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Ok, finally got this started. Should have known this would be a difficult brew day or days. Starter began on Friday night LHBS closed early on Sat. Then I missed closing on Sunday by minutes. On Tuesday when LHBS reopened they were out of crystal 40 so I went with a 60/40 mix of crystal 20/60...

Yes I will drop the Crystal 10, it was there for a bit more head retention and slight color. Thank you I will post the result next month.

I have been playing around the a grain bill and hop schedule for a hoppy Irish Red. This will be a partial mash. I was aiming for a malty/toast medium body with hop aroma. Silver City Red and Cascade Lake IRA are examples; Silver City for malt profile and mouth feel and Cascade Lake for Hop...

MikenMKE - I like moose drool also. I will let you know how it turns out. Milan37 - I agree that hop bill is too much wanted to layer earthy, spice, and floral and got bit carried away. I am going to tweak it and brew this week. Also I will take your suggestion and simplify by only using C80...

This is my first American Brown Ale, would appreciate comments on the extract with specialty grain recipe, I will steep specialty grains and mash Munich Malt and Honey Malt. Thoughts on dry hopping with Citra? I might just use the left over cascade/Willamette. 5.5 gallon batch 60 min boil...

You are also correct adding 2 to 4oz of roasted barely will also give more color. I put the grain bill into the free beer calculator at byo.com and adding 2 ounces of roasted barley 300 should give you a nice red color.

Add some more hops after using BYO calculator DME 60 min LME Flame out New Hop Schedule (60 min boil) Warrior (18.2%) 0.5 oz 60 min Willamette (6.5%) 1.0 oz 30 min Cascade (7.7)% 1.0 oz 15 min Mt. Hood (7.1%) 1.0 oz 10 min Cascade (7.7%) 0.5 oz 5 min Willamette (6.5%) 1.0 oz 5 min...

How do you calculate hop utilization if you don't use the equation in Palmer?

Yooper Thank you. Yes the Extract is added with 15 minutes left, to bring the OG up to 1.070. I thought that the OG effected hop utilization? Learn something new each time I talk with some one. DME 60 min LME Flame out New Hop Schedule (60 min boil) Warrior (18.2%) 0.5 oz 60 min...

I am a noobie. First post, but have been reading for while, thank you for all the previous advice, but please do not go easy, I learned how to throw a ball, swim, and play H2O polo by a coach yelling at me, seems to be my learning style. All comments are appreciated. I am going to use a two step...