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I hope it catches on here. The 12 oz serving, rather than the imperial pint, is working against it, among other things. I'd rather have a couple pints of British ordinary bitter or mild, or German leichtbier, than one dipa. Besides my expanding waistline, that's why I brew lower gravity...

I haven't seen them much in Houston or my travels, but Cali and the East coast usually lead the trends. I would love a hoppy lighter beer, it's why I went with a 1.042 OG when I tried my hand at a Brut. Only problem with that is I drink 3 or 4 of them rather than one!

What he said. Corn and Rice just attenuate more than barley alone, but with the glucoamylase, looks like you can get there.

I'm curious to see other responses to this, you'll probably get a lot of different opinions. I'll go first... From what I understand folks are using things other than barley to add fermentables that increase attenuation, but do not add color or much grain flavor. I made my first attempt at...

I wouldn’t call it a blowout, but the one time I tried to make one of these it did completely gum up my blowoff. Same thing, I left for a work trip and came back to a mess. Thankfully I hooked up a blowoff tube rather than an airlock.

A few years back I did a cream ale with notty that was super clean. Not officially a lager but pretty darn close, fermented at 60. It was the cream of three crops recipe well known on here.

I tell you, my last one was S-04, and I do like it a lot more than the previous Notty ones I did. I've heard people complain about the "Notty" taste, though I've never noticed it. It must be something some people taste and others don't, though my Notty ciders tasted much better after aging for...

I agree with reading the cider for beginners thread and the cider yeast selection thread, both are very helpful. I've tried wine yeasts, cider yeasts, and ale yeasts. I've been happiest with ale yeasts, specifically Nottingham and S-04, though in my experience Nottingham cider is best after a...

I use RO water and have never measured my mash pH, though I adjust using bru'n water. Is the spreadsheet exactly correct? I have no idea and don't really care, and my beer got a lot better than filtered tap water once I switched to RO and started making adjustments. I understand some people...

I'm in! Thanks for running this.

I bought some of those fancy gloves and squeezed and squeezed. Now I only use the gloves for handling smoked briskets and let it drain! Glad to hear the confirmation.

I started BIAB with a keggle with ball valve and thermometer, then switched to a smaller blank kettle. I prefer the simplicity and didn't care for the thermometer, it's easier to use a more accurate handheld. I also don't have to worry about snagging the bag on the probe. I still have the...

I'd say 34 pounds probably won't work unless you do a sparge, which won't be easy with that much grain, you'd definitely want a pulley. It also depends on how aggressively you boil, boil-off rate is key. I use http://www.biabcalculator.com/ and beersmith to calculate my totals. I don't bother...

I've had this happen when I cold crashed from 60s to 33 as fast as I could. My mini-fridge gets in the upper 20s while the beer is still cooling down, and the starsan freezes before the beer is cooled down. I now bump down more gradually and it doesn't freeze.

I've read the cold crash suckback can be as much as 2 Litres. If you have less than 2 L of liquid in the second bottle, it will suck all of that back and then air. I've used 2 quart sized juice bottles in a similar arrangement and have considered re-doing it with 64 oz bottles for the same...

The only thing I'll add is if your water has chloramines. Most municipal water has them to ensure safe water, or at least chlorine. Treating your water with Campden tablets will get rid of them, one crushed tablet per 20 gallons of water. I kept getting a medicinal bitterness about a month...

Ha! I wonder if you can buy Washington, US hops in Europe? For on topic, I just bought a pound of Tettnanger hops to try for different German style lagers. First up will be a Leichtbier, can't decide after that.

Hah! Pearl was my bargain go-to in college, Shiner Bock premium go-to. I now can't believe I used to love Fat Tire. I can't stand it anymore.

Twice as much beer? Sounds like a good problem to have! Thanks for sharing your experience.

I’ve never used bramling cross, but everything else looks good, this should make a nice tasty easy drinker, perfect for a Stella fan.