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I just brewed up a non-GF Canadian Ale for a neighbor as a gift, but as soon as my primary re-opens I will be brewing up a batch of this beer. Two questions for you: 1) what would you dry hop with? And 2) I've already asked mloster, but what is your opinion on subbing Cascade for the...

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I've got some buckwheat honey and I'm thinking of brewing a batch of this. What were the OG and FG? BrewTarget is predicting 1.048 and 1.012, but that's with 1lb of generic honey... Also, how happy were you with the hopping schedule? Would you change anything hop-wise? I'm thinking I could...

Yes, you still have to wait for the beer to naturally carbonate, but it does make bottling day a lot easier.

I have been bottling half of each batch and putting the other half in a PartyPig. Aside from the ~$5.00 recurring cost for pressure pouches, I really like the pigs... each pig holds a case (2.25 gallons).

I am having a difficult time staying patient once I bottle. I am trying...

The Cascade's citrus flavor is obviously very present but not overpowering. The rice syrup is Briess Hi-Maltose Brown. OG 1.057 & FG 1.011.

I brewed this batch up on 6/16/12. I had bought a pound of Cascade hops to experiment with... so, 5 hops additions and ultimately 5 ounces of hops. It spent 13 days in the primary and 9 days in the secondary (the plan was 14/7). Although it had only been in the bottles 9 days, I tried one...

Funny, it's not really a coaster. It's the lighted base of some old "glad you're leaving the office" award I received. I found it and thought it might work well to light up a beer glass.

Well I put one of two PartyPigs from this batch in the fridge on Tues to drink on the 4th. The good: Great aroma and hop flavor, not overpowering even at 100+ IBUs. Great color and clarity. Also, does not have an alcohol "bite" despite being 8.4%/ABV. The bad: The sorghum twang is still very...

I tried to order some from them recently, before they removed it from their site. I talked to them on the phone and was told that they were no longer carrying the dry sorghum. Not sure of the reason...

+1 for Annapolis Homebrew. While I have never been there, I consider it my LHBS. It's about an hour from my house, but with $7.95 flat rate shipping it's actually cheaper just to have them ship to my house... They carry the Briess rice syrup as well as the Briess 45DE and 60DE sorghum syrup...

Wow, that sucks; glad you're okay. Have you sampled any other bottles from that batch for clues? Weird that you had already drank a bunch from that batch with no odd taste or ill effects.

Believe the basic rule of thumb is: smaller boil (relative to batch size) equals lower IBU's. Also, late additions of fermentables equal higher IBU's. There are no doubt other interrelationships... but I think the bottom line is that as usual, size does matter.:) In the ER due to a batch...

Based on the success of mloster's Hop Bursted Pale Ale, I guess my question is answered... I think I'll be trying an all brown rice syrup (with candi/honey/etc. but no sorghum) batch next. Maybe a summery blonde ale?

In this case I am talking about the Briess high-maltose rice syrup carried by my LHBS, and yes, adding honey/candi syrup/etc. For example, fermentables for a 5 gallon batch: 3lbs Sorghum 3lbs Rice Syrup (Breiss) 1lbs Candi Syrup Like David suggests, would body be a problem? Would a...

Been poking around this site and others for some guidance/opinions on sorghum to rice extract ratios when used as the primary fermentables. I have had limited success finding any good advice, as in: 1) how much a percentage of rice extract is too much 2) if you're gonna use a certain...

Keep talking like this and next thing you know, people will start doing crazy stuff like putting chicken on pizzas; it's just not right. Seriously though, your comments remind me of Dogfish Head and their 'Tweason Ale, made with strawberries and buckwheat honey. While it is gluten free, that's...

Sounds delicious; how about sharing that recipe?

Checked gravity on this batch this morning; it was at target of 1.016, making it 8.4%ABV! Racked it to the secondary and it was crystal clear (the irish moss I assume). Dry hopped it with .5oz Simcoe and 1.0oz Amarillo. It smells delicious... BrewTarget says bitterness should be ~108 IBU; I...