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Bottled 4 bombers of a cider experiment and brewed a partigyle batch: an IPA at 1.058 and an IIPA at 1.094 from 20lbs of grains (plus a little corn sugar).

Thanks for the heads up. Mango mead sounds great. Tried a piece and found the same. Mush. Quite hoppy, too. if my beer is missing any bitterness, it must have soaked into the mango. Cheers!

I'm about to bottle my Mango IPA and am wondering if it's safe to chow down on some of that delicious fruit that's been in the secondary for the past 2 weeks. Anyone tried this and survived?

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+1 for adding sugar. I typically add 1 lb of corn sugar to all of my IPA recipes to bump up the abv and to lighten the body of the beer. Adding to the boil is simple. I've added during primary fermentation and it worked fine, too.

Check out the honey at Trader Joe's if you have one nearby. I haven't brewed with it but they sell large-ish containers of natural honey that looks crystallized in the container. Of course, direct from a bee keeper would be ideal.

Exactly. Anything within 0-20 minutes of the end of the end of the boil will bring out the flavor of the hops rather than the bitterness. Most of my IPAs use 6-8 oz of hops but the majority are added during the last 20 minutes for a really flavorful brew with just enough bitter backbone to...

This method sounds great. I'll have to look into the Reflectix wrap. Nice to have for keeping fermentors warm, too. I always like multipurpose when I can get it.

Babysat my exploding starter and am in the middle of brewing a Belgian Tripel.

Belgian Tripel.

TM Belgian Stout while watching my kettle boil.

I'm guessing the veggie steamer helps keep direct heat off the grains while applying heat to adjust mash temp?

I've been reading threads about BIAB brewing for months and haven't seen anyone mention this technique so I thought I'd share. Sorry if it's here somewhere, I just haven't seen it. Temperature control while mashing is an inherent challenge in BIAB brewing. Adjusting temperature of the mash by...

Made a starter yesterday for the Tripel I'll be brewing tonight.

I'm sorry but this made me laugh out loud. Garden Hose Hefe is hilarious. Who knows, maybe there's a market for this amongst gardeners. Sorry that you had to dump it though. I considered dumping a tripel last year but choked down the harsh, boozy brine simply because I'm too stingy to throw away...

I've never done an Amarillo/Pilsner SMASH but Amarillo/Maris Otter is great.

My new batch of Belgian Stout. All grain AHS kit with Safbrew T-58 yeast. Not too bad but it could use a little more "belgian". Maybe a liquid yeast next time.

I've never tasted straight up DME but would it be similar to malted milk? I put malted milk on ice cream and it's great. Disclaimer: I have no freaking idea what malted milk is made from. I just know that they are both sticky as hell when moisture hits them.

I want those bottles. Where are they from?

mmmmm... Amarillo IPA. A favorite in our house. Nice double brew day, too. I did it once and it kicked my @ss.