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Great job guys this is outstanding

Yeast stored in refrigerator and yes she be bubbling as we type.

An IPA. I winged it but from experience and help from beersmith. If your interested here's the recipe. 2.75 gallon batch 6lbs Maris Otter .5lbs 30L .5lbs 40L .25lbs Car-Pils mash @154 for 60 min batch sparged Hops 60 min additions .25oz chinook .25oz cascade .25 centennial 20min additions...

Guess what nailed 70% again. That was good to know my technique is still sound or at least predictable. Almost forgot to voulaf but remembered in the nick of time. No harm no foul. Now let's see if the 6 month past date Nottingham yeast takes off. I should place a order with Austin just in...

After a two year layoff from brewing not drinking beer. I'm going to brew today an IPA quick turnaround small 2.5 gal batch. Let's see if I still can nail my efficiency. I was able to nail 70% every time I know it's not high but it was consistent. Wish me luck.

(My fiancé said that because we are registering for all the bathroom and kitchen crap she wants, I should be able to register for a few things I want as well.) KEEPER

I believe Yooper has the clone nailed down

Unfortunately I have only my beer to sample, lots of homebrewers around just not getting out very much. My last one that I bottled Anxiety IPA with simcoe and amarillo hops is unlike any beer I have ever tasted in a very good way. I know there are lots of beers with that combo but not quite this...

I routinely get a 10 or so point increase from pre to post boil but I also have about a gallon of boil off on a three gallon batch and close to two gallons on a five gallon batch.

Being in Maine I also do 3 gallon batches on the stove top. Just too much snow on the deck. I do have to adjust the strike water temp to compensate for a 48qt cooler. Still playing with that tho.

I like to name my beers so I can remember want they were made with for example: Summer Skiing Blonde - was made with Mt. Hood hops and if you remember the commercial from the 80's for Old Milwaukee Beer - Mt. Hood means summer skiing and Milwaukee means beer.......... Munich ESB was made with...

Recipe for the beer or for the edge? The recipe for the beer I haven't worked out. The recipe for getting away from the edge is RELAX DON"T WORRY HAVE A HOMEBREW!!!!! Damn it Jim

I also was a bit worried about any anxiety that may arise with a new brew but the pilsner is bubbling along just fine in the basement. The IPA is tasting most excellent and I feel better than I have in a long time. Next will be another IPA this time with citra and chinook hops maybe a IIPA...

On Nov 18th I brewed a IPA with simcoe and amarillo hops the brew day went beautiful hit all the temps and gravities perfectly but later that evening everything went to s**t........... I had a total mental collapse. I ended up in the psych ward at the local hospital diagnosis SAD, insomnia...

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