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I'm still new at recipes but my question is this. What would it take to make this beer stronger in ABV without comprising taste/flavors too much?

It came out to $25.98 for shipping for me. That price kills my LHBS who hit me for $40 plus I had to go pick it up 16 miles away. Thanks for the info!

Garage Band

That's what happens when you drink too many home brews and decide upon updating a signature.

Thanks for the this logo. I've got some bottled now and some requests for them with the labels. I am going to try the milk glue option.

including the cojones!

Hmmm. In the process of racking it to secondary I decided to taste it. I was afraid that I had tainted it somehow since this was my first all grain brew. But I was shocked! It definitely smells like something crappy with the addition of the strong hops. But it's taste is actually quite...

sideways from Tuesday.

Voyage Guitar

Not to revive an older thread but my LHBS works with us on AG recipes by ordering 55# in bulk. While it's not the BEST price in the world, a $1/lb price is completely affordable for my 2 Row. So I choose to buy that in bulk and pay a little more for the specialties. The only thing that kills...

It's moving about 6 degrees since I pitched. It actually increased in heat during the evening hours and cooled during the day after the yeast had been working on it. It's settled back down to about 68 degrees now. I have this small heating pad I am thinking about putting on low just to keep...

a naked woman!

Just checked on it. Decided to leave it in the makeshift brewhaus (uninsulated storage shed) since the temperatures have been fairly constant the last few days here. It's about 64-66F in the carboy and it's rockin' the krausen for sure.

LA Style

Hey thanks Tr9er. It was 1.032 and 1.038-40 post boil. It's hard to tell with my hydrometer. I hope it turns out ok. It's my first AG. So it was mostly for education in hopes I could turn out a decent brew.

So both my first gravity and my starting gravity turned out to be 136ish at room temperature ~ 76F I went ahead and pitched the yeast and will check on it tomorrow.

@williamssahkesbeer...yeah i think you are right plus my cooler has that flap lid for easy cold brew access. Im going to mod it with the blue xps foam plus spray foam. My wife suggest we just by an Igloo 10gallon70 drink cooler instead of using this 10 yo POS. It helps having a wife from...

@jwb yep that was my thinking too. But this is my first AG with intentions of moving to 10 gallon Belgian ales. So more grains would require the 70burner quart at least. That was my thinking anyway. Sitting at 1.032 @109F 97F. First hops getting ready for second. Having a brew while waiting...

Yep got an Igloo 70 quart. I wrapped it in a wool blanket. Perhaps should have compensated another few degrees warmer since it is a bit chilli outside. My latest reading was about 1.028 @ 109F. Havent done calcs yet for efficiency.