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Because I'm cheap and nervous about how it will turn out. Plus, I do a modified "BIAB" method that can't handle much more grain. I usually only do 3-gallon batches anyway.

I'm looking for a critique on my barleywine recipe. 2 gallon batch OG: 1.105 FG: 1.026 ABV: 10.2 IBU: 104 6.5 lbs Pale two row .5 lbs Crystal 60L .5 lbs Cane sugar .7 oz. Columbus (60 min) .8 oz. Cascade (25 min) 1 oz. Cascade (Dry hop) Mash for 90 minutes at 150. Pitching onto US-05 yeast...

OK, I like the crystal suggestion. If I wanted a little more complex malt profile, what else could work? I was honestly just guessing with the first malt bill.

I'm just looking for an ESB critique. I haven't used fuggles in a long time and want to try them again. Batch size: 3 gallons OG: 1.058 IBU: 48 SRM: 12 5.5 lbs Maris Otter .3 lbs Vienna .3 lbs Aromatic .3 lbs Biscuit 1 oz. Black patent (for color) 1.2 oz. fuggles (60 min.) .5...

Thanks for the suggestions. My last few brews have been a little thin, finishing really low. I was hoping to have a little more body, so I'm going to mash a little higher (~155) and try notty. Am I on the right track? And I will definitely increase the late additions. I had been kicking that...

I'm looking for someone to critique my first pale ale recipe. It's a 3 gallon batch. 5 lbs 2-row .5 lbs Munich .5 lbs Crystal 60L .3 lbs CaraPils .3 oz Chinook (60 minutes) .2 oz Chinook (30 minutes) .2 oz Amarillo (30 minutes) .3 oz Amarillo (5 minutes) Estimated OG: 1.057 Estimated FG...

Great, thanks for the response.

So my local home brew supply shop didn't have the fuggles my recipe called for. The guy replaced them with sterling. I know they were out of willamette. Does this seem reasonable? Here's the hop schedule. 17g Horizon 13%AA @60 14g Fuggle 4.75%AA @30 14g Cascade 5.75%AA @30 14g Cascade...

I'm a big fan of Summit Extra Pale Ale. If you're near the Twin Cities, give it a try.

I have a question along those lines. I do 3 gallon batches with a 4-gallon pot and a 2-gallon pot. I boil about 3 gallons in the big pot and 1 gallon in the small pot until I can move enough evaporates to mix them, usually about half way through the boil. I just do all my hop additions in the...

I do 3 gallon batches and tried a BIAB this weekend. I ended up with exactly 4 gallons after mash and batch sparge, and I have a four gallon kettle. I transferred about a gallon into a smaller pot and boiled 3 gallons with all the hop additions and the 1 gallon with no hops and combined them...

I am planning on trying the BIAB method with a sparge this weekend. My problem is that I only have one big brew kettle, so I'll be moving the wort around to set up the sparge. I think I have it figured out, but my question is: is it bad if the grains that have been mashed cool down a little...

I've got it over wood chips right now. I think I might just throw in a bunch more. This was a big beer, probably over 10% ABV. Maybe I can "outflavor" the pickles!

Aging a year or more wouldn't help?

So I made a bourbon stout in a 5 gallon bucket that I got from the Publix deli. It still smelled like pickles, but I didn't think it was too bad. I might have been wrong. I recently racked to secondary, and everything smelled and tasted like pickles. I plan on aging this in bottles a while (at...