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Congrats on the system. I use a 4 tap picnic inside my keezer because I am in the garage, and it gets dusty here in NM! Might I recommend BM's Centennial Blonde? Very fast. Very good.

I have brewed on a friend's all grain traditional system and I waited until BIAB to actually do it on my own. I have limited time and space to brew, with a baby and a house needing care/repair. As such, I find most of my mods are related to ease of use, and speed. I am heating my strike on the...

Absolutely. I took longer on mine because of non beer related chaos. BM's beers are like that for the most part. I personally feel another couple of weeks provides perfection, but drinkable? Yes. And good, too.

kicked my 2nd keg of this today. Will brew again for sure!!

I made the exact opposite thread last week. This time around, the Beer Gods have smiled upon me like I have a beard or something.. I have today and tomorrow off at work. My LHBS is closed tomorrow, so I wanted to go and get my next beer ingredients to brew tomorrow AM. Problem s that I need...

I looked into the marketing a bit and I guess I came off strong before. Yeah, it says bud light in there somewhere on that busy can with a picture of a strawberry margarita and the words "margarita with a twist". As I stated, I see a lot of confusion and hate for it, and I can't really...

Enjoying the effort of trying to kick my 2nd keg of BM's Centennial Blonde to make room for an IPA that will be dry hopped in the keg. This blonde will be back again, and soon.

My comment below is not directed towards anyone. Just feeling grumpy. If I was to compare it to a Pliny the Younger I would say that it has almost no hop character, weak no maltiness and is over carbed. Fortunately it isn't a beer, and comparing it to beer is about as relevant as comparing...

This is why I brew best in plastic. What I cannot see leads me to RDWHAHB

Consider dry hopping. Post your full recipe, ferment temps, vessels, etc. Lots of 1.07++ beers can be very tasty. Of course, you won't be making an APA any more, but who cares if you end up making good beer?

I think it would work out great. I also like smoked beers, so I don't see how this would be bad at all. The smokiness will fade over time. Ideally, this would have been a higher gravity beer, but you might be on to something.

I decided to play it smart and just add 2lb of smoked malt to the original recipe for a total of 7, everything else the same. (never used melanoidin malt before, and don't want to mess up) Thanks for your reply!!

Are you going with the recipe you posted in the thread?

BM, I was wondering if you would comment on my proposal above. I see earlier in the thread some people just added a couple extra lb's of smoked malt. I was considering doing this, or, as above, subbing out a portion of the munich for melanoidin and then covering the balance with more smoked...

Looks like my partigyle'ed cascadian dark ale is done bubbling away, so I will hopefully get that into the keg with a dry hop, then brew BM's Loon Lake Smoked Porter on the cake (after a bit of washing, of course), probably Sunday...

Another follow up.. I figured I would quote the majority of my posts in this thread for continuity. This has been carbed up and sitting in my keezer for around a month now. Wow. very nice stuff. I am so glad I did 10 gallons of it. A nice head and lacing, mild sweetness, medium mouth feel with...

Totally understandable.

Just make sure you get a nice starter on the yeast going, I don't think you should have too many problems. Probably try to mash at the lower end of the temperature scale

For the number of commercial beers I consume, I could care less about the packaging. My point is regarding fizzy yellow beer. I just would rather crack open a few 10 ouncers / year, rather than choking down a few mouthfuls of warm @#$% beer. I reuse/recycle all the bottles I use in general. A...

I wish all beer producers would use an 8 or 10 ounce delivery device. I find beer gets warm and/or flat by the end of a 12 ounce offering. However, there must be a reason to use the other. Probably maximizes overall consumption, etc.