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is CMC Superior Pale Ale the base malt he uses in all of the beers? always wondered what he was using. love the color all of his beers have

how long are you keeping the coffee beans in the primary for with that first addition? the entire time?

i didn't do a late addition and it came out much darker and sweeter than expected. has great hop aroma from the dry hopping but its def missing the bitterness. Hopefully moving to partial mash on my next batch will alleviate some of those issues.

i emailed basicbrewing, will let you know if hear back about any updates

thanks for posting the basicbrewing podcast, makes me feel much better! i had actually listened to that before i started homebrewing but i guess it didn't really sink in until i listened to it again now. the one slight concern i still have is, and they mention it for a second on the podcast...

so if this is my recipe and i plan on only having around 2.5-3gal of water after combining the strike and sparge water, i should be ok with having approximately the same amount of estimated IBUs after topping off to 5gal? Type: Partial Mash Date: 1/26/2011 Batch Size: 5.00 gal Brewer: Scott...

glad to hear beersmith is wrong. so i shouldn't be worried that when i change the boil volume in beer smith from 5 gal to 3 that the IBUs go down in half? so if it says 110 at 5 gal it may be less at 3 gal but not the 65 ibus its telling me?

guess i need to plan on doubling the amounts of hops in the recipe i just put together for my first partial mash. Was most likely going to end up with around 2-2.5 gal of water post boil

and is it correct to say that once you dillute it to reach 5 gal your IBUs will be going down as well? say you did a 2.5 gal partial at 100 IBUs and then once topped up to 5gal it would be cut in half to 50?

1. if i up the carafa and crystal to .75 should i reduce the 2 row accordingly? 2. take the gravity reading after i combine the strike and sparge water? so if i'm below 1.081 i should mess with beersmith to see how much more extract i should add? 3. I was thinking of making a 4 gallon batch...

i was thinking of doing this as well. i have an electric stovetop and it barely gets 3 gal to a rolling boil, making doing all grain nearly impossible. was thinking of boiling at my girlfriend's as she has a gas stove and then driving it back to my place to ferment. It's only a ten min drive...

I posted this in the beginner's forum also, so if double posting isn't allowed i'll gladly delete one of them. I have two extracts under my belt, and one of them was with steeping specialty grains. looking to move on to partial mash. i want to try and make something similar to the Stone XI...

also should i hold off on adding any of the lme until 45 min in or do half at boil and half at 45? thanks

have two extracts under my belt, one of them was with steeping specialty grains. looking to move on to partial mash. want to try and make something similar to the Stone XI Anniversary Ale. Below is the recipe from Stone's: Stone 11th Anniversary Ale Recipe Grain Bill: 90% pale malt 5%...

trying to follow deathbrewer's method for partial mash. The problem is i have an electric stovetop and can barely get 3gal of water to a rolling boil. With my last batch of extract i did much better at around 2.5gal and topping off to 5gal. With his method, he used 2gal of water per 5-6lb of...