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Looking to make a big, fruity/citrusy IPA...Borderline Double IPA. Here is what I've got... 5.5 gal recipe 2 lbs pale 2 row 0.5 lb Cara-pils 0.5 lb British Medium Crystal Planning on mashing in muslin bag for 30 min @ 158F in 2.5 gallons of h2o Then rinsing in mesh strainer with 1 gallon of...

I do shop at the clear lake defalcos, I would love to go tonight but we are watching my niece cheer at the football game in cypress. Where do they show the event schedule for defalcos? I would like to try to make the next one.

Been lurking for awhile, recently started brewing. Attached is a picture of my first brew that became ready to drink a few days ago, an IPA that my local homebrew store helped me out together (extract). Since then I have learned a lot, picked up a few more fermenters and secondaries, and also...

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Pumpkin Beer is the kitties *******, 4 more weeks and mine will be ready to drink!!

Adding 1 lb of sugar will offset sweetness? If I wanted to up the OG, could I do a longer/bigger grain steep? What if i did a partial mash (my first) and steeped 4-6 lb of grain in 3 gallons and sparged with another 2.5-3 gallons, then added 3 lbs LME at first boil and the other 3 lbs toward...

What about my malt and specialty grains and sugar additions?

Primary 1 - Harvest Rasberry Ale Primary 2 - Pumpkin Ale Secondary 1 - Super Hopped IPA The Pumpkin goes to secondary in the next 4-5 days so I will be brewing a Stone IPA Clone more than likely

Forgot, it also came with 1 oz of Willamette and 1 oz of US Goldings... though I am not sure they will quite fit what I am trying to do.

I got a NB Irish Red Ale with some of my gear and don't really plan on brewing it because I won't drink 5 gallons of an Irish Red, so... I was thinking I would scavenge the LME and maybe the hops and use them to make an IPA. I wan't to make a fruity/citrusy/grapefruity big hoppy IPA. So...

what is a good brewing software to use? I assume you ended up more bitter by 25 IBU's?

haha, thanks for the info folks. All of me brews have been extract to this point, two of which has specialty grains. I will try the late extract addition on the next one, it's a Stone IPA clone which I plan to dry hop with a few oz of Amarillo Hops so the extra bitterness won't affect how I feel...

Cooked a batch of raspberry harvest ale, then cleaned the labels off of a dozen or so empties. Getting ready for bottling day next weekend.

Pitch Yeast

Very new to brewing, and just finished my 3rd brew day (I'll be bottling my first batch next week). I noticed tonight when I finished the boil and got the wort into the carboy that all of my beers are turning out pretty dark. First was an IPA that I added 4 oz. more hops to than the recipe...

FYI, I am about 55 degrees from pitching temp.

Out of curiosity, what should the starter taste like? I used White Labs WLP002, BSG Handcraft Muntons Dry Malt Hopped Light, and yeast food. I can't tell if the starter wort tastes hoppy or a bit sour or just like light flat beer....

good idea, I think I'll have a beer!

smells like pizza dough...