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Another Schells. This one in sorrow. 2 for 8 on mozzarellas.

Confidence beer for mozzarella making. I’m currently hitting a paltry .285 (2-7) on useable homemade mozzarella. I think I’ve narrowed the problem(s) down and hopefully can get a pizza tonight. Have store bought on hand for any mishaps…

Well, thats the thing. If you want it to ferment out, you'll have to do one or the other, or both. The crystal malt and the high mash temp are going to leave you with a higher FG. You seem to like crystal and seem to brew quite often, so maybe keep the crystal this brew, or even just lower it...

Oh, agreed. I’ll take it being half of its prediction. They were projecting 18-24 as a conservative snowfall amount for my area. I think we will end up with under 10 inches total from both storms. Wind is going HARD though, definitely not downplaying that especially considering how much just an...

Sitting out the blizzard w a Reuben pizza. Blizzard was underwhelming but the pizza is not.

I have zero experience in non BIAB, so I don't have much to add as far as lower than expected OG issues on more traditional methods. I've never had issues with whirlfloc and I use it for every single brew. Something else would be the culprit for the low OG.

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Whirlfloc won’t have an effect on OG. Was this a brew on a new system? Or a biab with a poor crush?

That was the first thing that came to my mind as well. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/threads/cream-of-three-crops-cream-ale.66503/ Its a long read but I think the recipe on the first page still stands the test of time. I brew a pretty good crowd pleasure using just 80% 2-row and 20% flaked...

Drinking a really good ipa while brewing a rye stout

I've had good luck with small percentages of melanoidan malt in some cases. Also a big fan of Barke malts, especially the pilsner and Vienna.

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HB lager. I could drink a lot of these. Not completely in love w sonnet hops but I have stocked up on my regular hops.

I bought 2 cold crash guardians from brewhardware and love them. Mylar balloon works well too, but I liked having all the pieces I need in one go. With the larger gas bladder, im able to crash and transfer a 3G batch into my keg. If I ever buy a third fermenter, I will immediately buy a third...

Not a penalty. Even more so on a ball he wouldn’t catch. Just wow. Is it baseball season yet?

That’s gonna be a pretty beer when it clears up! I should try to make a cold ipa while temps are lager friendly. I’ve really enjoyed them.