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Actually the OG will be around 25P, mash thickness will be around 1.3qts/lb. The proportions are these: Pale Ale - 53% Munich - 10% Roasted Barley - 4.2% Chocolate - 3.8% Pale Chocolate - 7% C60 - 5% C120 - 4% Special B - 2% Oats - 11% Can you recommend some other software that would maybe...

Well I have around 13% roasted malts and 12% crystal so that is why my pH is really low.

I brewed a couple of RIS but only recently water started capturing my attention. I want to brew another RIS and i have the following water profile: pH: 7.8, Ca: 100ppm, Cl: 20ppm, SO4: 200ppm, Alkalinity: 80ppm. Dont know the Sodium content or other info. The thing is that after I get the info...

Well what I was looking to find out is wether or not those hops which I add at 60min will impart bitterness also in whirpool or all those volatile oils will vanish during the boil.

So, I know that adding hops late (let's say in the final 5 minutes) will impart bitterness also in whirpool if the temperature is high. My question is (probably a dumb one): if I add the hops at the begining of the boil (60min), will it impart the same bitterness when I whirpool as the hops...

Hi, I plan on dry hopping for the first time during fermentation (or once the fermentation is about over, on day 3-4). The problem is that I have a large plastic bucket for fermentation, like this one: https://brouwlandprod-yappa.netdna-ssl.com/image/fancy/products-0176305.jpg and the...

Ohh. Ok. Well I adjusted the recipe a bit. I am also looking for a balance between the crystal and black malt 14.33lbs pale ale 71.5% 0.77 caramunich 3.9% 0.77 caraaroma 3.9% 1lb chocolate 5.1% 1lb roasted barley 5.1% 0.45 carafa 2.2% 1.3lb flaked oats 6.6% 0.45 special B 2.2%

From what I read cararoma and special b are a bit different so why wouldn't they work?

Nobody? Should I scale down Caraaroma to 3.5% and raise Caramunich to 3.5%?

Preparing to brew a RIS and I was wondering what you guys think about the recipe: 14.33lbs pale ale 73% 0.45 caramunich 2.2% 1lb caraaroma 5.1% 1lb chocolate 5.1% 1lb roasted barley 5.1% 0.45 carafa...

What about Special B? Ever tried it in a IS? I would like some really light plum notes.

In this case I will use .5 roasted barley. Should I add the 0.4 that i've cut from roasted barley to the oats and use 1.4 of those?

Yeah, the mash tun is a bit of a problem, I have a 7 gallon one. But It's my 2nd IS, the first one was also a big one and although I had some problems the OG and FG were almost spot on. Acutally I don't want a strong roast flavor i'd like a 50/50 roast(coffee) and chocolate.

After many hours this is my final recipe. Do you think it's enough dark malt for a nice chocolate/coffee taste and aroma? My predicted OG will be 1.100. Also looking for that creamy/viscous mouthfeel. 6.5kg Pale Malt 300g CaraMunich 250g Carafa 300g Chocolate 400g Roasted Barley 450g...

That's what I actually did. And subsituted CaraPils with CaraMunich 7.5kg Pale Malt 300g CaraMunich 300g Carafa 300g Chocolate 350g Roasted Barley 500g Rye Flakes 300g Flaked Oats Yeah, I'm afarid about the stuck sparge. I can't find rice hulls here in Romania for sale so I will...