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excellent! Thank you so much for all the help! Ill be sure to post in a month or so and let you know how it turns out. You rock!

so with that in mind, looks like this: .25 nugget = 11.8 IBU .5oz simcoe = 25.6 IBU .25 centennial =10 IBU So if I add all that at 60 min, I should hit about 47.4 IBU. that would leave me: 1 oz citra 0.8 oz Amarillo 0.5 oz simco 0.25 oz centennial so I'm thinking toss in the...

Will the 6# maris otter get me around 1.060 for a 5 gal recipe @ 60 min boil?

I have a calculator via iBrewmaster app, but I am pretty much clueless about what I need to hit on it. What kind of IBU's am I shooting for to brew an APA?

Thanks chickypad! here's what I wound up going with: 8oz briess caramel steeped 20 min 3# maris otter DME (60 min) 1 oz simcoe hops (60 min) .25 oz nugget hops (45 min) 3# maris otter DME (15 min) 0.8 oz centennial (flameout) 0.8 oz Amarillo (dry hop) 1 oz citra (dry hop)- I used...

Got a few leftover ingredients in the beer cupboard- want to try to make a decent session(ish) beer out of them if possible. I have: 2 oz citra .8 oz Amarillo .8 oz centennial .25 nugget 1/2 pound briess caramel 40L 1 pack of wyeast 1056 American ale I am only set up for extract...

Now that is likely the most complete and concise answer I have ever received on a question! Thanks for the great info! I will use that formula moving forward and hopefully avoid any more issues. Thanks for the assist! Sent from my iPad using Home Brew

So I just made what I thought was going to be a 1.5L starter for my upcoming Pliny brew- I have always used a ratio of 5 cups of water to 1 cup DME and had pretty close to a 1.040 starter in the past. I don't check the OG of the starter every time, but tonight I used 10 cups of water and 2...

Can I simply take 2 Liters of wort from an extract brew and pitch a new vial of yeast into it to make another starter for a brew I will be doing a couple days later? I intend to put it on a stir plate for 24hrs and cold crash/decant. I wasn't sure what the hop content/flavor profile...

Thanks! Found a small leak on one of the unused QD's. Barely bubbled- and I checked every other connection and the release valves. Hope that gets it- Thanks again! Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

So I just opened up my keezer a minute ago and when I put my head in to attach a gas line I inhaled something that smelled/tasted like battery acid. It took my breath away and nearly made me black out! I checked all my connections with soapy water and no bubbles. Any idea what this could be...

I hit right at 1.071 after adding the water. I didn't take a reading pre addition so not sure what the difference was. I used a bit less than a gallon iirc- I just topped off to the 6 gal mark on my BK. Force carbed and tapped this yesterday. I haven't had the original but it is quite good...

I have had a 2L starter (Wyeast 1056) in the fridge for 3 days cold crashing, and now I have been delayed in my brew day. Is it ok to leave it in the fridge for another few days? Should I decant the liquid off and put it back in?

Thanks all! Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

That is pretty extensive! Not sure if I am wanting to take something of that magnitude on- and the keezer is coming along nicely right now. I didn't take a bunch of pics but here are a few- it's pretty much a direct descendent of jester's build I am sure you have all seen with a couple of mods...