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Gotta say I'm not a fan of blue moon (I think it's called Belgian moon here though), but I found the jump to all grain was not especially difficult. A lot more fun and more steps to follow. It can be as easy or complicated as you want, and endless things to research for it.

I lately don't even bother checking for two weeks. Some rip right through, probably four days, but I don't get around to it. More time never hurts.

Ice tub works pretty good, had to do it after my dad needed his freezer back. That was for ale temps though. If you want to try a lager-like beer, but without temp control, I'd look at a cream ale. 14 of my 15 batches have used dry yeast, including the one lager. S-05, S-04, Nottingham...

Equipment is stored in a tote in my room, a shelf in the basement, a pile in the upstairs hallway, and the burner is in the garage. I formulate recipes in Brewers friend, and when I'm done I take a screen shot and save it to my recipes folder on my computer. I then write it down onto a hard...

16526 +8 gallon cream ale, split in two and hopped differently =16534

Hmm... fermentation hop isn't right. Neither is secondary, as we don't secondary any more. Is it even secondary? Is the boil Primary? what about FWH? I propose this arguement in favour of cold: We refer to it at the "cold side", as in post boil, when we talk about sanitation. So we already use...

Nah.

Here's my recipe. I mostly went off the info on their website; But with slight subs for what was at the LHBS Batch: 4.75 gal Mash Eff used: 63% OG: Predicted 1.055 Actual: 1.055 Predicted ABV: 5.75 FG: Predicted 1.055 Actual: 1.008 ABV: 6.17% 8.8lb / 4kg 2 Row 1.1lb...

It was pretty close. I never did do a side by side comparison, but when I drank it I thought "Yep, that's Rhyme and Reason". I'm a t work but I'll post it when I get home.

+ 4.5 g Pale Ale + 4.5 g Blonde Ale =15 599

APA's are my favourite :mug: Basically the goldilocks of beers. Not too hoppy, not too malty, not too boozy. Just tasty, tasty craft beer. I too have the problem of not being able to narrow down one to brew, because they all turn out delicious. LOVE Rhyme and Reason. Brewed a clone of it...

Sounds about right for a first round! You'll end up with good beer, and that's what matters.

Shouldn't stop us non-Americans :mug:

+ 5 gallons Sierra Nevada Pale Clone =14205

I use a 36qt turkey fryer. I also do 4.5-4.75g batches so they have space in my 5g buckets. And I still boil over the hot break almost every time. So, it works, but it ain't pretty.

Yup. Done a crash/ gelatin for like 10 brews now, works great. I still wonder every damn time what number to put for temp in the calculator though...

My girlfriend made me a binder with brew log sheets that she found on the internet somewhere. I've since changed a few things on a pdf of it and print it out when I need new ones Name, style, brew, bottling and ready to drink dates. Sugars Hops Yeast Other Small chart for mash temp A chart for...

I was handing out some home at our Father's Day BBQ. My uncle takes a sip of my American Lager. "Not bad! A little hoppy..." Yup, all 15 IBU's :confused: I think he just describes all beer as hoppy, tbh.

The soak with Oxy or bleach works pretty good for me. I'll sometimes use Goof off or acetone on stubborn glue. However, a local brewery that I use a lot of bottles from, I've found it's actually better to peel the labels when dry. They are a thick paper and come off pretty good that way. Once...

11165 + 2 Guinness clone Attempt 11167