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Thanks guys. I should have checked with Hydrometer but I have an aversion to using one (which is why i got the refractometer) so I didn't bother. I think Dcott hit it on the head i just rushed the base grains time, and didn't allow enough time for the conversion. In any case hopefully...

You may be correct on the grains.... I used 1.5 lbs wheat, 1 lb of 2 row, and a pound of flaked oats. You're probably right I doubt I stayed in the 14-160 range long enough, that is likely my problem. Refractometer does self correct and I thought I had calibrated it with h20 first but...

Ok so i'm not TOO concerned but freaking out just a little bit.. But I brewed a wheat IPA last night, and it all seemed to go fine. I do partial/mini-mash, so i steeped my grains for about 20 minutes or so until i got up around 170 degrees. Pulled off the heat added 5 lbs LME, back on to...

When you get to VT, you will need to head to Waterbury to a brewery called the Alchemist. They are brewing out of the cannery now, their pub/brewery was destroyed by the flood last year and are still in the process of rebuilding things. But if you go to the cannery now you can find...

My plan was to Zest/grate the orange peel.. thanks for the reference JerseyJoe. That looks like about what I've settled on after the great advice from everyone. Thanks guys, I'll try and post some OG/FG and stuff once i brew, maybe a couple pics if i can. I posted a link to the recipe...

Brewmaster you nailed it on the head. I'm basically taking a Wit malt/grain base and then infusing it with a IPA hop profile. I've seen a few of these around saranac does one that's "OK", but i'm going for bigger hop flavor. Thanks all for the input, I'll move the additions later in the...

I am planning on brewing a White/Wheat IPA sometime this weekend. Ingredients from Austin Homebrew should be here later today, but i'll likely brew sat night or sunday. My question basically is i'm doing a 5G batch, probably 3.5G boil. It's an extract or mini-mash with some LME ontop of...

I much like Jkendrick above am big more on the west coast varieties, i think Green Flash's West Coast IPA is a phenominal IPA, and they did an outstanding job with that beer. That said the SN Hoptimum i found pretty lousy, maybe it was just the bottle I had but overall I was not impressed given...

Ok so I'm trying to do somethign "different" for a brew this weekend. Planning on ordering ingredients today. Basics - part of the hop profile comes from a sale pack at Austin Homebrew, I used some of the hops along with Centenial to get a profile I think will work. Going for a...

Thinking the oats will just add a little creaminess to the overall mouth feel and not really a lot in terms of flavor. It's a work in process I'll post a recipe later once I settle on something.

Thinking of bittering with the warrior then getting some centennial to use with the summit at like 15-10-5-0. Debating on a Belgian style base malt with some wheat/2row/oat at like 50/40/10 percentages.

I am looking to order some ingredients for a brew tonight or Monday to brew next weekend. Austin is having a sale on a package of hop pellets 4 oz each of galena warrior summit and progress for $19. I am thinking of doing a white/wheat ipa and ordering this along with some base grains and maybe...

Yeah I really didn't think the room would fluctuate as much as it did. Guess I learned my lesson to go the extra step(s) next time and keep the temps more controlled.

I brewed a batch last Saturday. Cooled my wort and pitched some S-04 yeast. By Sunday am it was going like gangbusters. Then the problems started. I have been using our bonus room as it stays a bit colder than the rest of our house. However I didn't think it was THAT much colder. Temps had...

Yes you are correct. I have never used a prehopped extract. I just use DME or LME depending on which I prefer for a certain recipe. I guess I was thinking that the muntons which you are referring was just the same as LME. All brews I have done are partial mashes usually with 2-4 lbs of...

Grady I have a question. Sorry to get off your OP but did I read the original post correctly that you added all the malt after the 60 min boil? Is that correct? Just curious I have always seen it done first and that's the way I learned so was hoping to maybe learn something from you as to why...

Give it at least a week maybe longer. Always dump the sample or you risk infection. Of course by dump I mean consume......

Just a quick update. I decided to use the garage as an experiment last night. Original pitch temp was around 69. Think the wort was still a tad on the warm side. By about 10 last night it was dow. Around 64-65 on my stick on thermometer. Checked this am and it only seems to have dropped a...

All good points Nord. I had thought I had read that too much lugging could result in issues as well. Once the yeast cake settles to the bottom then lugging that down the stairs would stir it up and I would end up with sediment in the finished product. In the end your probably correct and l...

Sorry for the misunderstanding I am used to the term for a fan setup blowing over ice water cooling a larger area. As I said a few posts ago my concerns are what is worse. A possible swing in temps of a few degrees or lugging the bucket down from the second story after fermentation is over and...