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i built this in tasty brews, did u miss the 8 pounds of light in there? ill recheck it to make sure. yea i wasnt really going for a specifically style just blending things from other beers ive made that i really liked. a smorgasbord so to speak.

Type: Partial mash Size: 5 gallons Color: 429 HCU Bitterness: 113 IBU OG: 1.123 FG: 1.020 Alcohol: 13.3% v/v (10.5% w/w) Grain: 5 lb. American 2-row 1 lb. American crystal 60L 1 lb. Dextrine malt (Cara-Pils) 1.5 lb. American chocolate 1.5 lb. American black patent 1.5 lb...

i like my beers to have a high alch/gravity, my steeping grain batches have been getting 8-10% consistently. so i want to keep this trend for my upcoming partial or full grain. so my question is, is the strike water temp the determining factor for the efficiency? the original mash water temp...

ill make sure to post a few pics from my upcoming batch in the pool :rockin:

gonna be going for 5gal batches or 2 2.5gal batches. basically what ive been doing in the past (winter in San Diego isnt much of a winter but the swimming pool gets pretty cold) i get some thick gloves and pick up my wort, put the lid on it and a weight on top and basically walk around in my...

im contemplating crossing over to all grain, did a small partial mash, turned out great. but do i need a immersion chiller? i normal cool off my cook pots by letting them sit in the pool, chills them down in about 10min tops. will this work for all grain?

thanks for the info guys, the og was 1.07 and the gravity i took when going to seconday was 1.02, it had sat at 1.02 for a long while and an online tool said that should be my FG (realized where i got the recepie it had not gravity info :( i just wanted to know if it was my ingredients giving...

putting my ipa into secondary to dry hop for a bit. smelled fantastic but it had a really peanut or nutty taste to it? ingredients were: light malt, 40L half pound, carapils quarter pound, and biscuit half pound(no victory was available and guy at brew store said its a good substitute). 4oz...

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thanks for the quick reply. below 68 hmmm. wl vial says 70-75 range, but ill keep that in mind if it comes out a bit fruity. thanks again. love these forums!

on my 2nd batch yesterday, the og was 1.06 (its an ipa), does this seem high? the recpeie didnt give me an og range, but i think the reading was questionalbe, its been in the fermenter for about 12 hours no activity in the air lock. i used white labs liquid vial, didnt use a starter but aerated...

hi im going to be purchasing my first kit soon, finally taking the dive in. i live down the freeway from the store that sells this kit: http://homebrew-supplies.homebrewmart.com/shared/StoreFront/product_detail.asp?RowID=113&CS=hbm&All= but was also looking at this kit that offers a...