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Brewed this up on Sunday. It was my first time using the barley crusher, so over shot a little to 1.078. Otherwise, brew day went well. The WLP002 has been very active and my basement smells deliciously hoppy.

There is a recipe in the database for a 15 minute boil extract recipe. It uses hopbursting and would be a good reference. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f66/15-minute-cascade-pale-ale-210253/

Some other thoughts/suggestions, rather than using expensive hops like simcoe and amarillo for your bittering, maybe try using something like magnum or warrior to get your IBUs where you want it. Move the 30 min addition to 20 mins and add the hops that you had at the 60 min addition to your...

Well, I was never able to compare it to the original because I wasn't able to get Odells in MN at the time. However, I don't think I would label this recipe as a clone, but it definitely had a lot of the characteristics that the 5BPA has. This was the first time I tried FWH, and I really liked...

HAHA! I had the same discussion with my wife. She probably thinks it's a safe bet - until that lottery ticket pulls through.

I brewed a fat tire clone last spring, and I gave my parents a six pack after it had been in the bottle for over a month. Well, during thanksgiving I happened to find some still in the fridge. My parents aren't big beer drinkers (or they don't like my beer :P ) I cracked one open, and it tasted...

Does anyone have a recipe of the style they like & want to share?

Thanks, that's what I was hoping to hear. The old wand is going straight to the trash!

I had one of those bottling nights that really makes me can't wait until I move to kegging. I have one of those plain old bottle wands without the spring. I've never had problems with it before, but last night the pin kept getting stuck and not closing. So, it would overflow the bottle and spray...

Currently skipping work and brewing a batch of Irish red! I'm getting to use my shiny orange MLT for the first time, so it's a good way to end 2009.

No Surly! That's too bad. I guess I haven't been there since this spring, but they used to have that on tap. You mentioned that you have been to Maynard's. It looks like the is a Haskell's liquor store right by there. They should have Surly. Store Locations It's the location in Excelsior.

That's funny, I work Chaska! There is a bar in Victoria called Floyd's that isn't too far from Chaska. They have Surly on tap. Furious is a great IPA, nice & hoppy! Schell's is one of the oldest family owned breweries in the US. Pretty much all of their beers are tasty. Definitely stop by the...

I used S-04 in my last batch, and like the package said just pitched it in without re-hydrating. My attenuation was not as much as I was hoping for. So, I can't say for certain whether this was the reason why, but from now on I am planning to always re-hydrate dry yeasts.

I've used gelatin in the last two batches I have bottled, and there's no issue with carbonation. There's still plenty of yeast left even after using gelatin. It definitely does help the beer clear up quite nicely.

The cap to your airlock, which was left in the fermentor because that's where you sanitized and it was hidden in the starsan foam.

I checked my SG last night, and it's down to 1.010. That isn't too much different than your first batch. Maybe it's the different yeast that accounts for the different attenuation?

Thanks for the suggestions! Yeah, I'm not sure if my LHBS will have the mild malt either and substituting it with Marris Otter was my backup plan. I have combined some of the hop additions and am now dry hopping with centenniel and glacier. Is it a good idea to dry hop with two types of hops...

I was able to brew this up last Thursday during my week off. I hit 1.052, but I ended up with almost 6 gallons so I used too much water. I used the WL 400 yeast, and should have used a blow off tube. Those buggers were active! I only shook to aerate, so it will be interesting to see how much...

I had been looking for a recipe for Odell's 5 barrel pale ale, with no luck. However, I did stumble across this old thread: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f12/looking-clone-17800/#post169453 and decided between that and the description on Odell's site coming up with a tasty recipe. However, I am...

Wow, this sounds like next week for me. Also being forced to take a week off for cost savings, and I was planning on doing this same recipe. :mug: