Recent content by Rokcrawlr

chickypad, thanks for the reply. Yes, This is my first attempt at an APA. I will play around with the hops. I am flexible on yeast and I am open to any style beer. I would like to use up the Carastan, Bonlander and Aromatic, but am not sure what to do with them. Any suggestions are welcome.

This is what I came up with so far Batch Size: 5.00 gal Estimated OG: 1.055 SG Estimated Color: 9.1 SRM Estimated IBU: 41.3 IBU 67% 2 row 10% Carastan 10% Bonlander 10% Pilsner 5% Carapils .5 oz Centennial 60 .5 oz Centennial 45 .5 oz Chinook 20 1 oz Cascade 0 .5 oz Chinook 0

I am going to brew this weekend and would like suggestions. I brew all grain 5 gallon batches. This is the grain and hops I have on hand now. ****mods if this is the wrong place, move or delete, thanks*** Malt 2 row 40 lbs Pilsner 7 lbs Carastan 8 lbs Munich .5 lbs Bonlander 6.5 lbs Melanoiden...

I think this would be the closest. http://www.beergrains.com/120l-caramel-malt-briess/

I figured out the reason for the high FG, bad thermometer. I mashed in at a higher temp than i thought. Best I can tell, I mashed in at 160*. Still a great beer, just low ABV. I am going to try it again in a few days. Thanks again Mystic for the awesome recipe! :mug: :beer:

Just had my first glass. Great recipe! This was my first all grain brew, my OG was 1.060. I left it in the primary for 28 days at 65* then racked it to a keg. Final gravity was high at 1.020. Not sure why. I followed the recipe, but used Safale-05. I did not rehydrate the yeast. Could this be...

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Just received my kit with 1/2 price keg, could definitely use another keg! :beer: