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I just made a wheat beer that had 45% wheat and 30% rye. I used a pound of rice hulls and the otherness 25% was 6 row. I had a horrible stuck sparge. You could take out the rye and use only wheat instead. I late hopped with calypso using an ounce at 15, 5, 1. I am fermenting with us05 and it...

Do some cell counts. This sounds pretty awesome. Please post any results

10gal round cooler with false bottom. Batch sparging with either Midwest or NB crush (lower efficiency from NB). I get 72% efficiency almost every time I brew. It is rare when I don't hit my OG.

Simpsons medium which is 55 to 60L

I have had Kopi Luwak and found it to be wonderful. Low acidity, with good body and mouth feel. Very good coffee but nit worth the $400 a pound or whatever it was.

I finally got to brewing this this morning. Other than the horrible stuck sparge everything seemed to go well. I thought the calypso hops were similar to summit. Other than the very slight fruitiness the dankness was very similar. The hydro sample tasted amazing. Too bad I was a gallon short in...

Dead guy is pretty damn good in my opinion. Go somewhere that cleans their beer lines and has higher turnover.

I used calypso in an American rye today. The smell was similar to summit in my opinion. Some citrus, slight fruitiness, some what dank, and possibly oniony. I just pitched the yeast and I will follow up when it is finished. It was all late hop additions. 1oz each at 15, 5, 1.

Well I picked up the grains today and I will be Brewing tomorrow morning. Anyone have anything to chime in about?

Brewing TV has an episode on it. What they did was add priming sugar to a 1 gallon milk jug and fill with beer. They put it in the freezer for 4 to 8 hours until it was slushy. Then they racked it straight into bottles. The beer carbed fine and it was concentrated. I am too lazy to post the link...

Buttery or toffee like. I detect a butter (like movie theater popcorn butter) aroma from diacetyl and I taste it as butterscotch.

1) locally at either Midwest supplies or northern Brewer. 2)on equipment? Not much. Maybe 100 bucks. I have all I need for the most part. 3)selection. I have northern Brewer and Midwest within 15 minutes of my house. But if I lived in a smaller area I would like it if my local shop could...

That was my reasoning. I figured the 6 row would help convert everything. I do plan to do a half hour protein rest and a half hour at 150*.

I am a fan of late hopping as well. Is there any reason I should use 2 row? Because of the amount of wheat and rye is 6 row appropriate?

Hello, I have been thinking of making an American Rye/Wheat beer and I want some suggestions. I think the grist will be alright, but I am worried I might over hop it. Give me some suggestions on what to do. Target Gravity - 1.050 IBUs - 32.8 Color - 4.3 SRM Est ABV - 5.5%...

I would add them as you are lautering. I batch sparge personally and I have always added the hops to my kettle and collected my wort. I have done 90 and 60 minute boils with FWH and I haven't noticed any negative effects. The long sparge is my only question. Considering it is FWH I would say...

I am curious about this. I do not really know how yeast works outside of bread and beer. My question is -- if there were still yeast on the skins of the raisins wouldn't it ferment the raisins in the package and make it swell? Wouldn't the same thing happen to apples or grapes if they were not...

Well, you have one advantage in that if you do too many raisins you can purge the gas and shake the carbonation out of the beer. If only it worked that easily with bottles. If you scale the raisins up from 3 per bottle (assuming 48 bottles per 5 gallons) you could try 144 raisins. A better way...

Well I don't know if I would say more reliable. So far it seems to be pretty damn consistent. I did mention the carbonation has leveled off but I plan to keep a few bottles and age for a while to make sure no bugs take hold.

I want to give some more feedback now that it has been a few weeks. I have had both raisin carbed beer and the corn sugar primed beer side by side and have not found much different. What I have found different is the raisins carbed the beer more than the measured sugar did. We primed...