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I think 12 lbs sounds about right, I have the recipe at home and could look it up. The book had the All-grain version in it. I stopped by Northern Brewer here in Milwaukee and looked it up. I'm not much of an IPA fan, made for my wife and parents and they like it a lot. Can't compare since NG...

got through in about 3 total minutes. Thanks for the heads up

Thank for all the input. I started the boil over at 30 minutes. I figured that would give me a good 10 m in. boil before I put in the chiller for 20 minutes before I'm done. The 10 min. last hop addition was the biggest concern. I wrapped the pot in a towel and brought it inside overnight so...

It's 12 degrees out right now with a wind chill at 5 F, not looking for a tank tonight. I will just pick it up in the morning. Recipe is NB Winter Warmer. 5 Gallon batch w/OG at 1.066 2 oz Willamette at 60 min. 1 oz Willamette at 10 min. So you think I should boil 60 mins. in the...

Its 12:15 am and I ran out of propane with 20 minutes left in boil. I can't get a tank till the morning. I was planning on picking up the boil were I left off. But should I pull out the hops bag or not. Just bittering 2 oz of willamette in the boil so far.

Used your Yeast Calculator. If I figure this right, I should make a 3 step starter to get up over 494 ish billion cells. If I get this right the steps would be: 1. Inflate smack pack and make a 1 liter starter. 2. Step up starter to 1.5L. - How long do I wait for this and should I decant and...

standard 5 gallon.

no stir plate, I just use a 2L bottle and shake when I walk past it

I'm looking to make my first lager in the next week or so. I bought a Wyeast Boheiman Lager Smack Pack for the Northern Brewer Maibock kit (All-grain OG at 1.068). Should I let the smack pack inflate and then step up the smack pack in a starter once or twice? For ale's I just normally make...

I'm planning on brewing a Winter Warmer following Northern Brewers Recipe: Grains: 11.5 lbs Rahr 2-row (recipe calls for Maris Otter but I have a bag of 2-row) 1 lbs Med. Crystal 0.25 lbs Chocolate (English) Hops: 2 oz. Willamette (60 min) 1 oz. Willamette (10 min) Questions is I...

you don't cool the whole 7 or so gallons just a sample large enough to take a gravity reading. You can then add it back into the boil

Looking to use 2-row pale malt for base since I have recently bought a sack of it. It is an IPA (British Style I have read) that my wife loved when New Glarus made it

Here is the recipe I found in North American Clone Brews: I just got recipe copy so not sure if they have the all-grain conversion in the book Can somebody help convert to all-grain. GRAINS 1 pound pale, 1.25 pounds Medium Crystal Mash grains at 155 degrees for 60 minutes. Rinse...

So as an update... I re-checked again tonight and the Gravity was 1.010. It also had some new krausen or foam since I last checked it. Is this common for a Kolsch yeast to work this slow and pause for a short period? I will check again later this week to see if any change in gravity and let...

Washing Dry yeast? I thought people went that route b/c you didn't need a starter and just pitch it and forget it. And cheap so you don't have to hassle with washing yeast. Anyways I'm guessing it is a ordering or availability issue so after washing and letting it settle out into the 1 32 oz...

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mashed at 152 F for 60 minutes. It was also washed yeast (only a week or so in fridge before re-using) with a starter that took off just like normal and I had to switch to blow off tube when really active for the first week or so.

So I made the following recipe that Thunderworm won 1st place Hybrids (Category 6-7) in the HBT BJCP 2011 contest. I brewed on 8/14/11 with an OG of 1.055 on 8/28/11 took a reading at 1.016 Today (9/6/11) I took a reading at 1.016 also. DO you think I'm finished, I'm in no hurry but I...

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Brewed first batch last night with my crushed grain. Got around 76%, as some expected based on the pictures. Not sure if I will tighten it up more since the drill I currently have was really working. I did have half of the grain bill crushed at Northern Brewer, so we'll see once I crush the...