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That looks just like the NEIPA I recently made with Viking 2-row, flaked oats, and wheat malt. Came out super-dark with only 60% efficiency. I doubt I'll buy again after this bag.

$8 for the dark mild I brewed today. Traditional dark mild based loosely on Ron Pattersons' recipe for JW Lees 1952 Best Mild -- 5 lbs of different grains, some dark invert sugar, and 1.25 oz of hops. Made just over 4 gal and re-pitched yeast. Comes in at 3.6% ABV with a lot of flavor.

Disagree with most of the post; agree with the comments about $1.50 for a proper airlock and at a minimum the cheap Lowes bucket. Also disagree with the posts about champagne yeast. A clean fermenting ale yeast like Nottingham, S-04, or US-05 will be better...especially the way this guy is...

Disagree with most of the post; agree with the comments about $1.50 for a proper airlock and at a minimum the cheap Lowes bucket. Also disagree with the posts about champagne yeast. A clean fermenting ale yeast like Nottingham, S-04, or US-05 will be better...especially the way this guy is...

Thomas Hardy's Ale, O'Hanlon's Pliny the Elder, Russian River (or Younger, or Supplication) Imperial Rebellion, Iron Fist Trappist Westvleteren 12, Brouwerij Westvleteren Tie between great FRESH IPAs like Green Flash's West Coast IPA, Ithaca's Flower Power, and a few others.

Let's see...I've been brewing for 18 years now. I recently moved overseas (again) and found myself going to this forum on more than one occasion when trying to use a new local ingredient or find a way to make use of random bits of different grains. I'm pretty much interested in all types of...

Wife...help...me... Sorry, I'm not familiar with this phrase. Are you sure you are spelling it correctly? Perhaps it a translation from a foreign language? If you are using google translate, sometimes they come up with some funny translations for things that make sense in your native tongue.

I'm trying to imagine the flavor of a 25% biscuit grain bill. I can believe it would taste out of balance, but would not have expected it to be thin. I think dcp27 has the right recommendation for you.