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No. Also, I'm really disappointed that you meant "capper" instead of caper. Thought we were gonna solve a mystery together.

It will definitely affect the taste. With the zest you get the oils and aromatics that taste/smell like a sweet, citrusy orange. Adding orange peel, even the sweet version, will add bitterness, not sweetness.

Do you mean 1.012? If not, what was your original gravity?

OK. I'm not even mad anymore. Well played, Sir Humpsalot. Well played.

Exactly. There are a zillion IPA and Pale Ale recipes out there. You think the brewery that makes the "best" one is the one that will make the most money? Doubtful. Instead, it is the BRAND at will win out in any market. Odell makes some decent beer, but I'm less likely to buy it now. Do I feel...

Nope. Not my point at all. The guys at Blvd were friendly and approachable, so I'll buy their beer because I feel more good will toward them. The guys at Odell were unresponsive and then not at all interested in helping me to make something similar to their beer. As we all know, there are...

I've had opportunities to tour both Odell in Ft. Collins, CO and Boulevard in Kansas City in the past couple of months and really enjoyed both of them. My brother, who is not a huge beer drinker, came on the Odell's tour and really liked their Levity Amber Ale. I figured I would try to clone...

One more tip on this beer; I just did their brewery tour this weekend and I talked to one of the brewers there about my Tank 7 clone. I told him it was close, but that theirs had a champagne-like bite to it that mine seemed to be lacking. He said that they bottle condition it with a champagne...

The price list is password protected. You need to make the Google Doc public so people can open it. I'll also throw out there that my good friend tre9er is going to start putting together smaller bulk buys in Lincoln that fall in between the twice-per-year Omaha buy. The prices in the...

Not trying to worry anyone, but there are threads and threads and threads out there about this topic and many people believe that plastic in any form will allow oxygen through. I did not say it does or it doesn't. I just said it was something to think about since oxidation is one of the biggest...

SKYY, what beer styles are they? Curious more than anything. Some styles age a lot better than others (dark stuff, high gravity), while some are better as fresh and green as you can get them (hoppy stuff). Also, I wouldn't worry about having enough yeast to carbonate after you bottle them in...

If you want them to age/mature while you're gone, rack off the yeast into a secondary and let them sit at room temp. There will still be enough yeast to finish up any fermentation and clean up during the next 7 months. If you want them fresh, get them in bottles and refrigerate them the whole time.

Thought I'd post a quick update here. The wort started at 1.073 and I left it in the primary for 6 weeks, then racked to a glass secondary 2 weeks ago to let it bulk age until around Christmas or so. Took a gravity reading tonight and it's down to 1.014, which calculates to about 7.75% ABV...

I'm all for saving money, but this isn't a place I would advocate for it. An Ale Pail will cost you less than $20 and will be the one part of your brewery that is in contact with your beer more than any other component (except bottles, I guess). It's not worth saving less than half the cost of...

I have 350 lbs. coming from this buy. Should last me at least through Labor Day. :ban:

tre9er, I know you have my order (7 bags! :drunk:) from our email conversation, but I just wanted to thank you publicly for putting this together. I appreciate all of the leg work you've done to put this together.

Sorry... most recipes have it written out in the body and not just in the header.

What yeast did you use? Am I missing it?.

Plenty of good suggestions. With this being my first "big" beer, I'm kind of flying blind. I may have to see how this guy turns out and then try some additional methods to improve my efficiency. Of course, ABV isn't everything. I'm hoping/expecting that this beer will turn out to be a lot...

I have an equipment profile that's pretty dead on for most things, but I have found that the time it takes for the strike liquor to drain from the HLT into the mash tun can drop the temp significantly, especially if it is colder outside that day. I don't have a pump yet, so it can take as long...