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Just curious did you end up brewing this beer? How'd it turn out?

I would shoot for a carbonation level of 2.5 vol. of CO2. Which is just outside the IPA carbonation level. The slightly higher CO2 level will boost hop aroma.

You should be able to drink it now... well once it carbs up. Fermentation temperatures are low to promote clean fermentation and hides any fusel alcohols as well as the sweet malty flavor profile. But save a bottle, two or three and age for 6, 9 and 12 months. I bought my grain today. I'm gonna...

Agreed ditch the black patent for Special Carafa 3. Cold steep/french press the dark grains in 5x the water by weight overnight. Strain and collect the liquid and toss in the boil kettle with about 15 minutes from knockout. Pitch multiple smack packs or collect yeast harvested from another...

What do you ferment a batch that size in, 3 gallon carboy? I've been interested in brewing smaller batches. Thanks.

Looks good. I like the flavor profile of 530 yeast. I would use corn sugar over Turbinado and increase the addition of corn sugar, so you're honey and sugar are approximately 25-30% of the total fermentiables to improvement attenuation and get a dryer finish. For the hops anything noble or EK...

Calibrate the refractometer with distilled water before each reading. Rinse and wipe the glass surface after each use. Also, take readings in natural light.

California Common?

1. Its good practice to make a priming solution first. Bring the priming sugar and a few cups of water to a boil, then cover and let cool. Once cooled gently pour the priming solution into the bottling bucket, and rack the beer onto it. The priming solution will uniformly mix with the beer by...

I plan to brew my first ZD clone attempt tomorrow. I've had to modify the recipe slightly with available grains and also plan to add a Nelson Sauvin hop addition. I had attached the print out of my recipe. I'm contemplating removing the Caramel 40. Anyone with experience with the hop combination...

I recently brewed a 10 gallon Surly Bender clone with Wyeast 1335. That was my first time using this yeast. I’ve washed and harvested approximately 1 qtr.+ of yeast slurry. With a huge abundance of health fresh yeast. I want to reuse it, and brew a 10.5-11.5% Russian Imperial Stout. However, I...

I need some help determining the best approach in removing what I believe is chlorine forming crystals/salts from carboys. I had several carboys which I left sit full of a strong bleach solution for months (3 – 9). My bad. I know it’s a bad idea, but life gets in the way after you have your...

Sweet setup. I've been toying with the idea of purchasing a Top-Tier setup versus building a single-tier system. My only concern and hesitation with the top-tier set-up is that it might become top heavy and come crashing down during the boil. I plan to do 10 gallon batches with a full 20 gallon...

Looks good. I've used 0.50 lb of corn sugar in some of my IPAs to help light up the body. Just a thought.

I plan to make several Belgian beers and I have come across William's Brewing Belgian Pale extract online. I found this to be the most authentic with its composition being 90% Belgian two-row malt and 10% Belgian wheat malt. I've used Briess Pilen DME with good success in the past, but find...