Recent content by Elsmth

Guys: Quick update. I veered off course with the beer I'm brewing this weekend. I lightened the beer up to the mid 7's SRM and added a little Citra in the flavor to compliment the Amarillo (a great combination). If it works out as good as I think I'll share the recipe. Let's keep working on a...

Redbone - no issues here. I just know that talking to the brewery, unless you are a beautiful Russian spy who can bed the Head Brewer, is almost always a waste of time. I swear they do more to throw you off the scent than to help. Now we need to nail the recipe.

Sleepyemt - a friend told me about this info today. You are correct: http://www.brewingnews.com/nipac/2011/nipacbeers2011.shtml Scroll down to Sweetwater's info. OK, anyone wish to give the hopping schedule a shot? I still swear you must use Chinook on the aroma side.

Redbone if that is what they say, then you are absolutely right. I don't live in ATL. I live in Michigan so I'll never really know if I missed the mark slightly. I'm trying to make my version of theirs with my spin. I expect it to be close but I'm also a brewer who prefers a complexity to my...

rdharris55 - Assuming a 5.5g batch and 70% efficiency my thoughts are to do the following: Bump your Pale Malt to 10.0 lbs (will increase your SG) Add 0.50 lb Crystal Malt - 40L (color, body, head retention) Look at my last post and use the same or similar hop profile. You should end up...

Ok Guys I am making an adjustment to my recipe (see below) Batch Size: 5.5 gallons Boil Volume: 6.5 gallons Boil Time: 60 minutes OG: 1.065 FG: 1.016 ABV: 6.5% Color: 9.4 SRM IBU: 75.1 12.5 lbs. Pale Malt(US) 2.0 SRM 0.63 lb. Crystal Malt - 80L 0.50 Munich Malt (9.0 SRM) 0.50...

Thanks Sleepyemt. I have to look at the recipe again. If I bump my honey up to 1.50 lb. I get 1.087 OG. Also, why not use Chinook in there? It is known to have a grapefruit aroma. I'm thinking if I go with more hop varieties to add Chinook (definitely) and perhaps Citra (to get that stone fruit...

The problem is the 1.084 OG and the 1.012 FG. To get there I think you need a lower mash temp. Of course the yeast strain could help alot too. We should do several brews with 152, 155 or higher and changing the hop profile, etc. Anyone with results on this post them here. Thanks.

Ok guys I have the recipe I'm going to make in two weeks. I met with a Master Brewer and a Brew Shop owner (who is familiar with the brewers at Bells) who both make me feel inadequate when discussing brewing science. It helps that I live in Michigan to get some secrets from people who know...

Sleepyemt, what honey did you use? The more I think about it I might bump the honey to 2 lbs. as a compromise between our recipes. In addition, tomorrow I'm visiting a brewer with some experience successfully cloning Bells' beers. I'll show him our ideas and see if I can get some direction.

Hey guys. Thanks for the feedback. I was torn in which way to go with this recipe. Using BeerSmith doesn't help when substituting sugar for grain. It doesn't increase your attenuation, but I agree that going with more honey would get you closer to 10%. Of course, I'm trying to interpret what a...

Guys: Here is what is bothering me about these recipes. I'll highlight items that seem important in Bells' info: We don’t have any specific recipes scaled to the homebrew size, but I can offer a bit of guidance. The malt bill is relatively straightforward: stick with 2-row base malt and...

I was in Atlanta in December and tried Sweetwater's IPA. It is an easy drinking IPA and I enjoyed quite a few one evening. Anyway, to get the grapefruit aroma there is only one hop that can produce it - Chinook. So, I made a clone. 6.5% ABV and 62 IBU. I hit everything I was looking for. The...