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Brendan Moylan was nice enough to supply ingridents to his imperial stout recipie. This should give a good start.

YooperMon, I just received the AHS Dead Guy Clone kit and they have the mash at 150. Have you tried lower mash temps or have you always been 156-158? That was the only big difference in recipe.

Does the splashing of the wort into the kettle cause any hot water aeration off flavors? I have been struggling with a lot of bubbles being formed where the tube attaches to the barb coming out of the mash tun. I have been wondering if this is contributing to an astringent type flavor on some...

Here are a couple of pictures of the cultivated yast from Bell's Amber and Pale. I'm headed to the Bell's Bar in Kalamazoo tomorrow. Can't wait. It's always fun to see what specialties they have on tap that don't make it to the public market.

Well I cultivated the yeast from 3 Bell's Amber Ale and 3 Bell's Pale Ale. Opened the bottles, flamed the tops, collected the last 1/2 oz of beer. Boiled a pint of water with 1/2 cup of LDME, cooled, added to flask, capped with foil, put on a stir plate. Had a bunch of foam within 48 hours...

Attended a local, Grand Rapids MI, Beerapalooza last night. In attendance was Bell's. I spoke to the Bell's rep about TH recipe and he said to cultivate the yeast from Amber Al or Pale Al. Same yeast and you'll have much better luck. He said because of dry hopping the TH much of the yeast is...

Everyone who loves hoppy beers should buy the Hop Lovers Guide from BYO. There is great info and a ton of great recipes. Here is the recipe for TH. Two Hearted BYO Recipe OG=1.058, FG-1.012 IBU=56 SRM=8 ABV=5.9% 9.0lbs 5oz 2-row pale malt 2.0lbs Vienna malt 0.5lbs crystal (10 L)...

Ok, these two going to keg, cool and carbonate. One note, the WLP051 took 17 days to reach 1.012. I didn't use a starter and only shook carboy to airate. Didn't go to secondary as gravity wasn't reached. I added dry hops day 13/14. Stored at 68. Gravity sample tasted very good. Two...

eschatz, yeah that is a possiblity. Whole hops are the only thing I don't buy from my local hbs. I order direct from freshops or hopsdirect.

Are you using leaf hops for the dry? I find much more pleasant aroma then pellet. Brewed these two this weekend. All hops were leaf from FreshHops. Two Hearted Clone - I used the hop schedule from BYO recipe just to see the difference. Also the BYO recipe calls for Crystal 10L rather...

eschatz, are you still using? 10.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 76.92 % 2.00 lb Vienna Malt (3.5 SRM) Grain 15.38 % 0.50 lb Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 3.85 % 0.50 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 20L (20.0 SRM) Grain 3.85 % I notice a few reply's back that someone had...

Comparison: easchatz recipe brewed twice, first batch using WLP051 and second batch using Nottingham. Conclusion: The Nottingham makes a drier, crisper, thinner beer. The WLP051 seems to have more body and slightly sweeter. My conclusion is that the WPL051 came closer to producing the TH...