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Ive brewed this with Amer Ale II Wyeast 1272 and London ESB now and prefer the Amer Ale II over the London ESB by far. My next batch will be using the Amer Ale II again. BBB

My recipe does not use rye but is different in a few ways, 37% Best Malz Pilsen malt vs 20%, 22% 2 Row Rahr Pale Malt vs 49%, the flaked corn and the munich is about the same but the flaked barley is 13% vs 5%. I also used Carafoam instead of the Crystal and yes the Cluster hops vs the NB and...

I mashed at 154 for this recipe for 60 min and also do a 90 min boil. Don't forget to compensate for the longer boil in your water calcs.

Wow, just read all the negativity here. The State Fair folks are the ones who have held this up not the Barons or Mike Rice who is a bit of a joker, Im guessing he was joking when he talked about the tone of the email. BTW everybody who judged, stewarded and coordinated this competition...

Try out the link below, this is the mash method I used for my Oberon like brew. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/wiki/index.php/Decoction_mash#Enhanced_Double_Decoction It does take a few more hours to brew but it helps to have a few extra brew pots, (I have 2 - 5 gal ss gal pots and use two...

I am not waiting 4 months to taste this. I brewed this April 10th and I must say hats off to your recipe. :mug: One of my best brews to date. The only substitution I made was regular US 2 Row Pale instead of Marris Otter and I used Amer Ale II yeast. 70% US 2Row Pale - Rahr 23%...

Thanks for all the suggestions on brewing an Oberonlike beer. I am now tasting what turned out to be a great brew, although next time I will cut back on the dry hopping amounts from 1.5 oz to 1.0 oz and duration from 5 days to 3 days. I did a decoction that brought my efficiency up to 82%...

Thanks to all who have shared their efforts to date. I've been through 3 recipes before this one. Below is the recipe I used for a Spotted Cowlike Cream Ale that took 1st Place in the 2011 Wis State Fair in the Light Hybrid category. First time I tried Cluster hops and the results were...

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A late update on this batch which had a few issues that affected my batch. First the addition of the Orange Extract was not as expected. The beer turned very cloudy when I added it and the taste was not very real, kinda fake orange. The beer got better with age but was not my best effort by...

The original recipe uses US 2 Row Pale Malt and US White Wheat Malt. Wayne has suggested if you wish to tweak the original recipe you can substitute Vienna for the regular 2 Row. I am cracking a keg of this variation this weekend. I used regular White Wheat Malt not the Weyermann Pale. I also...

I would suggest a few things... First preheat your mash tun with some hot water for about 10 minutes with the cover on. Then pour that out right before you start the first water addition to get to 154F. My Beersmith software says that initial infusion water volume is about 14 Qts at 170F to get...

To clarify Wayne suggested starting with the ratio that the original Blue Moon was deigned at. 3:1 is the ratio of corriander to orange peel but the approx equivalent amount for a 5 gal batch is 1oz ground corriander for the last 10 minutes of boil and 0.3 oz of ground sweet valencia orange...

I came in second place in the Dark Lager category with a Dunkel Lager losing out in that category to the eventual Overall BOS winner which was also a Dunkel Lager. I am also anxious to see the score sheets.

HI Wayne, I guess I have to ask again about your note above... 1.25 tsp is quite a bit less than 1.25 oz. Are you saying that the spice amounts you used in your 15bbl batch were too much and you have scaled it back or is the corriander amount supposed to be 1.25 oz instead of tsp.? The batch...

sorry 4 teaspoons not tablespoons orange extract and checking the bottle just about 0.5 fl oz out of what was a 2.8 fl oz bottle not 2 oz as I thought earlier.

Hi ekjohns: I have to refer to Wayne's original ratios that work out to approx 0.75oz of Corriander and 0.26 oz of Sweet Valencia Orange Peel for a 5.25 gal batch. Granted to scale down to a 5 gal batch from what Wayne was brewing is not always linear but the ratios start there for a 5 Gal...

Patience my friend. I have found that most of my beers taste better the longer I leave them in the keg to a point. The last few glasses seem to be the best from the keg. :mug: BrewNinja: Thanks for catching that. If I recall, Wayne's original large batch amount scaled down to about 0.6...

Thanks ekjohns, I am using Nilo's version of Wayne's original recipe with the Vienna substitution suggestion from Wayne's post #188 with less Crystal 40L. I just got a great deal on a 55# sack of Weyermann Vienna so Im going to try this out using Vienna as well as the additional Flaked Oats...