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+5 gallons of English mild. 19,847.

Or low abv even haha. I brewed my first mild the other day and I like it but have nothing to compare it to. It's a little thin but very tasty. Got the recipe out of brewing classic styles.

I saw all that too which will help with the planning. I'm thinking about brewing a lager for the first time to enter to get some feedback about it. What low abv ones are you about to brew? Any general suggestions about lagers?

^ I thought the same thing

I recently brewed for the first time in about 4 months and caught the bug again. I was looking at the AHA website for competitions and unfortunately found that all of my local ones are basically done for the year. I did notice NHC up on the calendar which got me thinking about entering this...

Two cool things! I kegged the beer on Sunday and it is almost completely carbonated tonight. It is delicious. That also means I went grain to glass in just about a week. That is the first time I have ever done that, and it is pretty cool. This is my first experience with an under 4% beer and...

on a more beer related note, the beer is 6 days old and looks like it is done fermenting. Im debating if I want to try and keg it tonight or tomorrow or let it go another week for my traditional 2 week fermentation.

BEC has the most drastic changes in 2017, so it was important to get that out of the way. Busy season is going to come before I take all 4, but I'm definitely going to take them all by March because they are paid for and just to see if i can get done before the changes.

I am using Becker, luckily my firm pays for it. I have passed FAR and BEC and am studying for REG. I'm working 8s right now which is nice but come January, it will be mandatory 11s. Someone else mentioned tax season, so I thought I would include here that I am in audit. I started on...

It looks like I am haha! That was the whole reason to by the refractometer; to have a better ability to do so. However, the hydrometer and and refrac are measuring differently so I need to buy some distilled water and see which is wrong. If I believe the refrac, my mash efficiency would be 91.6%...

CPA. I've passed two parts of the exam and am working on the third now. I'm actually supposed to be studying as I write this haha.

I actually ended up using about 1.5 quarts per pound. It was just about 3.6 gallons including a .5 gallon dead space. I use a cooler system. My ending runnings were 1.010 so I have no worries about extracting tannins. I was aiming for 1.035 and I ended up getting 1.041 ish. My refractometer and...

No, the Co2 would not build up to dangerous levels. You may get some mold with the wetter air in there, but you can buy a little dehumidifier to help with that.

So beer smith wants me to mash my mild in with only 10 quarts of water and then sparge with 6. this seems like a recipe for disaster. any advice on how much to mash or sparge with? Ive heard you can go up to 2 quarts per pound without any issue

That is so disappointing. I was able to get a support request through, so we will see. I know the brewing network still does live reads for them and gives one a way a month. I'm really hoping it isn't gone, it's such a cool idea.

I received a beer bug for graduation. I used it once and it did not work at all. it told me my 1.070 beer had fermented out in 3 days and went down to .999. Their support stuff is not very responsive and I don;t know what I have done wrong. It would be great if someone could go through their...

I went with brewing classic style's English mild and it is super close to this recipe you have. It includes C120 and I used pale chocolate and black patent. .85 oz of EKG at 60. I'm feeling pretty good about it.

I'm really thinking something under 4%.

I recently just started my first job out of college and it really does steal all of one's time. Additionally, I am also studying for a professional certification and that sucks up any free time I can manage to get (currently on a study break). A few months ago now, I decided my next brew was...