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Thanks for all the suggestions!

Good evening everybody! I was just wondering if any body had any favorite SMaSH recipes. This will be my 1st all grain batch so I'm looking forward to getting to know some malt. Thanks for any and all suggestions!

sweetcell - thanks for doing that for me! you have turned me on to a new tool. unionrdr - thanks for the advise & info! i have a couple recipes i would like to post eventually.

Sweetcell... here are the ingredients. 5 gallons Partial mash Safale s-04 dry yeast OG = 1.070 FG = 1.021 1 lb. Chocolate malt 1 lb. Crystal 40 L 1/2 lb. English Black 6lbs. Traditional Dark dme 1lb. Golden Light dme 2 oz. Kent Goldings I added 4 oz. of chocolate extract at bottling 5oz. priming...

I bottled a chocolate stout 2 weeks ago. it's been conditioning at ~68 degrees. tried one yesterday and when i opened it there was a small hiss but the beer was pretty flat, very little carbonation. i'm hoping i just have to be patient and wait another week or two. i just need some...

They do look good! I'm curious as to what program and paper you used as well. I've been using labels my wife got me for Christmas from myownlabels.com. They're great but creatively your limited to their designs.

All good words of wisdom. I love this hobby!

Thanks to all for easing my mind. I literally lost sleep over this last night.

I bottled a chocolate stout using priming sugar tonight. I made the mistake of boiling my priming sugar for about 2 - 3 minutes instead of the recommended 5 mins. Will this have a huge affect on my finished beer or will it be a subtle under carbonation? I'm pretty worried!

Great! Thanks you! So basically, a yeast starter is yeast that has already started doing its job on a smaller sample of wort. Can you just pitch the liquid yeast or does it have to be added after starting?

I am an extract brewer who is preparing to make the jump in to all grain brewing within the next couple of months. Up to this point I have used dry yeast packets for extract fermentation. Question is, can I use the dry yeast packets for all grain brewing? If not, what should I use? Any...

Maybe I should have posted this under "Equipment/Sanitation". My fault!

I have been using a one step, no rinse cleanser as part of my sanitizing routine. A fellow brewer suggested powdered brewers wash instead. Any thoughts? Which do you prefer and do you use PBW the same way as the one step. Thanks for any input!

thank you! i'll try the boiling water.

Does any body have any advice on how to sanitize a hop sack. I'm going to add one to my secondary and don't want to ruin a batch that I have high hopes for.

I'm pretty new as well & this was my first IPA. I added 3 oz. during the boil for this one. I've made 5 batches so far and all of them have had hops added during the boil.

thank you guys for the info.! its in the primary & i'll wait to dry hop until the secondary.

i was going to pitch the hops in the primary. after reading your comments i think i'll wait until the seconday. i also was not going to use a bag figuring it would be easy to clean the primary. i use a carboy for my secondary and don't want a big mess so i'll try using a bag. what is the...

I'm brewing my 1st batch of IPA today. I'm planning on dry hopping about 5 days after I put it in the primary. I bought 1 lb. of Amarillo leaf hops. Question is... how much of that should I use in the dry hopping? I've never used the dry hop technique so I'm curious to hear how any one else...

its funny that you say that. i'm actually going to start experimenting with different yeast varieties soon.