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Thanks, I guess I will let it ride for a little while. I am planing on a month long fermentation for this. No secondary.

I am making a breakfast stout all grain. My OG is 1.052 and I pitched with S-04, Pitched at 66F and I know that it got down to about 55 before going to about 59 for 3 days. Now it is at 65. I used the same water source I have used in about every beer for the past year, that is about 7 or 8...

This story is full of so much win! :mug:

Not to go against the grain of this thread but I live in Lancater, PA and if you go into any bar from the crappy dive bars, to apple bees, to high end restaurants, if you say give me a Lager.... they instantly give you Yuengling. I was sitting at a bar once and counted the next 10 beer orders...

Recipe Type: All Grain Yeast: Yeast Cake from Belgian Dark Strong Yeast Starter: N/A Batch Size (Gallons): 5.00 Original Gravity: 1.085 Final Gravity: 1.008 IBU: 109+ Boiling Time (Minutes): 90 Color: 19.2 Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 30 days at 65 Secondary Fermentation (#...

Just another update. I had a six pack in the fridge since Monday. Monday tastes like Bananas... today tastes like AWESOME! No more banana, now smokey, dry and clean.

I just got a cheapo refrigerator in my garage. Next batch I make will be temperature controlled. I got it for carbing my kegs but looks like I will be needing it to control my ferm temps too.

It was probably in the low to mid 70's

Bottled and Carbonated! Tasted good... However has a weird banana taste to it.... anyone know why that might be? I expected something a bit more dry and smoky. Like i said its good just not what I expected.

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Caramunich maybe ?

Ok I think I get it now. Here is version 3 8 oz 60L Caramel 8 oz Vienna Malt 5Lbs LME Golden Light at 60 1.5 oz Chinook at 60 .5 oz Centennial at 60 5Lbs 4.8 oz LME Golden Light at 30 1Lb Candi Sugar Clear at 30 .5 oz Centennial at 30 .5 oz Chinook at 30 1 oz Simcoe at 10 White Labs WLP007 Dry...

Whats happening in beersmith is this. I am doing a 3 Gal extract recipe, batch size is 5 gal est efficiency is 72%. As an experiment I added only hops to this recipe .5 oz chinook at 60 .5 oz chinook at 30 1 oz simcoe at 10 2 oz simcoe dry hop 5 days this alone got my IBU's to 87.5 around...

You know, now that I look at it again it does seem off. I wonder if something got out of whack with beer smith. Is there a substitute for Chinook? I think I will try the sub in the same recipe and see if it comes out the same.

Wow I went to lunch and I came back to all this amazing info. Thanks guys Here is what I have come up with now for this recipe based off of all the great recommendations: 8 oz Crystal 40L 8 oz Vienna Malt 10 lb Pale LME 1.5 lb Clear Candi Sugar I think I would stick to the White Labs WLP007...

Wow thanks for all the good info. OG estimated at 1.091 I have adjusted the recipe as follows: 8 oz Cara Pils 8 oz Crystal 40L 10 Lb Pale LME 2 oz Chinook added at boil 3 oz Simcoe added after 45 min White Labs WLP007 Dry English Yeast 2 oz Centennial Dry Hop Does this look better to you guys?

Hello all I am still but a newb, I have just purchased BeerSmith and was curious as to how good it is at designing a recipe. I wanted to make a really strong IPA but yet balanced. I put my idea into Beersmith and I suppose it looks balanced according to the little sliders at the bottom. Before I...

Sorry guys correction, I just brought the Co2 can to get re-certified and filled and it is not a 10lb its a 20lb.... it cost 30$ for re-certification and fill. So I am at a total 80$ for everything.

Sounds good, thanks for the quick response!

Ok thanks, I will do that. Do you think it would be alright with the wood staves in there or should I transfer to another carboy off of the wood to finish it up?