Toad32
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Oh, and welcome to the forum. I just noticed this was your first post. Cheers
Thank ya sir!
Oh, and welcome to the forum. I just noticed this was your first post. Cheers
so after reading all the great reviews i decided to make this my AG brew. My lhbs only had .25lbs flaked oats so i subbed .75lbs with flaked barley. I'm sure it will still be a good beer, but i was wondering what the flaked barley will have on the flavor/profile of the beer?
burninmules said:Tapped this earlier. I am very pleasantly buzzed now. Very easy drinker. My first time using a dry yeast (Nottingham). I would like to brew anotther batch using a Wyeast 1056, just to compare. I am a relative noob (been brewing all grain for about a year) and don't have a grasp on the different flavors of yeast yet.
I figured I'd check in to say that I have this one almost gone. Although it could've used some improvement, it was my first attempt at a partial mash, so I'll chalk it up as a success.
It didn't hold a head for any appreciable length of time, but that was probably due to "operator error". It also had a bit of an "alcoholy" taste to it, but that was gone in the more recent ones I opened; I imagine it must have dissipated with time, leaving what I consider to be a pretty damned good beer!
Just brewed a BIAB variation of this today. Went with EKG for both additions. Will let yall know how it finishes.
I am going to try this recipe out this weekend. I am doing a partial mash and am going to be subing 4lbs. of light DME, and still using 2 lbs of the American 2 row. When I am mashing I can mix all of the steeping grains with the mashing grains correct? I was just going to follow Sparky's mash schedulle and original recipe. I have also never used Noghtingham yeast or a dry yeast for that matter. Do I just rehydrate like the package says or is there some other way? How does just sprinkling it in the fermenter work? Also I was going to use the following which I got from using the original wieght to water ratios to the new weight of the grain and it is:
Use 1.5 gallon for Partial Mash. @154 Sparge with 2 gallon @168, which will give a 3.5gallon Boil. Add DME and complete boil, etc./ cool and bring up to 5.5 gallons with cool H2O.
Does this sound about right?
Thanks I can't wait to try it.
Scott
looks great though man
coffeediver said:Did not end up with as low FG as I was hoping for, only got to 1.020 but started with 1.063. Mash efficiency was at 95%.
Check your hydrometer with some 60 degreeF water. My guess is it is off because nobody gets 95% mash efficiency. I'm thinking both your readings are too high... Indicating you need a new hydrometer. I've had offset hydrometers too, seems semi-common from what I've seen.
95% is indeed what I get. Though consistent efficiency is more important than high efficiency (IMHO).Hydrometer is dead on. I am using a clone of Kal's Electric Brewery which gets 90 to 95 percent efficiency all the time. I set my beersmith to adjust accordingly.
This recipe has been pending on my "to brew" list for a while and it will be my next brew. However, I recently ran into a recipe for a Pecan Brown Ale that intrigued me. It seemed a bit overly sweet for my taste though. Would this recipe make a reasonable base for adding pecans? Pondering the possibilities.
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