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My all-grain session yesterday lasted from around noon until 4:30. And that includes cleaning up and setting up my Igloo cube fermentation cooler. It's still in the 90's here in CFL and my barn has a tin roof so I have to keep it cool. After a few sessions it gets easier. Something crazy always...

I've used an iodine solution before and there was defined iodine funk to the brews. I ditched that method and bought some Star San. Problem solved.

Yesterday I decided to brew another batch of Pale Ale. I use EW's recipe with a slight variation. Anyway I decided to use some yeast I had saved from my last batch of Pale Ale. I had three twelve oz. Sam Adams bottles with harvested yeast. The plan was to pour them into the carboy before I...

Well I brewed another batch a week ago. I used all the ingredients as listed and added 4 oz. of honey malt. I plan on checking it today to see if it's finished, although I will probably wait until next weekend to bottle it. An extra week only seems to make it better. I just loves me some Haus...

Thanks for the comments. I just went out and checked on my brew and it's bubbling away very contently. I'm keeping my glass carboy in an Igloo cube cooler with a foam lid and submersed in water to keep the temps around 60 degrees. Now that the temps here in FL are a bit cooler I won't have to...

I used 4 oz. of honey malt on my last AG and it really was yummy, seems to add a bit of head retension??

I'm brewing my third AG recipe today and decided to experiment with a recipe of my own. I have made EdWort's Haus Ale twice with great results and I will be using the batch sparge method like he calls for. My recipe is as follows: 4# Rahr 2-row 4# Maris Otter 1# Vienna Malt 1# Victory Malt...

It went very well today. Beer's now in the fermentor in my shop. I have a 60 qt. Igloo Cube that it resides in and I keep a couple of 16 oz. bottles of ice in it to keep the temps down. Right after I put the airlock on we had a nice evening shower that cooled things off a bit. My guess is that...

Kool, that looks like the ticket. I'll try that next time. Thanks for the quick reply.

851 + 5 = 856 Just doughed-in also.:mug:

Today I am brewing EW's Haus Pale Ale. This will be my second AG batch and I botttled and saved the yeast cake. So I took one out of the frodge and shook it up to mix the trub with the beer that was seperated from it and decided I needed to bleed off some pressure. Well... it was a yeast foam...

Prof. Frink, I think I'll wait till next Saturday before kegging it, as I'll probably bottle a few and I don't want any bombs. Hey, I grew up with a bunch of Frinks over in Bladen County, NC.:mug:

Last Sunday I brewed my first AG beer which is EW's Hause Pale Ale. It has been fermenting in an Igloo Cube at 66-70F and today I did an SG reading and it looks to be fermented out at around 1.012. I started with an OG of around 1.048 so I'm guessing this one's about done. I drank the beer from...

After I had all my wort in my keggle it took about 30-40 minutes to come to a boil. It was hot out, but I brewed under my car port in the shade. I rolled my flats boat out onto the driveway so I'd have some room. I'll take some pic's next time.

Had my first all grain brew day yesterday. I made Ed Worts' Haus Pale Ale with a small twist. I substituted the 1/2 lb of 10L Malt for 1/4 lb. of Honey Malt & 1/4 lb. of 60L Malt. I found out after I made the switch that I actually had some 15L Malt but what the heck. I also substituded the last...