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I picked up a Griffen Claw (small brewery in Birmingham, MI) sampler pack awhile back and it contained El Rojo, a red ale. I fell in love with it. I then had it again on tap this past weekend and want to brew something like it. It's a rich, malty red with very little detectable bitterness (too...

I'll take a code too! Thank you!

Thanks. I guess you live and learn. Oh well, I am sure it's still beer, and hopefully drinkable beer to. All I spent on it was about $14 for some grains as I had the hops. What I found interesting is when I made a starter (using Mr. Malty) for the ~# month old WLP380, it went like normal...

I figured I overpitched like crazy. I don't have high hopes for the beer, just wanted to try something different. I never pitched right onto a yeast cake before either, so I didn't know if I should have removed some or not. I was able to get the wort down to about 75ish and the basement is about...

I just brewed a dampfbier last night and pitched onto a WLP380 yeast cake from a roggenbier I made 2 weeks ago. When I made the roggenbier I had a lag time of about 3 hours, which was the fastest I have ever had. I am normally in the 12-24 hour range, even 36 hours occasionally. So, last...

Hi everyone, I took a little hiatus from brewing due to busy life and wanting to shed a couple of pounds. Anyways, I brewed a really good American amber/red not to long ago and it's still in the keg. I just brewed a roggenbier (13.5 hour brew day stuck sparge extravaganza!) last week. I am can't...

Thanks smithmd4 Ok, so I decided to toss out the rye and make a more classic Brown. Boil Size: 7.34 gal Post Boil Volume: 6.24 gal Batch Size (fermenter): 5.50 gal Bottling Volume: 5.05 gal Estimated OG: 1.049 SG Estimated Color: 20.0 SRM Estimated IBU: 24.1 IBUs Brewhouse...

Updated OP with hops and yeast info. Thanks, Smithmd4! I am going to send an email to the LHBS to see if they carry the chocolate rye (hopefully they do). I came up with a another version this morning before work (dont have the brewsmith info). I think it went pretty similar to this...

Hello everyone! Its been to long since my last brew session (I hate you life :)), but I have an empty keg that needs filling. This is my second self recipe :rockin:. I plan on brewing next weekend and having it ready by Christmas. I havn't brewed a brown in the last few years and I have been...

Mashing this right now! I was going to brew last weekend but my lhbs was closed :( I have a super busy weekend so its a lonely but relaxing night time brew session. Hoping to have this on tap for the fourth. Will compliment my Black Rye IPA.

So I updated my recipe for the umpteenth time and settled on following. 9 lb - Pale 2-Row (US) (63.2%) 2 lb 4 oz - Rye Malt (15.8%) 1 lb - Wheat Malt (7.0%) 1 lb - Carafa III - Dehusked (7.0%) .5 lb - Caramel/Crystal 20L (3.5%) .5 lb - Caramel/Crystal 40L (3.5%) HOPS: 0.7 oz -...

Ok, Thanks. So I switched out the cascade for .5 oz of Simicoe for 60 min which would give me 21 IBU's. I also upgraded the hops schedule, just playing around a bit. HOPS: 0.5 oz - Simicoe - 60 min - 21.0 IBU 1 oz - Citra - 15 min - 19.2 IBU 1 oz - Amarillo - 10 min - 10.0 IBU 1 oz - Citra - 5...

Hello, So I have about 10 or so brews under my belt and really want to formulate a recipe myself instead of using others and tweaking it. So I am in the mood to make a Black Ipa and decided to also use rye. Could you please review and let me know your critiques and such. Thanks! Brew...

I suspected mold because the color of it and showed a pic to a friend who is experienced. Plus I Cooled the starter outside in the snow (and the sanitized aluminum foil kinda blew off. But I looked at it this morning and the spots are gone and its just covered with little normal looking bubbles...

Well I think its mold. It's spreading. I will wait it out another day, but if it fails, should I pick up 2 packets for the beer. The OG is 1.078. Yea I get all my ingredients from CNC. Been to the brew day last summer. It was a blast and was awesome to watch others technique as I am still a new...