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5 gallons of a Summer Ale Grains of paradise and lemon zest. Used Notthingham yeast with 5# Pilsen Malt, 3.5# white wheat, 1# flaked wheat with .5 oz carapils. 1.5 oz Hallertau for 60 and 1 oz of the same for 5 min. 5 gallons of a Belgian IPA 7.5# Pilsen Malt, 4.75# pale malt, 1# sugar...

Update: Been kegged since 3-8 and there's a lot going on with this hop. Gonna let this sit another week before the hops start shining more. Tons of citrus notes and the aroma is upfront and personal to say the least. I have to let it sit a bit longer for it to "mature". I think I've pulled 6...

@gixxer No worries. I don't worry about thread jacking. It's like a round table discussion in my eyes. We are letting a conversation develop and learn. I like that! Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

New hop schedule thanks to the discussion. .25 Magnum FWH .5 oz Cascade 20 min 1 oz Citra for 15 .5 oz Cascade 10 min 1 oz Citrra 5 min More of a pale ale now rather than an IPA @ 37 IBU

@dcarter I can say I can build it for $50 but it's a bit confusing if I don't share the details. So don't reply if you leave it open ended. An idea on sanitizing is to add the sanitizer to the conical and add water. That way you are getting the valves and not struggling with a spray bottle.

@dcarter I can say I can build it for $50 but it's a bit confusing if I don't share the details. So don't reply if you leave it open ended. An idea on sanitizing is to add the sanitizer to the conical and add water. That way you are getting the valves and not struggling with a spray bottle.

Thanks Yooper and everyone in on the discussion. I've done 2 fwh so far and moved my 20 minute hop addition to fwh. I still added my bittering for 60 min and not to fwh. What I like is that it appears there are no set rules and just try different things. I'm drinking an oak IPA right now that...

Yooper, can you give an example of a first wort hop schedule you've used in the past along with your specific hop etc? That might answer my question along with some questions by others. Thanks ahead of time! Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Just after I posted my message I used my Brew Pal app on my phone and entered the 4 ounces, 3 and 2 using FWH. My bittering hop at 60 min is .25 oz of Magnum. 2oz of Cascade and Citra combined is 44 ibu, 3 oz is 61 ibu, 4 oz is 77 ibu. I think I'll go from there and decide what I want to do...

Question on FWH. Looked and couldn't find the answer I was hoping to find. I'm an all grain brewer. I've FWH 2 times now but used only 1-1.5 oz to FWH. I'm gonna do a citra/cascade IPA. Hop additions if I wasn't gonna do a fwh are as follows: .25 oz magnum for 60 .5 oz Citra for 20 .5 oz...

Update: Changed the dry hop with 1 oz Mosaic hops for 7 days. Gravity was 1.012. I'm expecting it to finish 1.010 or just a bit lower. Will keg on March 8. Sample tastes different from anything I've tasted. Floral, some citrus so far. Nothing like what I've read about blueberries or bubble...

I've used the same grain bill with different hops. Recently I used .375 oz of Columbus for 60 and 1 oz cascades fwh, .5 oz Columbus for 20 and a different yeast- bry 97. I will update with pics and tasting notes after kegging. It's fermenting right now as I brewed it feb 15. Sent from my...

This grain bill is a perfect balance for an APA and I will not vary from this one for my pale ale's. 10# NW Pale Ale Malt 1.5# Munich malt .5# White wheat malt .5# Dingemanns Belgian Caravienne Malt 8L .5# 20 L Caramel malt Mashed for 60 min @ 152 F in 5 gall. h20, added 1 tsp calc...

Brewed this on 1-12. Took 36 hours to get going. Vigorous fermentation for 6-7 days and then nothing. Haven't taken a hydrometer reading but will tomorrow.

Great article! Question: If my temperature adjusted gravity is 1.038 and I am aiming for 1.050, do I need to add more dme, sugar, honey etc to raise it to 1.050 or will that raise me to 1.062?