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Very helpful, appreciate the feedback. I’m going to skip the amylase and the sugar and just mash low and long for desired dryness.

Thanks Yooper, I've always found your input to be helpful on others' threads, appreciate you chiming in on mine! Maybe I'll brew this first IPA without the amylase and decide if it's dry enough for my taste. Can always add to the next batch.

Esteemed HBT community, I come to you as a humble brewer seeking input on a WC IPA recipe that I've been building. WC IPA is one of my favorite styles and yet I've never really brewed one because I generally prefer to brew beers in the 4-5% ABV range. But, a lot of friends and family are IPA...

Turn out you can't! I had been reviewing old recipes that used Lallemand Kolsch without realizing it had been discontinued. 1007 it is!

Thanks all, appreciate the input! Think I'm going to eliminate the caramunich and up the munich 2 as suggested. Something like this for an OG of 1.052. Also think I'll use the 1007. Cheers! 5.5 lb - Barke Pilsner Malt (51.5%) 3 lb - Munich Type I (28.1%) 2 lb - Munich Type II (Dark) (18.7%) 3...

Thanks rmr9! That's an easy sell for me, I love Munich II.

Hi all, looking to brew my first altbier in the near future. I cobbled together the below recipe, which appears to be pretty much down the middle of the fairway based on my research into others' recipes. I'm really all over the place on the yeast selection - I keep waffling back and forth...

That sounds great, I love Krush hops. I actually just did a spin on a Pacific Ale (e.g. Stone & Wood), 60 Pilsner / 40 white wheat, all Nectaron hops at 20, 10 and Whirlpool. Fermented with BRY-97, about 5.1% ABV. Has been perfect for these hot, muggy summer days in the northeast. Highly recommend.

Love this grist too, it's classic and plays well with just about any hop combo you can throw at it. Cheers.

Thanks all - think I'll brew this in the next few weeks after some travel: HOME BREW RECIPE: Title: Deck Sipper 2.0 (Centennial/Chinook APA) Brew Method: All Grain Style Name: American Pale Ale Boil Time: 75 min Batch Size: 5.5 gallons (fermentor volume) Boil Gravity: 1.040 Efficiency: 72%...

I will forever be a sucker for a great C-hop combo. I peeled back the Vienna to 1 lb to be closer to a 90/10 split with the pilsner (the grain bill above was from a pale ale I brewed in the winter when I wanted a little more heft to the malt character).

Bravo, looks spectacular! Instead of my usual 60/20/10/DH schedule, I'm thinking about a 60 and a 15 followed by a big hopstand at 170. How does this look to you? Trying to experiment with pushing more of my hops away from the boil but I'm always a little uncertain as to how post-boil hops will...

Hi all - curious what your current hopping schedules are for a basic APA. I've always brewed a classic (outdated?!) 60/20/10/0/DH schedule, but sometimes feel like distinct characteristics get "crowded" with such a skew towards hot side additions. Thinking about doing a simple Pils/Vienna malt...

That's sound advice. Thanks John!

Imperial A01 house, and I had hit FG by the time of kegging (1.010). Really don't think it kept fermenting but I suppose it's not impossible! Time will tell.