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3.5 gallons in a 5 gallon carboy? No problem, plenty of headspace! Note the color of the fluid in the airlock...

I think I'll give this one a try. Anybody else try this one? Bob, are you still brewing it?

Yes - 1 full pint, or maybe two smaller glasses a night during the week, but not every night. I like to "test" myself sometimes, make sure I can still go multiple days without any to be sure I don't start forming a bad habit. I don't have a lot of buddies stopping over to drink my beer, so I...

This (trying to ferment 5 gallons of beer in a 5 gallon fermentor) ought to be in the "Don't do that" thread. :no:

I second this!

I also recommend some reading be done to get a feeling for why you might add certain ingredients to your recipes. I mean you can prowl these forums for the same information piece by piece, but reading through a book is nice and might give you insight into ingredients you might not otherwise...

When you are choosing the beer style, you are choosing the carbination level associated with that style. For instance, high carbonation for a Hefe, low for a British mild. Northern Brewer's calculator shows the numeric volume of CO2 for the style too. You can ignore the beer style and choose...

Not sure which calc you are using, but I've found they give reasonable recommendations as long as you enter the information it asks for correctly. The "Temperature" value should be that of the beer you are going to bottle, and at that time you will bottle it. You shouldn't need to add any more...

The waiting is always the worst part! I looked at your original posting date after I replied and wondered if maybe I was too late...oh well. Looking back at that older recipe, I had 3 oz of Carafa I in a 4-gallon recipe where it stuck out so...maybe 2 oz in a 5 gallon you won't notice it...

I'd say it looks interesting. Should be a good one. I've brewed 3 different Viennas. The first had a bit of Carafa I in it for color. I was supposed to use the de-husked "special" version but got the regular and the roast note stuck out like a sore thumb, so personally I would eliminate the...

Hmm...not sure on that one. What size batch? Any hops?

Agreed - with the paint strainer bag method, you ARE doing an all grain mash with very little investment. I did quite a few 2.5 gallon batches this way before buying a couple 3-gallon kegs. At that point there were some beers that I wanted to make where the paint strainer bag and my pot did...

You mainly just steep grains because you are not counting on them for the bulk of your fermentable sugars, which come from the extract instead. Mashing is required to produce the sugars from regular starchy grains (crystal malts have already been converted to sugar, you just need to steep it...

True, that would be a mash.

Up the Irons!

Founders has an all azacca IPA that is really good. The hop is a bit different, but I like it. Should pair well with Centennial I would guess. Reply back and let us know!

Early hop additions give you bitterness Very Late hop additions give you aroma In the middle you'll get a bit of both, but more flavor. For not wanting "hoppy" which I think of as both flavor and aroma, you may only want early addition hopping (first wort or 60 minute boil) to get bitterness to...

I am not familiar with these hops so won't comment on them. I will say, if you haven't already, check out an online recipe calculator tool like Brewer's Friend or BrewToad. There are free trial versions that will allow you to enter and adjust these items to see the outcome on the stats of the...

I have a cylindrical "water cooler" type MLT and due to the height of the spigot opening inside the cooler, there is quite a bit that can't come out. I solved this by making a "lautering stand" that holds the cooler at an angle to get more out. Sometimes I've also seen things get really...

Sounds busy, but then I've never made an IS.