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As always, thank you for your feedback. The hopping schedule is about the same; it'll go something like this: 0.5oz. Warrior @60min 0.5oz. Warrior mixed with 0.5oz. Simcoe @55min continuous to 35min 1.0oz. Simcoe mixed with 1.0oz. Amarillo @30min continuous to 0min 0.5oz. Simcoe mixed...

Okay, here's "take two" on my next batch... to be brewed this Saturday. I am looking for three things: 1) GF, 2) BIG, 3) HOPPY. I intend to do the continuous hopping (ala: Dogfish 60 min IPA), but I want to bump up the ABV to ~8.0%. Based on that, please critique the below changes to the...

Brew day every Thursday; that sounds like fun. Speaking of fun, just for fun I threw an ounce of Liberty hops into the secondary yesterday...

I used 2 gallons tap water (well water, pretty hard) and 3 gallons of bottled water (Polar purified drinking water from BJs Wholesale, do they have those in the west coast?). In hind sight it was probably a bad call on using the well water. From here on out I intend to use the bottled water...

FWIW, I have a 7.5 gallon pot, did a 5 gallon boil, and used a wort chiller (yes, I ignored the "do a partial boil" portion of the instructions). Other than that, I followed instructions with the kit and used "best practices" from this site and other resources. Maybe I'm just being a overly...

I did not taste the hydrometer sample, however, yesterday while racking to the secondary, I grabbed a sample and tasted it. Not sure what to say about the taste... except I hope it improves. I have zero experience tasting unfinished beer; it wasn't terrible, but did have a distinct and...

The wife and I have experimented with bananas... but never sweet potatoes:ban:

Igliashon, took your advice to heart. After two weeks in the primary, I intend to rack to my secondary fermenter today (a 5 gallon bb carboy which is currently on a fedex truck out for delivery to my house along with some ingredients for my next batch). Did a gravity check this morning and the...

Igliashon, Thank you again for your helpful feedback. I see (what I assume are) the two IPAs you've brewed in your signature. Are the recipes posted; love to check them out if your willing. Rick <><

Below is my attempt at a GF version of the 60 Min IPA clone posted here. 60 Minute IPA is (was) one of my favorites before going GF. In terms of brewing experience, I have brewed exactly 1 batch of homebrew (and it's still in the fermenter...), so any advice would be appreciated. If I were...

"A patient man has great understanding, but a quick tempered man displays folley." -Proverbs 14:29 Glad I asked. I will chill out. Don't have a secondary (yet), so three weeks? Check out the "instructions" that came with the kit... They seemed a little weak to me, but I am a guy who's...

Thank you both for the feedback. I've tasted the sorghum twang in the store bought GF beer I've tried. My ultimate goal is to brew a super hoppy GF IPA with ~8% ABV; but first baby steps. My freshman effort been 3 days now in the fermentation bucket, and the bubbles from the airlock are...

I recently discovered that I am very sensitive to gluten. I am glad not to be sick anymore but I am not impressed with the selection of GF beers available in my area (I WANT MY IPA; GIVE ME HOPS), so I decided to take matters into my own hands. Bought some equipment and brewed my first batch...