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Thanks man. I'm sure I'll be back with more questions

Was just speaking theoretically. My next beer is going to be an English Strong Ale. Beyond that I'm not sure. I'm not too big on IPAs because there are plenty around here to buy but not much else so I'm brewing other styles for variety. I may try a trippel next, but eventually I'm looking to do...

Thanks for the info. So it seems I can up my efficiency by thinner mashes and longer mash times, say 90-120 mins? I'll research the hop thing, but that is interesting. I suppose the solution to that would be to "top off" to 4.5G or the maximum I feel comfortable boiling in the kettle pre-boil...

I only have a 6.5 and 5G carboys on top of my 5G bucket so I don't think I'd be able to split the batch. I'll try putting those proportions in brewtoad and tweak them a bit and see comes out. I definitely want a little higher ABV but I don't think I want an alcoholy taste. Yards example hid the...

Well, what do you mean by loss of efficiency, what is that? I'm not sure why IBUs would max out. If I was boiling out the acid in the hops, wouldnt it be the same thing as concentration? Wouldnt it be more concentrated and bitter with say 5G worth of hops in the 3G post boil, which would be...

I was doing a little more research on the side and all of those grains are the popular choices from what I've seen, as well as the hops. For learnings sake, how did you come up with the proportions? I'm not sure how to do that yet? And I'm not sure about the honey. Straight honey? I'm not really...

Is there any way to compensate for that if say I wanted to do an imperial ipa?

So I have a 5G kettle that I used for 5G extract kit. My last batch was half BIAB with some extract and I made a 5G batch. I'd like to go full BIAB for 5G batches without upgrading my kettle. I read maxBIAB but that seemed confusing. So question: Using a brew calculator like brewtoad...

Yeast looks to be 9097-PC? Used in English Strong ales, and barleywines What about pale malts with some wheat? Maybe Barley? Whats 2 row?

Has anyone had Yard's Thomas Jefferson's Tavern Ale? I found it very good and it hid the alcohol very well (and dangerously!) I'm looking to make this for my next beer either partial extract or BIAB 5 gallon batch.. I'd have to top off to 5 as I only have a 5G kettle. Does anyone have any...

That's the type of airlock I have. Havent touched it since brew day, and I'm neurotic and check how the yeast buddies are doing almost daily except for when I was gone a week. He looks like a fruit fly, hes definitely bigger than the holes in the cap by 5 fold. I'm pretty sure he didnt come from...

He sure as hell wasnt there a week ago when I left, and he's too big to have fit through the holes in the top. Solution is starsan... thoughts on how he got in there? Seems really odd. Beer looks fine by the way, started bubbling a bit again when I disturbed it but it has another 2 weeks to...

Planning on bottling tonight before i go away.. Advice would be welcome

So I done goofed and when I made the thing we forgot to measure OG. However we followed the recipe and there were no apparent mishaps. I measured the FG today and its 1.028 which is too high for this recipe. I moved it from primary to secondary on the date in my sig, and it was in primary for...

The one good thing about doing 4 gallon batches is I can use my 5G carboy, which otherwise will go unused unless I want to make room in a primary or doing a lager. I can just do a small lager with it

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Thanks man. I have an all extract amber up next, and then I'll have to decide on a complete BIAB brew.. as large as I can fit in my 5G kettle. Maybe 3 Gallons? Just not sure what to do next. Something German.

Brewed it tonight at my buddy's. Everything went smooth except OG came in at 1.049 which was bellow the expected in my original post. Not sure why that was. The only thing that didn't go perfectly was I mashed for an hour and 10 mins instead of 50 because I was late getting the water I was going...

Pitch after? Sounds good! Thanks guys!

Looking to brew at my buddies, was gonna bring some stuff there and then drive back with it in my 6.5G carboy primary. Bad idea to bounce around the yeast buddies and wort? OR should I be okay? Its a 20min ride