Just made this again with some of my tweaks. To my disappointment my og was only 1.058. 13.5 lbs of two row... was planning on much better efficiency since my run off was so little and full conversion tool place after an iodine test
I have a 2 Liter starter of WLP002 (English Ale Yeast) ready to go, but decided to change my brew to an IPA. Would this recipe work with English Ale yeast, or am I better off doing a new starter? (I have Super San Diego available to make a starter, and I could save my English Ale yeast). However, I would prefer to use my existing starter today if possible.
(I have never used WLP002, so not sure what to expect)
Thanks for your input!!
Planning on brewing this tomorrow, doing a partial boil 3.5 gallons. I'll be following the same hop schedule, and will be using 8 lbs of Dme and the one lb of crystal 20. what should I be looking for as far as og, fg, and ibus? Can't wait for the final product! Thanks for the replies.
Planning on brewing this tomorrow, doing a partial boil 3.5 gallons. I'll be following the same hop schedule, and will be using 8 lbs of Dme and the one lb of crystal 20. what should I be looking for as far as og, fg, and ibus? Can't wait for the final product! Thanks for the replies.
4traindays said:Brewed yesterday, used 8 lbs Dme, got an of of 1.060. Wondering why is lower than expected?
I do partial boils, then top off. Boiled 3.5 gallons then topped off to 5 in my primary. The recipe I used called for a 2.5 gallon boil, would my boiling 3.5 be the cause of the OG being lower than stated in the recipe? If so what adjustments should I make to the recipe to compensate for a lower og? I try to boil as much water as possible for the hop utilization, but if this reduces expected gravity, should I only boil 2.5? Thanks.
thejuanald said:So I had a question about the original recipe posted. For extract, is the late DME addition for a partial boil only? I did a full boil (6 gallons of water), steeped the crystal malt for 30 minutes and added all 8lbs of DME at boil. After racking to the secondary, it tasted a lot sweeter than I was expecting. Is this because I added all the DME at once or will it even out over time? Thanks.
VampireSix said:A full boil with all the extract added at the beginning should still result in over 100 IBUs. Orangemen5, what was your FG, and what yeast did you use?
Based on the 16+ pages of this thread that I read, this seems like a great recipe, and I plan to try it this weekend.
Question: the BYO Stone recipe lists the dry-hop addition as 22 oz. of whole hops, but the recipe on this thread lists 2 oz. Is the BYO Stone amount a typo? That's like 10 times the amount of hops difference between the two....
Brewing this up in a few hours. Very excited. I haven't tasted this recipe yet, but I went out and bought a Ruination bomber to remind me. Your post just reminded me of that.
I'd like to tweak it to up the sweetness and color just a little from the commercial version. Should I sub for a darker Crystal, add some darker Crystal, add Carapils, or something else entirely?
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