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    What is my problem?? Low initial SG

    Mill is good. The grains are getting 1/3rded to 1/2ed. I'm good there. Sounds like the general concensus is too much crystal. Sooo, next batch I'm going to use 3 lbs of crystal and 12 lbs of 2 row pale. It's fun to experiment but I gotta have my high octane IPA! LOL Thanks Lots
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    What is my problem?? Low initial SG

    So I've tried 3 times now. My latest attempt I used 10 lbs of pale 2 row and 6 lbs crystal 60L. Crushed w my Millars mill. Mash temp 149 for 90 minutes. Batch sparged. Wort came out real sweet and dark (I do IPA only). 2 oz of cascade hops, 1.5 oz of Magnum and 1.5 oz of Simcoe at end of boil...
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    making hop extract/tea

    Charlie, I was going to ask this almost same question. I recently made a batch of IPA and bottled it. When I tasted it it's not Hoppy enough for me (as usual LOL). Anyways I am going to unbottle it, put it in a corny keg, Boil a few ounces of bittering hops for a bit, then add the "tea" from the...
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