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I have a couple recipes that call for IREKS malt that I want to try out. I was able to find this place: https://smallbatchbrewtique.com/ They appear to be based out of Oklahoma. I haven't ordered yet so I can't speak to the customer service or quality, but I'm probably gonna give them a try...

Homebrew IPA

Look forward to hearing your results. Never had the commercial beer, but it sounds like something I would like and something I would brew.

How did you come up with your grain bill? Did you base it on anything you were able to learn about how the brewery makes the beer, or did you wing it based on your experience with the beer? Just curious.

Thanks Denny. It was probably 2 months after I won the kit that I brewed it, and there were 3 containers of "Northern Brewer Gold Malt Syrup." One thing I noticed right away because the extract is packaged in clear milk type jugs, is that one of the 3 was significantly darker than the other...

I had a similar experience. 1.072 and petered out at 1.024. Problem was, I've gotten so cocky with my fermentation process, I didn't bother to check the gravity until I was already transferring to a keg. Now I had to re-pitch in the keg. Once it finishes up, I'm going to transfer to another...

I'm wanting to clone the Route Des Épices as well.

That's what I suspected. Thanks for the quick reply. In the interim I did go out and check the kegs for leaks with some Gas Leak Detector solution and found nothing.

When I put beer in kegs to store, I put 10lbs. of pressure on the beer (uncarbonated) to store, but I notice that within 12 hours if I reapply pressure it takes in the pressure. I can't identify any leaks in my kegs and it seems to happen with every keg I have. Do you think this is due to the...

Completely 100% normal fermentation. Maybe was a bit slow to start (sounds like you may have started your starter too soon. 12 - 18 hours ahead is plenty), but otherwise normal.

So, did you brew the beer? How did it go? I'm planning to brew it Saturday and I'm interested to hear how your brew went. I have a RIMS system, so I'm al little curious about how the mash and sparge will go with the pumpkin in (or on) the grain bed. Cheers. Ken.

Have you tried Oskar Blues G'Knight (previously Gordon Ale)? This beer has a nice resiny hop nose and character. As you mentioned this achieved with Columbus hops. There is a big charge of Columbus with 10 minutes left in the boil. There is an excellent podcast with recipe at http://...

This kit was a freebie to me and I'm brewing it tomorrow. When I looked at what's included and the target numbers they give you, I noticed right away that this wasn't going to add up. I also wanted to double this to a 10 gallon batch, so I bought the extra ingredients including additional...

You can find a great podcast discussion regarding a Night Owl clone here: http://thebrewingnetwork.com/shows/627 It's towards the end of the podcast. Something like the last 20 minutes or so if you don't want to listen to the rest. Good luck!