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I couldn't take part right now, plus I usually get my grains from Tallgrass Brewery.

That's too bad! Think they will sprout up next year?

I've found what really helps to boost my efficiency is to omit one gallon of water from the initial mash, and then later when your mash hour is up, pour the gallon over the grain bag after it's lifted from the mash kettle. Makes for an easy, helpful sparge. That and getting a nice fine crush...

My normal go-to Bourbon would have to be Buffalo Trace, I can usually find a 1.75L of it at my local store for around 42 bucks. Sometimes I'll just chill my unrinsed coffee mug in the fridge, then splash a little BT over the dried coffee residue, makes for an interesting flavor. Bookers...

My wife was nice enough to do a little beer shopping for me. Minus the oil of course.

Finally found this forum! There are a couple clubs in manhattan, one is "Little Apple Brew Crew". They meet once a month There other is "Cluster Fuggle"....we have a Facebook page, search the name and you'll find it. We are a rather young club, still getting our crap figured out, but we are...

Agreed, go to matheson, just be prepared to swap your tank...They do not fill. If you don't own a tank yet, I suggest either a 10 or 20lb. The 5, 10 and 20 are about the same price to swap.

I little over a year ago I started the FB page "cluster fuggle" Thats the official unofficial name for the other manhattan home-brew club. We are the "younger" club in manhattan. Check out our Facebook page. We try and meet once a month, and we are well tied in with Tallgrass Brewery, we...

I typically get 75% or better. I do the full mash amount minus a gallon. Then after the mash is over I "sparge" with that remaining gallon, I've only seen efficiency increases by using this method.

Rinse mine, let it air dry, then give it a good couple shakes to get rid of any material that may have hung around, then hang it up until the next use. Next brew day, I'll shake it a bit more, and always give it a good look over to make sure its serviceable.

I pour my wort through strainers that I have to dump a couple times depending on the amount of hops in the batch, works fine for me. Also does an OK job of aerating.

Not sure how that recipe doesn't fit....swap the cascade/base malt if it makes you happy(its what I had on hand for the last brew session), can't taste the 15 minute addition anyway, its only .15 oz. As you can see I'm not a strict brewer, but that recipe is a "wee heavy" category GABF gold...

I leave the peat /smoked malt completely out....can't stand it. My wee heavy recipe looks like: 78% 2-row 10% munich 5.5% C-80 5.5% C-40 1% Black patent Mash around 151 20 ibu nugget @ 60 1 IBU cascade @ 15 I prefer just using US-05, but a good hearty clean yeast will work. It's an awesome...

Thanks for the tips, it'll be hard to convince some of my non beer nerd friends to find the good stuff...

Fly into Ramstien Air Base, then leave out of Frankfurt.

Thanks guys, I think regional it is....and whatever extra I can get my hands on. Pretty excited to try this stuff fresh, and not imported. -Ben

I'll be traveling through Germany soon, 3 days total will be spent there. I won't really be able to drive all around and visit where I want....I'm with a small Group returning from the middle east. So what beers would you try to get your hands on while passing through? I need some...

Hope you can read this.... 5 Gal batch. US Pale Ale Malt 7lb 3oz 75.0 % 4.8 In Mash/Steeped German Pilsner Malt 2lb 6oz 25.0 % 0.6 In Mash/Steeped Hops Variety Alpha Amount IBU Form When German Hallertauer Hersbrucker 4.6 % 2.00 oz 35.1...

Find a back issue of Zymurgy, I think it was the "best beers in America 2011" issue. It had a NP clone in it.

Makes me think of Topgun.