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the recipe looks good, but I'd raise the mash temp a bit. At 151 you'll end up with a very dry beer with not much malt flavor. Try 154 or 155, that should result in a better balance in the finished product.

I'm with everyone else, Perlicks are the way to go.

Looks like a solid recipe. The only suggestion might be to raise the mash temp a bit. At 150 with US-05 the beer might end up a bit too dry. I would go with 154-156 to get a little more body.

When I was converting my cooler to a MLT, I thought the braid would be easier to do than a manifold, so that's what I went with. works great as far as I'm concerned I agree with wildwest - I don't think it really matters which way you go.

If you have purged with Co2 - your beers will be fine for a long time - they just won't be carbed. There is no way for oxygen to get in at this point. Relax.

bump to see if we can get some more input here

for my oatmeal stout (5.5gal), I use only 8 oz of roasted barley and no black patent. I also toss in 12 oz of chocolate malt.

+1 to Ed Wort's Haus Pale ale. Also check out Bier Muncher's Centennial Blonde. I always have one of these on tap.

talk about bringing back memories, this was a staple in college around the hollidays (or whenever we felt like it) We never added sugar to ours, but to each their own. Very tasty/ sneaky stuff.

I would go with US-04. It is a lower attenuating yeast like windsor, plus it flocculates much better - Windsor never seems to drop out easily for me. Notty will finish way drier than both windsor and us-04.

I use ball locks, but I happened to be given a pinlock as a gift a while back. Ball locks are a bit smaller in diameter, so I can fit more. FYI - my ball locks are 25.5' high with QD and have 8 3/16' Dia. the pin lock is 24" with QD and 9.5" Dia

That's the same evaporation I experience. I always start with 7.5 gallons preboil to hit 5.5. I just did a 90 minute boil today on a barleywine and started with 8 gallons to get down to 5.5. It took me quite a few batches to accept the fact that I boil off 2 gallons in an hour.

I'm just a few minutes into the mash of my first Barleywine - my mash tun is at its limit! I figured my first barleywine should be the 9-9-9 recipe. It will join the 8-8-8 RIS that's been aging in the beer closet for the past 4 months.

is the discount for everything on your site?

I have a Banjo Burner and have been very happy with it, especially after I converted it to run on natural gas. Here's a link to the product description

Good ideas already posted, but don't forget about Maris Otter or Golden Promise.

I absolutely agree with BobbyM on the 3/4" If you have to pay someone to dig and bury, there is no reason not to go big. You don't want to find out later that it was too small.

Favorite Brew: Bell's Hopslam (on tap if possible) Favorite Homebrew IIPA or Ed Wort's Robust Porter Favorite MicroBrew: Bell's hopslam Favorite Microbrewery Bell's - I really like every beer of theirs I've tried Favorite Style - IPA's or Porters Favorite lawnmower beer: Bud Light

I agree on the light munich. or Roast some two-row at 215 for about an hour. here is a link for home roasting

Trying this for the first time tonight - not very pleasant. I'm wondering if I got a bad bottle or just am not a fan of the beer. Here's what I'm tasting and smelling, hopefully someone can confirm or deny that this is what it's supposed to taste like. The smell and taste are what I would...