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Thanks for all the input. Hopefully it will mellow out with a little age. I like a little wheat in my lighter side pale ales, thats just how I have been rolling... I fermented this one at 65 and I like the little complexity that I get from 1212. Plus, I think it drops out faster than 1056...

Hi- I have been trying to make a light IPA since before I had grey hair and have never been able to get it quite right. Most recently we made one on 9/10/13, and it is nearly undrinkable. It is wicked dank, spicy, pungent, with a touch of citrus. The pours continue to have too much...

I was worried that the whirfloc would add something undesirable. OH and it was covered the whole time... The room had this great smell while I was not paying attention., but the final beer had lost that wonderful aroma. I just took a gravity from the final batch at 1.055. So I think I was...

Hi- Was making Jamils oatmeal stout recipe and things were pretty much right on track until I decided to wait before cooling and transferring to my carboy. I started a whirlpool and decided to let it sit for about an hour to take care of something else. When I got back I realized that the...

Well, this turned out to be quite the freak, not really what I had in mind, but excellent none the less. In addition to the above recipe, I dry hopped several ounces of the homegrown hops. OG 1.053 -> 1.002. When young, it smelled and tasted like a battle between the Wy3711 and the citrusy...

Thanks- I was looking for some of that resin dankness from the CTZ. Maybe I will swap the amarillo for some CTZ then. Appreciate the insight!

Thanks! I figured that by spreading them out in the last 20 minutes in small doses I would be able to keep the bitterness reasonable and get big hop flavor/aroma...

Hi- I am planning on brewing up an American IPA this weekend and am looking for some input. I know that my efficiency is pretty poor, but this plan is inline with what I typically yield when adding alot of hops. I have never brewed with Apollo but understand that it is similar to CTZ...

Thanks every one. I use a new thermapen that came with a certificate. I will check it against boiling H2O to see if it is really calibrated. I guess that I did not realize that mash temp has that big of an effect on the final gravity. I figured that it was more of a fine point rather than...

Lately I have been getting extremely low final gravities and am looking for suggestions as to what might be going on. A couple of batches have tasted thin and lacking in flavor/body. Recently, they have tasted fine, but I am getting crazy high attenuation based on the yeast’s ranges. A lot of...

Holy Citra! I followed the recipe- OG 1.055, FG 1.005 with pacman yeast. I dont think I have ever had anything like this before- the tropical mango thing is totally over the top! Great recipe- I was concerned about only using late additions, but it is perfectly balanced. I could smell this...

To follow up on my question. The yeast was fine and the beer turned out awesome. Pacman is beastly. Took my porter from 1.051 to 1.008 in 5 days! 83% attenuation. Very clean fermentation at 62 deg.

Thanks- The starter is cranking so I think I will go with it. I was just wondering if anyone else has noticed that pacman forms a different cake than some other strains. The consistency seemed different from chico, which is my normal yeast...

Hi- I recently washed and jared some packman from a pale ale. After being in the fridge a few weeks, I took some out today to pitch into a starter than I plan on pitching tomorrow. The cake at the bottom of the jars looks different from what I have seen with other yeasts. It was more of a...

Thanks- I think you are about right on the wet/dry ratio. Brewed it up last night- smelled and tasted like a nice APA. Looking forward to giving it a try.

Hi all- This is my first post here and I am interested in your thoughts on this off style "saison" that we are planning on brewing up tonight. Recently I had the pleasure of trying a LA chouffe houblon ipa and found it to be totally incredible. The way the American hops (Amarillo, and...