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The BB Imperial IPA is a good beer. I dry hopped mine with 2oz of citra hops for 2 weeks and it was delicious after bottle conditioning for 4 weeks. Another thing to consider is conditioning time for high-gravity beers. Patience is key as they can take well over a month before they're ready to...

+1 I 've done a couple batches of hoppy wheat beer and they're great. Mine was inspired by Goose Island's Greenline which was created by their brewmaster as a half/half wheat/IPA.

My favorite method so far is to do a 60 min addition for most of the IBUs and then pile on the 15, 10, 5 and flame out additions. Dry hop with at least 2 oz for 14 days and drink as soon as possible. The dry hops tend to diminish quickly with age.

I wasn't so sure about the style either until I had on that a homebrew friend of mine made. It was a heavily Cascade-hopped BIPA and I really liked the sharpness of the dark malt with the bitter hops. Not sure what his grain bill was. Since then, I've really become a big fan of Uinta Dubhe...

If they were good quality, I would buy local in a heartbeat.

+1 for BrewPal Super clean interface and nice tools. I use the timers and built in style guidelines regularly.

+1 saving the amarillo for flavor/aroma. Seems like Magnum or Warrior would work as a Summit replacement.

As a first brew, I would recommend an extract kit. It may not sound as exciting as a partial mash or all grain but, trust me, you'll have your hands plenty full with extract your first time around. My first brew day was stressful as all hell and I'm glad I didn't have to worry about mash temps...

Ravenswood. Brew & Grow on Kedzie - I'm a little tired of their apparent lack of friendliness when it comes to questions about brewing. Brew & Grow on Morgan - so far, these guys are super friendly and eager to help. I'm usually there during the day and they are fairly slow and have time to...

This is a delicious beer. Seriously. Deep and dark with an incredible hops finish. Just wanted to say that. ::Drunk::

I've done about 10 BIAB recipes in an 8 gal and a 5 gal pot. I typically mash up to 12 lbs of grain in my 5 gal pot (right up to the top), dunk sparge in 3.5 gal of water in the 8 gal pot and then add the wort from the 5 to the 8, resulting in a 6.5 - 7 gal total boil (to allow for boil off and...

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I used Untapped for a month or so but ultimately found that I rarely used it. I guess an iPhone app is the last thing I'm thinking about when I'm enjoying a brew.

Bwahahaha! I get it every time!

Congrats on your first brew! 1.044 is a fairly light beer (by my standards, at least) so your description of watery might just be how that recipe is meant to be. Also, the lower the final gravity, the "thinner" the beer is in terms of mouthfeel. If I were you, I would enjoy your new brew and...

+1 I've use a lot of Sierra Nevada bottles and the labels come off themselves in an overnight soak of hot water and Oxy Clean.

Agreed!

You have a lot of bittering hops. Not necessarily a bad thing but you wont get much hop flavor or aroma. I'd push the hops to later in the boil and use the Citra last to take advantage of its unique citrus character. If it were me, I'd do something like this: 1oz Cascade @ 60 1oz Cascade @ 20...

+1 Sharpie on the cap When I give them away, I just tell them not to worry about what it is, just drink it.

Two Brothers Resistance IPA.