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Thanks for the advise. Do you think I need to add a bit of cara pils. Some brown ales seem a little thin and lack body ?

Looking to brew my first all grain nutty amber ale. What is your take on my grain bill ? 5 Gallon batch 7.3 lbs 2 Row 0.9 lbs Cara munich Type 3 (C60) 0.4 lbs Belguim Coffee Malt 0.4 lbs Cara aroma (C115) 0.44 lbs Cara pils I'll ferment with Nottingham dry yeast and lightly hop with Fuggles...

I've stuck it under the "revenue stamp" that goes over the lid. Thought I'd loop a string around the neck of the bottle it may look neater than an elastic band. The only thing ill change is some of the text on the "toe tag" for every brew and possibly print the " toe tag" on different color...

Was getting tiered of washing labels off my bottles so overhauled my labels and brewery. Thanks for all the tips I picked up from this thread. The elastic band will be replaced by a string.

Ed that looks awesome !! Love it. Was leaning towards a keezer but I'm sold on the look of you refrigerator. Well done ! Post more pics, sides and inside setup.

Thanks for the great advise. Happy brewing.

Just curious what's your thoughts of lagering in the primary !

The beer was sitting at 73. Think ill drop the temp down for a couple more days before a D rest the lager.

Used it in a honey blonde ale I must admit did not enjoy the fruity undertones very much. Fermentation temp was admittedly a bit on the high side.

My lager has been fermenting for 8 days with perfect temp control. Measured the gravity last night it was at 1.004 Came home from work today and the kids had unplugged the fridge. Temp was sitting at 73 ! Not sure for how many hours. What do you guys think is the best way forward ? Drop temp...

Thanks Patrick. Took your advise and had a listen to a pod cast of the Jamil show on the brewing network about brewing Pilsners . It was very informative and helpful. I plan to brew another pilsner very soon. Would like to nail down the style as I think it could be a lovely base for other...

Thanks for the response will follow advise. Btw I also use metric system here in South Africa and follow forum with 3 conversion charts in front of me, hilarious to see ! I quoted gallons to accommodate the majority of the members. Happy brewing. Btw could the high level of carapils account...

I forgot to add that I needed to add 0.5 gallons of water into the fermenter to get me to a 5 gallon batch as my boil pot is not big enough to hold 5 gallons. Could the watering down have caused the OG ?

Hi brewers. After many extract brews tried my hand at all grain. The lager grain bill I used was 65% pilsner malt and 35% carapils. It's been fermenting for 3 weeks in a refrigerator and temperature control has been spot on. The beer tastes clean, crisp, well hopped but is VERY thin and lacks...

Thanks for all the advice brewers. Gonna let it ride maybe bottle it in two weeks and let it age for maybe four weeks and see what we have. A lesson learnt either way. Next project a sweet chocolate stout, loving this hobby !