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Hey Guys, I've recently made the plunge to all grain and have done a couple of IPAs. So far, I've been very pleased with the results, but I want to take a little break from IPAs. I have 2 taps at the bar, and I usually like to have a crowd pleaser in addition to a me-pleaser (usually a very...

Very happy with the results of this one. Finished quite dry at 1.008 so u got a calculated abv of around 7.1%. I got a strange plastic-y flavour out of it which was very strange (not from my beer lines, cause I got it out of my hydrometer sample as well). I panicked for a bit, but I left it...

Thanks for the feedback!

Congrats on the weight loss! If you're looking for a beer, you're picked a tough style. +1 on the session IPA suggestion. Stone brewing's "go to IPA" is a great one. 4.5% with a wild hop aroma. The problem with super-high attenuation is the alcohol. Alcohol itself has calories, so the lower...

Hi All, Did my first AG batch a few days ago and i feel like it was a success. I've got a question about my process that I'd love some input on. I have only 1 pot large enough for a BK/MLT (8 Gal). What I did was heat my strike water in it, mash in my converted cooler MLT, then drain...

So, here we are, about a week and a half into kegging. The beer has cleared up very nicely, but is quite bitter. The next time I do this one, I may forego the 15 minute addition completely and add all the hops after ten minutes. I was really looking to make the fresh hops a flavour addition...

Thanks! That's great info. One thing I didn't really think about was aeration. I aerate when I transfer from by BK to the fermenter. I usually just drain the BK from counter height to the bucket on the floor, so it ensures a good splash on the way down. Perhaps a slight under-aeration is...

After tasting another of my beers (wheat ale), I noticed it slightly as well. This was fermented at the same time at the same temp (different fermenters). Perhaps its something in my water that might account for it. It's very, very slight, and maybe not there at all (I certainly don't have a...

Hey All, The first AG brew is done and in the fermenter! Here's what went down: Grain Bill: 11lb 2-row 1lb Crystal 40L 0.5lb CaraFoam I mashed in at 149.5ish (next time I'll have to heat my strike water way higher than beersmith suggested). I have a 36qt Coleman Xtreme mash tun...

The last beer I made was a west coast ipa that I used us-05 dry yeast for. I fermented at about 68 ambient, so the actual temp was probably a little on the high side. I noticed that I got a little bit of a bubblegum flavour, similar to what I get in some Belgian styles (delirium tremens I get it...

Also, if you're finding it tastes like steam whistle from Toronto, their specialty is the Czech style pilsner, so the hops may be saaz as well

I recently did a wet hopped ipa with unknown hops I found growing at my friend's place. It turned out fantastic. I used a known aa hop (warrior) for bittering so I would have some predictability, then added all of my fresh hops as late additions. Check out the thread "unknown single hop ipa"...

Update: I kegged this one yesterday. I force carbed it by shaking because I couldn't wait! Had my first glass today and it is fantastic. By the taste of it I'm thinking that the unknown hops were probably cascade or something similar. The addition of the dextrose dried it out to let the hops...

Just cracked my first bottle of this stuff, pitched May 19th/14. Only been bottled for 2 weeks, but it tastes great!

I'll be using us-05 dry yeast

Thanks for the feedback. I kind of arbitrarily picked that number. Perhaps I'll lower the mash temp to 150 or so. That won't leave it too dry will it?

Hey all, Planning on doing my first AG brew this week, so my plan was to do a "hop series" of beers to get my technique down, while learning the individual hops. I plan to use the same grain bill and bittering hop (warrior, because thats what I happen to have). Would love some feedback on...

Thanks for all the great advice! I guess I was just alarmed with the numbers I was getting. I actually brewed the beer I listed above before doing any calculations on it. It came in (my guess) at about 60ibu based on my taste. I was just shocked that the software calculated it at 100 and said it...

I'm not 100% sure I follow. I get that no, I'm not sure that the hops are 15% AA and bittering may be different based on storage conditions, etc. like you mentioned. These factors would explain the difference between my calculations and finished beer. What I don't get is how the two...

This is my first foray into recipe calculation, so I tried a couple different free tools (Brewtarget and Brewer's friend online). The feature levels were both great for me, but I noticed a huge discrepancy in the calculations. I put an extract recipe that I have brewed before into both just to...