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My second batch of this is in the keg, and like my first batch, the color is way off. It's very light compared to the original. I'm substituting crisp amber for the thomas fawcett. Anyone else having this issue? How much do you think I should bump up the crisp amber next time? Here is a pic...

I shot for 152F, 60 minute mash. I was very satisfied with this brew, so much so that I just brewed it again over the weekend. Again shot for 152F but missed it by a degree (151F). Not worried, I'm sure yours will be fine. I used WLP001 last time (don't worry if the primary smells extremely...

Oddly enough I had the complete opposite experience. 4 days into fermentation and I didn't even think it had started yet. Checked the gravity and it was almost complete. Must have had a bad seal on this bucket, it's 4 years old. Got a new bucket and made an imperial IPA in the new one with...

I used this as well for my batch that I just kegged over the weekend. Turned out fine.

I have to agree with you on your observations. I don't recall if I had much last year, but the couple I had so far this year definitely seemed more heavy on the ginger than I thought they used to be.

I brewed this 2 weekends ago and just kegged it yesterday. Took my first partially carbonated taste just now, and wanted to report back on it. My big question when I first was getting ready to brew it was on the amount of cinnamon. I bought a bag of cinnamon sticks from my LHBS from Brewers...

I see. A bit different since I did the original recipe. Mine has been kegged since Sunday so i've had a couple already. Despite not hitting my OG, it's still a good beer.

Do you hit the OG in the recipe? That seemed to be my bigger problem.

I didn't have much luck with this. 3 weeks later and the FG is 1.020. Disappointed, but hopefully it will taste good at least.

Did you change any grain amounts? Did you have any issues hitting the OG?

So I just made this today for the first time. It's my 3rd all grain brew. I stuck to the original recipe in the first post, and my water calculator was saying 10 gallons total. This was a bit higher than normal, but this is a 90 minute boil and just over 5 gallons in the primary, so I figured...

Okay so I'm overdue here on this. I took this pic and did a side-by-side some time ago, but just haven't had a chance to get on here with a vacation and all. You can tell which is mine. This one turned out quite a bit lighter in color than the original. But, after tasting both at the same...

Annnnnnnnd.... you were right :mug: Kegged Friday night, had a pint this evening. Tastes great! No trace of what I was smelling whatsoever. I'm starting to think what I was smelling was CO2. Once it has cleared up a bit, I'll be doing a side-by-side and will post the results.

Depends on your fermentation vessel and what you're brewing. I just brewed a DFH 60 Minute IPA clone that had an OG of 1.055 and I use a 6.5 gallon ale pail for my primary -- I should have had a blow-off tube, but didn't. I had to clean up the air lock a couple times as krausen came through...

I'd usually agree with you, but it's been almost 2 weeks and I've smelled almost all of my brews in the primary at this point and it's usually smelled good, or at least close to good. This one is odd though. But yes, I'm leaning towards this as being normal for this yeast and not that...

It's been 11 days in the primary. I took a gravity reading and it was just over 1.010, so fermentation is practically done. Although, it did have a rather pungent odor. Not sure how to explain it, but it wasn't great. This is my first time using WLP001... is this normal? I did some Googling...

An OG like that, and no blow off tube? Lesson learned I suppose :D

The spray bottle is awesome. So easy to just spray things down as needed. I've been doing that for a while, also just making up a gallon of starsan with distilled water and leaving it in that gallon jug. I pour some out when needed, sanitize, and funnel it back in. Also top off the spray...

I second that. What's wrong with your DIY stir plate? I'm sure the end result is the same. Seems like you'd only need to "stir table" if you have a bunch of starters you're making at once. I imagine that's the only reason for it? I watched the same thing you watched on Netflix last...

I made a RIS over the winter. It was in secondary for 3 months in my basement, which was quite cold (low to mid 60s i guess) given the "polar vortex" winter we had this past year. Bottled in February. Even today, some bottles have almost no carbonation, while other bottles are overcarbonated...