Recent content by JimX

Thank you GilSwillBasementBrews to be honest it had crossed my mind but never really gave it much consideration or looked into it in attempts to avoid more steps to my brew process. But it seems it is an option I might need to consider and would definitely make an impact, so I might try at least...

Here's a screenshot of the last 2 brewed in regards to efficiency. The 9 gallon is a hefe and the 13 gallons a medium brown ale.

Below is the brewstand and 2nd pic is my cold room kept at a constant 65-66°

I will try to answer these in short direct answers and to the best of my knowledge so please bare with me if something sounds off or incorrect. I say we go for it and brew up a decent barleywine. -bitter: between 40-45 IBU sounds good. -my current efficiency seems to be all over the place but...

Thanks bobbrews and chikypad with the inputs, I am definitely considering all options.

No crystal malts here so you got me curious, if you care to elaborate on this bobbrews.

Well I guess I have narrowed it down to (although still very broad range) simple ales, reds, light browns, I'd say in the 4-22 SRM range, with ABV of 5-7% and IBU between 15-45. Like I said....broad range haha

Thank you theheadonthedoor, in fact I have been dying to make a barleywine but don't have any crystal malts or maris otter and thought I needed at least one of those.

Right on thank you Brewsncrabs I think I am going to try that out just for fun, see how it turns out.

Ok so basically I am simply limited to mainly English ales, American ales, and German hef's then, ok that's not too bad, still a pretty good selection then. And yes you are correct chickypad at assuming the 06, that was my mistake in typing quickly, didn't spell it out. The main problem in...

Thank you LexusChris and GilSwillBasementBrews....but what do I do or better yet how do I build some sort of a recipe out of the specific ingredients I have on hand. The reason I ask is because this is ALL we have available to us where we are located there are no other options. :(

Hello all, I am wondering if there is a program out there that can tell you possible recipes based on the ingredients you have in stock. For instance if I input my... Grains in stock as: 2row, German Pilsner Malt, White Wheat Malt, Roasted Barley, and Flaked Barley. Hops as: Fuggles...

Hello all, I am wondering if there is a program out there that can tell you possible recipes based on the ingredients you have in stock. For instance if I input my... Grains in stock as: 2row, German Pilsner Malt, White Wheat Malt, Roasted Barley, and Flaked Barley. Hops as: Fuggles...