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Sweet Jesus lawd almighty have mercy on that IIPA. Dont use that water profile. If you want to make correct adjustments, download Bru'nwater and aim for the pale ale profile. And see how you like that. I would only work with gypsum/calcium chloride additions and maybe some pickling lime if the...

I'd be hard pressed to say it would matter much. 1000 mL isn't a large percentage of 6 gallons. I mean if you absolutely wanted to make sure you could just approximate by 95% of the beer being your dubbel IBU's and 5% being your starter IBUs and find what the final is. Honestly I wouldn't even...

One packet is not nearly enough for 10 gallons in the 1060's. When pitching two packets, one strain tends to dominate the other so the finished flavor profile is hard to comment on. I can't comment on the quality of the Muntons yeast as well as I have never used it. Making a starter for dry...

I agree watching out with the golden naked. It can lend an odd (for my taste) tart berry/fruit flavor in high amounts. Not quite what I look for in an IPA. Also, the victory adds a nice toasted aspect, but so does the pale ale malt. If you want more toasted/bready, you could just up the pale...

You'll have to read the competition rules. Some allow you to enter two in the same category if they are in different subcategories. For example, American IPA and English IPA, 14B and 14A. Some only allow one IPA (for example) to be entered. I don't know about entering two in the exact same...

Holy Acid Malt Batman I would take other people's suggestions and build a water profile. I don't think Acid malt is meant to be used like that. Congrats on your first competition though!

Its your first batch. I had to navigate through a minefield of exploding bottles with my first batch. Funny enough it was a stout with cocoa powder, bakers chocolate and coffee! Anyways, you bottled 4 days ago. It isn't carbonated yet and wont be for at least another 2 weeks. It doesn't have...

Have you fermented in your basement at 55 before? If ambient is 55, fermentation can easily reach 8-10 degrees higher than that. I personally ferment WLP001 (Cal Ale) in the low 60's (actual) for the first few days and then slowly ramp up the degrees. I know WLP001 works that low so you aren't...

What water did you brew this with?

Experience: Yes Effect on pH: ? You add to your kettle as you do the mash runoff so it doesn't even touch grains, not that I think it would affect it anyways. Percent of hop schedule: A large enough amount to get me to an appropriate bitterness level combined with the later additions. Helped...

I think as long as you aerate the wort and not the heater you'll be OK

San Diego at 750 and beyond

The steeping time does not include chilling time for the flame-out hops. You end up chilling down below the AA isomerization temperature so fast that the extra time won't make a difference. If I remember correctly, the temperature where AA isomerization stops is about 170-175 degrees F. You'll...

The characteristic will definitely change over time in the keg, it could settle into the perfect Pliny still :)

it looks a bit strange, but thats not to say it cant still taste good. Assuming you like funky beers too!

right now :mug: http://www.farmhousebrewingsupply.com/scripts/hopsList.asp?idCategory=21

I think with the amount of crystal and honey malt currently in there it would come out cloyingly sweet for an IPA. In addition, the corn sugar would increase the alcohol and unless the beer was hopped into oblivion the taste would be sweet malt with perceived alcohol sweetness/warmth and some...

looks great to me too! I don't think a 2.5 oz hop steep is too much for an APA. I say go with it. Good thing is that if it comes in a little too hop forward, that tends to balance after a while as I'm sure you've seen with your IPAs. I also like the malt bill too. Finishing on the drier side...

I think this should go in the recipes/ingredients section next time (this section is for people to share their final recipes). But! perle, cascade is very SNPA-ish, so if you like the flavor of that, I'm sure you'll be satisfied with your hop scheduling. ( I would dry hop though, and add an...

1.000 is water, you sure about this?