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Thanks guys, I appreciate it. Looks like she's ready for bottlin.

my OG was 1.046. When I swirl it, it reacts a lot like a starter might when you shake it. And yesterday it had that darker core with a lighter outside which I also attributed as yeast activity. But I'm also wondering if it isn't just done.

My carboy has been sitting in the basement in the mid to low 70's. Yesterday I took a reading and it was only at 1.014, so I took it upstairs into my kitchen where it would be a little warmer and swirled her around to stir and wake up the yeast. I was happy to see that there were some signs of...

Revvy, thanks for the great reply. And I'm sorry to everyone for calling you smartasses, except for Bobby M. I love the illustrated post. I used the vegitable strainer without a grain bag and a lint trap over the drain tube inside the tun, and I got a very clear run. Really it just seems that I...

Ah, all you smartasses were right. I ended up putting 6.6 pounds of grain in my tun (which was still too much) and doing the last pound on the stove. 4 lbs would be good but I wouldn't have a problem doing up to 5. Bobby_M was right that I would have poor conversion, though not that poor, I...

It's too late now. We'll see what happens. I have 7.65 lbs to put in my 8 qt cooler. It doesn't sound completely crazy I don't think, though I've never done a mash before. I read taht 4 lbs. would fit in 4 qt. thus I figured it should work even if it's pushing it.

I just built a pretty sweet mini-mash tun with a 2 gallon water cooler and I'm looking to fill it up pretty good, but I'm worried about a "stuck sparge." It seems pretty deep for the 7+ pounds I'm looking to throw in it. I've read about a vacuum break but I'm having a hard time picturing what it...

I'm sorry if I appear so hard-headed. I just saw something that caught my interest and I shot for it, still am, it'll be hard to deter me. And while I wouldn't claim to be anything more than an amateur I have had some time to do a little research, as well as taste several beers. I have had and...

Very interesting blk, I think this is right on the nose of what I'm after. However, I'd like to clarify my interest in the Alpha Acids which has to do with what you're pointing out. First of all, if you read the beginning of this thread, you'd know the reason I am after low aa hops. You said...

So I ended up doing almost exactly what you recommended, beerkrump. I was going to do a 30 minute boil instead of 20 but slacked on the mixing so it turned into a 25 minute boil for the second addition. I also added 3/4 lb. of Jaggery just to make sure I was having fun. The O.G. was 1.056. I...

SCA, please elaborate on this statement. How exaclty does flavor/aroma differ from bitterness? I understand that when we use the hops at different stages we extract different qualities from them, but nevertheless, it is all hops and hops are essentially bitter. It seems to me that if they were...

Beerkrump, you are a champ for going through all this with me. The BYO chart leads me to another question: hops will bitter my beer, so why restrict certain hops to certain beers. Is that “s” word, style, going to limit my imagination or direct me toward better brew? Today is brew day, and I...

Thanks for the link beerkrump, however, I do have several sources to help me figure this out. Yeah, I’m showing what an amateur I am, but that’s why I brought it here to the forums. As far as the calculations go, I am actually using 7 1/4 lbs. of LME, not DME. I was anticipating a lower gravity...

Your right, that was a typo. I originally meant for the second addition to be a 30 min addition. Either way, you seem to be getting lower utilization percentages than me, I'm not sure why, if it's different graphs we're looking at or what. Although, we do seem to get the same utilization for the...

I think you've missed the point with Mosher. In the part I cited earlier he says, "My personal opinion is that there are few legitimate homebrew uses for high-alpha hops... I usually stay away from them, although I perversely enjoy them as aroma hops in American-style IPAs." What I'm trying to...

jacksonbrown, I think this is the advice I've been looking for. I appcreciat the graph from Brewmasters but I'm not sure how much I should trust it. Like you said, what they consider "extra hoppy" doesn't seem very hoppy. Then there is the fact that the actual IBU is not the same as percieved...

Thanks for the awesome reference Brewmasters Warehouse. I now know a good range to try to keep my IBU's in, but I'm still wondering how these low alpha acid hops are going to affect my beer. The whole point in my getting them was so that I could make my beer real nice and hoppy without having to...

I have 4 oz. of whole hop Goldings at 5% a.a. and 2 oz. of Spalt at 2% a.a. I was ready to throw them all in evenly in three different intervals but after calculating the IBU's I'm getting a pretty high number (79 IBU). My idea behind the amount and kind of hops comes from Randy Mosher's Radical...

I didn't see anyone mention Sam Calagione's "Extreme Brewing." It's not super deep but it has good info and a variety of recipes.

Rex, this is obviously a hit, thanks for introducing the idea. I'm definately going to check out RADICAL BREWING. I'm wondering if you have any other cool beer/brew related reading to suggest. Thanks :mug: