lb XLDME 8oz Crystal (40L) 8oz Vienna 6oz Victory 1.5 oz Columbus (60 min) .75 oz Cascade (15 min) .75 oz...

Thanks for all the great advice. So far I've been using a eurosealer to reseal the oxygen barrier bags they came in and then putting that in a freezer bag just in case. Sounds like I'll be ok for awhile. Thanks again.

I know its been discussed, but I had a hard time searching for hop storage with "hop" not being a search-able term. Anyway, I bought 8 oz. each of Amarillo, Columbus, and Chinook pellets about 5 months ago, and due to some circumstances out of my control have not used them as quickly as I...

I'll be kegging a porter today and making a 1968 London ESB starter for a slightly altered version of the Honker's Ale clone from Beer Captured I'm brewing tomorrow... and the weather here in KC just turned BEAUTIFUL!!! :mug:

I'd say just bottle it. Gravities are really only there to stress you out. I take them as general guidelines as opposed to strict rules. If its at 1.020, and has been for 2 weeks, I'd say its not going anywhere anyway. So maybe it won't have quite the alcohol you wanted, but you'll have...

That's pretty typical for most extract brewing that I've run across. From my experience, the only problem with a reduced boil is a darkening of the final product, but not too much of an issue with the flavor. But, altering the volume that much will likely mess with your hop utilization. I...

I just bought a new 6.5 gal carboy from my LHBS a few weeks ago. When i saw this post, I thought I'd check just for the hell of it and low and behold "NRC M-3800" right smack on the bottom. Now, I'm pretty sure (at least I hope) they aren't hocking old carboys from a nuclear waste dump, but...