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No IPA made the list! I was hoping I would find my next brew to do in this post. Anybody want to give me some tried and tested recipes they love? I generally like my IPAs around 6% with 80 IBU. The APA looks good....

With coopers drops in regular 12 oz bottles what do the volumes work out to. Must have been good for you. I'm wondering if the co2 would pop the bottles. I read wheat beers usually has heavier bottles to allow more carbonation

@heckofagator I used BeerSmith for about 2 months until I saw BrewersFriend. Within 2 brews I became a paying member and downloaded the apps for my phone. It is an amazing program and incredibly user-friendly. Even the free account is worthwhile but the premium account is worth every penny. I am...

I am in!

Wow. What a give away! I am in!!!

Wanting to do a lager since I never have. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

How do you mean? I am wanting to do a lager mostly because I have never done a lager before. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Looking for some feedback on a recipe I tweaked. Sort of a mix of the Pizza Boy Dark and the Schwarzbier recipe in Jamil's book. May have trouble with mash-out if not draining. Would need larger mash tun. Is mash-out necessary...

Just an update. Damn. This tastes good. Mango and passion fruit abound. I had some set backs with my efficiency because of the calculator and addition time. But without any further changes, it tastes delicious. An IPA. Not an IIPA. But yum. I renamed it. "The brew formerly known as st...

Sorry to resurrect this thread... but why would you want to reduce hot break? I thought it meant you were gonna have some nice protein junkies etc dropping out in the boiler before transferring.

I am indeed. Just waiting for money and whatever. I also want to start whit pooling eventually. But pumps seem expensive. I mostly just love the idea of keeping everything sealed while the chiller is in and it stirring for me. Also during the hop stand. Woooo. I'm excited. Any recommendations...

Update: not going to do the additions. Talked to the guy at LHBS (Neil) and he gave some solid advice. I have a balanced APA or IPA right now. If I add sugar I will have something with enough alcohol but not enough IBU. Lesson: Do not count on brewer's friend for late kettle additions when...

Using a old school bucket this time luckily both my carboys were full. That felt good to say. Lol Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

My math says if I boil 1 kg (2.2 lb) DME and 1.5# sugar and add to fermentor I should be back at the OG i was expecting. Maybe this would be smart since it will restore some balance to the flavour. I am fearing a super hoppy APA. Not that there is anything wrong with that.... Actually I bet...

What is your kettle like? How much dead space?

Your math is stupendous. I had a trouble keeping up but I think I agree. However, in brewer's friend you have the option to choose whether you set it to kettle or fermenter volume. My fermenter was hoping to be 5.5. Kettle 7.5 I think you have hit something here. If I set my recipes up in the...

Conversion: Brewer's friend just lists it as one of the efficiency. I'd be lying if I said I knew where it comes from. Addition: I added DME, Sugar, Dextrose around the 15 min. mark while it was a rolling boil. What do you mean by stratified? Layering of densities? I don't think that will be...

When: as it was filling the bucket and then again when it was all in the bucket and has been mixed. Also I use a refractometer too, but never thought of doing it at flameout. Next time!!! Thanks

The 1.5 gal I poured out after was planned into the losses of my equipment profile. I leave 2 gal in the kettle because I haven't got a tube yet. So I had that info right into the brewers friend app. It would be 5.5+ 2 gal in total. But then with too much boil and trub I got 5.1+1.5. So I was...

Weirdddddddd maybe. Thanks for the tip. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew