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My first guess would be sanitation. Something is not finding all the way. Could be any step: mash, boil, or transfer. As you are using glass carboy, which I assume are meticulously rinsed, I would look to any plastic that comes in contact during the process. Also, did you do these recipes back...

I would give it one or two more days, checking the gravity once each day. Make sure it has stabilized. I have never bottled in less than two weeks, just me. Also give the beer a little more time to floc out for clarity sake. But you"ll be fine either way I am sure.

I tweaked the hop addition. I'd have to check my notes for other tweaks (mash temp, etc). Also I did add one lonely ounce of biscuit, just to give it character, who knows!? Went late with the amarillo and used perle for the bittering. I will carb it to meet American premium later volume.

No problems yet with Amarillo here in Denver yet. I brewed a version of this, a couple minor tweaks to make it a little more lager like. Used us-05 at lower temps. Still in fermenter, will bottle Friday.

Yeah no prob. I plugged in 60L too, but that can add a fruity sweetness (not unpleasant, but wrong for this style), but you work get almost 10 srm while the 40 will get ya 7 and change, where I like my pales.

Wow. Pale apes... Autocorrect is awesome!!

Looks ok to me, roughly. You can either bump up the weight on the crystal, OR and what I would do is bump up the color of the crystal. Maybe go up to 40L? I also use brewers' friend, cause I am a budget brewer too, but I recommend a scale. It is as important as a good thermometer. You could also...

Sometimes too much info can be a bad thing. I have been brewing 6 months now, and by no means an expert. I admit I don't always take a reading until after the Wort has boiled and cooled. Anytime I try to "adjust" for my mistakes I regret it. Until you get more comfortable, my advice is to let...

Curious if anyone has tried an all grain of this. Extract is so expensive.

I use a carbonation calculator app on my phone. Match the style and amount of beer, gives the standard range of volumes. Calculates for corn sugar, table sugar (sucrose), or kegging pressure. I go for middle of the recommended road often. Remember add sugar by weight, not volume. But either...

Welcome to your new hobby/obsession!! I am drinking one now that I brewed some time ago. Mine turned out a little darker and a lot stronger than planned, but I still enjoy it!! So just jumped right into all grain, eh?... Well, good for you! It is a great beer, even when it doesn't turn out as...

Well, keep us posted. I love cascades too, but getting burnt out on them. Would love to change it up and keep this grain bill. As I have posted before, I have never had the sweetwater, so can't speak to the accuracy of the clone. So I am not concerned about being true to the original. But it...

Oh, but I should add that IMHO, I cannot imagine this without cascades, but I am sure your beer will be great without it.

I made this beer, and will have to again. It is the best beer I have ever made. Make this! But, to be honest I followed the OP recipe, except I dry hopped with a half ounce of cascade pellets. Gave it a very nice nose if I do say so myself. I have never used palisades or calypso, so I can't...

OP says 2 volumes. I plan to go a little higher as I like a carb-ier beer. So I am going to go 2.2.

Whoops. That was meant for another post...the rest about hurricanes was for this post. Sorry

Take care of yourself, and glad you are safe. Hope you didn't lose anything. I live in Colorado now, but lived in Florida for over 20 yrs. Lost count of how many hurricanes I lived through... At least she is a fast moving girl. Sounds funny to people who don't know hurricanes, but better fast...

How'd you lose power? Are you effected by the storm?

I have always dissolved it in boiling water, then let cool before adding. I always just pour water from a tea kettle over the sugar, mix til clear, cover it and then put in fridge. Also, if you cold crash, let it come back up to room temp before racking it onto your priming sugar... The sugar...

Good. Yeah. I normally just 3pc airlock it, but my Amber woulda blown her top, so glad I did. Even with the blowoff it filled the pint mason jar and overflowed that before I caught it!! I think I am getting to the point where I will just always use a blowoff, just in case.