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Green Flash West Coast IPA

5 gal Old Ale 5 gal Oktoberfest 7087

Caveman, I think you are going to be right on. When sampling my beer right before bottling I had a faint hoppiness, but the sweetness was definitely powerful. At least I had good color and I learned how to use a blowoff valve. It's bottled and will age for a few weeks before I test it. I'll...

Thanks, aiptasia! I thought I had done my homework, but I guess I missed some details. I didn't really get into the fermentable versus non-fermentable sugars. I appreciate the insight and I'll definitely check the recipe threads. I am gonna bottle and see what I get. Either way it's a...

In my first attempt at a non-kit extract brew I decided to do an Old Ale. Here is the breakdown: 5 gallon batch Briess Specialty Dark LME 6.6 lbs Briess Pilsner DME 3lbs 2oz Mt. Hood Hops 5.8% @ 60 min Safbrew S-33 yeast My estimated OG using iBrewMaster was 1.062 with a 1.011 FG for a nice...