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We were scheduled for 1-3 here in NVA. Right now we have 5 and its snowing balls to the wall.

For a 5g batch, :mug:I like to use 1 1/4 oz of Hallertauer (around 3.5%) at 45 mins. Puts me right around 14 IBUS.

How much Tabasco are you using?:cross:

+1 I do the same thing. Works great.

Yea my recipe has lots of Pils, Munich and Vienna with a touch of CaraMunich. I was thinking a maybe 3-4oz of cara-red or melanoidin might give it a slightly more red/amber hue.

Looking to make an Oktoberfest recipe have more of a red tint. Would you use Melanoidin or Cara-red? I've never used either one so just looking for opinions.:mug:

That was my thought since I will not be doing a decoction. I've seen plenty of award winning helles recipes with munich in them. what percentage of munich did you use? am I in the neighborhood? Thanks for all your comment everyone.:rockin:

Let me know what you think of this Helles recipe.... Type: All Grain Date: 1/1/2000 Batch Size: 5.25 gal Brewer: Jay Allred Boil Size: 6.43 gal Asst Brewer: Boil Time: 90 min Equipment: Snowman Hunter Brewery Taste Rating(out of 50): 35.0 Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.00...

Made a starter for a Rauchbier last thursday. Then I had to go out of town for an unexpected funeral. The started had been on the stirplate for 24 hour. I placed it in the fridge and havent touched it yet. Thinking about brewing again tomorrow. Is it safe to used this starter?

I have an 8 gallon mini brew. I stuck my IC in the fermeter and used a couple of stoppers to seal up the threaded fittings on the lid, then pumped ice water from a cooler through the coils with a submessible aquarium pump. Work pretty well. Was fairly easy to maintain 55 degrees in my 68...

-1 to this. Somebody didnt read the whole post. 14 days primary. admitedly too short of d-rest, unfortunately had to go out of town unexpectedly "5 WEEKS" Lagering at 39 degrees. I was looking for some tips or pointers. If I wanted a scolding I would have talked to SWMBO!

Yes it was racked after 14 days and a 1 day d-rest. I will pull it out of the fridge and let it sit for a coule of days and see what that does.

I brewed a Maibock (wyeast munich lager), and after it had reached 90% I gave it a short d-rest. it has been lagering at 39 for almost 5 weeks. I took a sample today and there is a major diactyl flavor. I think my d-rest may not have been long enough (1 day at 70). I was thinking of raising...

I would have thought it was just some krausen but the sample port on the conical is in the bottom third of the fermenter, well below the top of the beer.

So I brewed a Midwest Alt extract kit on friday, and everything went great. Didnt see any activity in the air lock after 24 hours so I took a sample from the port (Minibrew 8 gal fermeter) and the gravity had dropped from an O.G. of 1.046 to 1.030. Today i decided to check the progress and...

a Williams extract kit. Belgian Harvest Ale

I'm brewing with a conical for the first time. After transfering the wort I let it sit for 45 minutes, dumped what little trub there was and then pitched. Fermentation started within 24 hours and was very active for 4 days. I decided to open the dump valve again (after sanitizing it) and dump...

Hello all, new to the forum. I will be brewing an all extract kit this weekend. I plan on using my new minibrew conical for the first time. The kit instructions call for fermetation temos of 60-65 but my basement is only 72. Is this to high to ferment my brew properly? any ideas on how to...