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Ya Bud, hats off to you for working through 3 batches in a day! I have done back to back recipes with a friend helping. It takes knowledge of your system, the brewing process and of course really good timing to avoid a roadblock. I've done this with just one cooler... jealous thinking of the...

Recently was looking through the Ale Recipe thread and came across this one. It spoke to me because I busted my leg a few years ago... Brew day went well! Hit 1.056 with more than 5 gal going into the ferment bucket. I am using Imperial yeast, their Flagship strain. ( ;

The tipping point for me buying a grain mill was a few inconsistent batches that I contributed to a worn out grain mill that my LHBS had. I bought my own grain mill, then I realized that I could buy 4 to 5 recipes at a time and bring them home, all un-crushed. I have a supply that lasts for...

My first attempt at this recipe started back on December 22nd. I hit 1.080 that day, it finished at 1.015 after about a month fermenting. A SOLID 8.5% ABV ( ; I have no complaints, except one... there are not near enough pictures in this thread to do this fine brew justice. So I aim to fix...

I have a spare bottle waiting to go into service, once the gauge(s) past the regulator won't hold serving pressure any longer. HTH ( ;

I've been using a hair dryer inside my refer/ferm chamber for years. I am not trying to heat above 65F though...

1. Moving to all grain and also developing patience ( ; 2. Controlling fermentation temps. 3. Adjusting mash PH using water analysis/corrections. (this last one didn't have a big impact for me as the first two did, but I have really good well water! I realize others are not as fortunate so...

I have been using a stir plate to over-build yeast starters for several years now. Seems so much easier with the timing for a brew day, plus I have extra that I can reuse for the next brew day. ( ;

I just kegged up a 5 gal. batch of the original recipe today. Went from 1.060 down to 1.016 in 3 weeks so it's a solid 5.5% batch ( ; I've decided to pull back from making the Imperial version lately for a couple of reasons. First was a request from a family member for the original. Second...

After a few glasses of this IRA i get a little... ahem CREATIVE! :bott: :drunk:

This could be fun! If the next guy takes a picture of HIS IRA in front of my post (where I have a glass of MY IRA in front @InspectorJon's post, who took a picture of HIS glass of IRA in front of @TimBrewz GLASS OF IRA!) LOL, could end up being one of those cool pictures after a dozen people...

I started this recipe over the weekend. I stayed true to the original recipe with just a few changes. I only used 4 gal of water and decided to dry hop with 4 oz. of both Citra and Mosaic. I have been wanting to try fermenting in the keg for a while and this seemed like a good excuse to...

I made this for the first time today! I used Brewtarget software and BruN-water software to get set up for brew day. Hit my numbers mostly, but these first runs at a recipe is always to dial in the equipment with the numbers I was seeing today ( ; Looking forward to this batch becoming a very...

Oh Spunding! Right, that was the first way invented to naturally carbonate huh?! I have always wanted to try that approach, guess I need to figure it out one of these days ( ;

Hey there I think that my technique is a bit different than what you are thinking. I let the beer ferment down to finished gravity. Then I transfer it all into a keg. I treat the whole keg like one big bottle of beer though. In the past when I bottled beer it would look like this...

Here is a pic of the 1st pour from a keg that i naturally carbonated. Brewed this back on May 27th and fermented with Wyeast Pacman (Imperial Joystick is the same yeast strain). I also cut down the Maltodextrin in half to 8 oz. Ended up with 7.25 gal at a SOLID 7.5% ABV ( ; the reason I...

I am making another attempt at the Imperial version of this recipe today, see my earlier posts for reference. This time I am using my own home grown hops (oh ya!), plus I am cutting back on the amount of hops I am using. The last batch seemed to be just a wee bit too bitter for my liking. I...

To my recollection @Yooper has not changed the base recipe. Go for it you will LUV it! There have been a few of us that have monkey around with the recipe but make yourself a bone stock batch, then sip on a glass or two while reading through this thread ( ;

Update: Part of this 7gal batch, that I made back in April, I split off and put in one of those old Party Pigs. I still have some and continue to use them (at some point i will replace them with 2.5gal Corny kegs...) Now the 5gal Corny keg has been dead for a while now, but I let the Party Pig...

That right there... makes me want to buy a 3gal keg! Before today I could have not imagined a reason to buy less than a 5gal keg! ( ; Well done!