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Mrin, your links aren't working, I appreciate the responses. Keep em coming, I will collect them for the lean weeks.

Howdy there all, im wondering if y'all can help me decide on a brew for this Saturday. I am on a very tight budget this pay period, and my options are to brew cheap, or not brew at all. I was considering trying a SMaSH, but have no experience in those. I BIAB, and am limited to 5 gal batches...

I cracked the first bottle of this last night, after only 10 days in the bottle, couldn't wait. It is DELICIOUS!! Family claiming it is my best brew so far. Spritzy strawberry aroma, clean blonde ale taste, strawberry aftertaste on the tongue. I think I may have over carbonated this a little...

Our faithful family dog passed away yesterday. He was a German Shepherd named Dante, so I figured I would make a German summer beer in his memory today. Noble Old Man D's Honey Hefeweizen.

After clearing. And in the glass during bottling.

Before gelatin fining.

Bottled yesterday, beautiful color, I used gelatine to clear. Good taste, though a little astringent. I can see the need for a bit of conditioning time. I think the astringent grapefruit flavor will give way to the strawberry underneath.

The second of your recipes I am looking to try out WildGingerBrewing I was wondering if anyone has tried smoking the pecans, like in a meat smoker, instead of roasting them. I'm wondering if you could extract maximum smoky pecan flavor that way?

Racked into secondary on top of strawberries yesterday, there was a bout a gallon or so too much beer to fit in the bottling bucket with all the strawberries, so I figure I will let it ferment on its own and add back when I rack to tertiary.

Brewed this yesterday off your original recipe, except used Maris Otter instead of Golden Promise because of what the Home Brew store had in stock. Boiled 2qt down to 1cup for carmelization. Smelled delicious the entire time, like toffee and caramel. Completely forgot to take any gravity...

Will be racking a Blonde Ale into secondary onto fresh strawberries, and will attempt to brew a Scottish 60 Shilling Ale.

Thank you so much for all the help, I am very excited about brewing this weekend. I will update and let you know how brewday went. This is only my second AG so I am still trying to figure it all out.

Thank you for the response. The grain bill only came to 5.25 lb for a 5 gal batch, and I wanted to make sure. What do you think the pre and post volume was on your boil down liquid? When did you add the boiled down liquid back to the boil pot? During cool down?

Is your updated recipe for a 10 gal batch? And how much did you boil down for carmelization? I am wanting to try this out this weekend, but have never done a boil down before, bit I don't understand why you boil down for carmelization if you just add top up water at the end anyway. Is the...

Any notes or updates on how this turned out?

Wife found 8lb of fresh strawberries at Costco for $20 today. Stemmed, halved, star-san'd, and in the freezer waiting for Sat. to rack on.

I did mine BIAB, is all I am able to manage with my starter setup. I had a burner malfunction and was only able to do 1 sparge and didn't quite hit my OG, but it being my first AG brew day I think it was a success. I definitely need to get a bigger boil kettle and look into converting a cooler...

Bout to crank up a Wild Strawberry Blonde, first AG brewday.

You mentioned earlier in this thread that you are no longer doing 2x 10 min. dunk sparges and have condensed it to a single sparge. Could you clarify a little? Are you doing 1x 5 gal dunk sparge for the same duration and temp? or have you gone to a pour over sparge at the same temp? I am brewing...

I am going to try my first AG brew, going to BIAB, and will be picking up ingredients on Friday for the Wild Strawberry Blonde by WildGingerBrewing. My wife and sister are pretty excited about this one and are looking around for good deals on fresh strawberry.