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My last IPA involved alternating Simcoe with Cascade using Cascade in the fermentor. L'm thinking Simcoe might be too "Catty" for a 1 gallon batch. It's a potent hop.

Throw some hops in the boil at the very end for more flavor, and, drop some in the fermentor about a week before bottling. I love Cascade or Citra for this.

Thanks for the awesome thread. Bad shoulder injury this past year and it'll be awhile before being able to lug carboys around. The 1 gallon sounds great, and I get to keep quite a variety of beers on hand. All grain to boot. 2 gallon cooler should be the right size? Really pumped to get back...

Just finished brewing an NB Cream Ale Extract kit. Just starting to bubble away. Time to get my summer ales on. A Wit and then a Pale Ale.

Starting up a BB Brown Ale as soon as SWMBO and the 3 princesses do their mall thing. Right now am enjoying an 11 month old Dubbel and an Abbey Ale. PM's from Midwest and NB.:rockin: Peace, tranqulty and a Home Brew!

Received a Best Beer or Best Brew kit from my in_laws for Christmas. English Brown. First time with this product and dry yeast. Will have a go at it tomorrow. Just bottled a Surly Cynic 2 weeks ago and that is going quite fast.

Maybe there's something that I'm omitting from the necessary information for BeerSmith to give that outcome.

Victoria mill. It's OK for partial mashes. I need the aerobics! 1#Begium pilsner, 0.6 each Acid Malt, Aromatic malt and Malted Oats. 6# Pilsner LME.

I did a partial mash(Surly Cynic NB), mashed at 152 for an hour, brought the mash slowly to 168, and then tea baggged the mash for 10 minutes in 168 degree sparge water. According to BeerSmith, my efficiency was 35.0% I'm to the point in my brewing where I'd like to more about my brew then:"Hey...

What a weekend. My Dubbel is ready to drink, I just bottled a Berlin Wheat partial mash, and now I'm brewing a partial Trappist Ale. God, I so love this hobby...oh yeah, and weekends when SWMBO is off scrapbooking! I'm also sampling an Ambergeddon, an amber ale brewed by the Ale Asylum out of...

I have a wife and 3 daughters. Going through lots of water is not a problem!:)

That rotten egg smell is the worst. Yeah, I'm hoping this clears up in a couple of days. Our well is only 40-50 feet deep.

Why do I brew beer...It's Tasty and also the company I keep. One guy's comparing it to a blank canvas. Another is using Cap'n Crunch and Cocoa Pebbles! I partial mash in a 3 bedroom apartment with no basement. We came back from vacation to a 95 degree apartment. Somebody forgot to leave the AC...

The Whole Day!!! SWMBO and the 3 Princesses are out of the house, and, I'm building a new batch and enjoying the labors of past batches. The Man is in his element!:mug:

We had to have a new well drilled yesterday. I lost a true friend that was the base for many awesome brews. Now I'm going to have to buy "Wally Water" until the newbie settles down and I test what's coming out of the tap. Right now it tastes like a swimming pool.:mad: