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Got a batch of ESB with experimental Chocolate hops going with Nugget for bittering.

I'm also curious to hear how this turns out. It's something I've always thought was completely wrong to have in beer until 2 weeks ago. We went to a brewery for a tasting party and one of them was a Jalapeño ale. surprisingly I liked it but the 5 Oz taster was enough for me. I would like to try...

2107 + 5 of SNPA = 2112

My first recipe I came up with is my house ale now. I'm on version 6 right now because I keep making little changes with each time I brew it but I really like the way Saaz plays its role in this beer. I use 2 row, munich and a little c-10. I agree with giraffe that you need to bump that 15 min...

1648.5 + 5 of my SaazSquatch Blonde = 1653.5

Well finally cracked these open the other day. I didn't know what to expect at all from the beginning but I do need to make some adjustments. I don't think there was enough in the flavor and aroma additions to get a really good sense of the hops. There is a slight fruityness with the Lime hops...

So I took my first gravity readings tonight since brew day. The lime hop in the Blonde is a little on the dry side and doesn't quite have a distinguished flavor. There is a little bit of citrus/fruity finish. It's OK so far. The chocolate hop in the ESB on the other hand worked out very well...

I still have both batches in primary right now so I'm not sure yet. I'll be bottling those up probably a day or 2 before xmas next week. I wasn't sure what to expect from them anyways so I'll see if I can get an idea when I try it at bottling and let you know.

So I was pretty happy with the brew day. I did 2 BIAB/no chill batches in just a hair under 5 hours. Here are my results so far: 1st batch: Lime Blonde 2.5lbs 2-row 4 oz C10 Mash @ 152 60 min 3g Centennial @ 60 5g Lime @ 20 5g Lime @ 5 O.G - 1.052 Exp F.G. - 1.015 77% Efficiency US-05 Batch...

Sweet thanks! I finally was able to find out the aau's on the lime and they are 6.9. So I played with the numbers and was going to do 3g centennial @ 60, 5g lime @ 20 and 5g lime at 5. I'm going to just guess that the chocolate is either close to that or under by just a little bit so I'll...

I figured that 1 oz total was going to be a lot but I wanted to get a good vibe from them at the same time. For bittering I'm using about 7 grams. Maybe I will look at some more recipes and see what I can find. I looked at a few so far but not a lot. I'd like the beer to be somewhat balanced but...

So instead of participating in Black Friday I'll be doing Brew Friday. I have 2 experimental hops of Lime and Chocolate. Because they are new this year the grower doesn't have any specs on them yet other than the flavor part. So the first batch is going to be just 2-row with a little centennial...

I BIAB and have been wondering about trying a step mash. I might give it a shot. I think I'll change one thing at a time as I go through this and see how the results come out. I try to keep a pretty good log book going on each batch so I can always go back to what I did before and see what I...

I think I was over-thinking all of this. I don't remember the grain bill on the porter but I think I will go ahead and make it again but use your guys' suggestions. I'll add a little cara-pils in there and then go with the couple degrees higher for mash. Thanks

So I've been trying to read up and figure this out on my own, but I'm really getting no where other than just confusing myself. I'm basing this off of a porter that I had made recently too that I felt came out a little thinner than what I wanted. I hope I don't confuse anyone with the way this...

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Yea, I was planning to do at least a 1 gallon SMASH for these to see how the flavor comes out. Trying to figure out what styles either of these could work with. Not a saison or belgian fan so those are out.

So my aunt just sent me 2 - 8oz packs of experimental hops from Yakima Valley Hops. One is "Chocolate" and the other "Lime." Jumped on their website to get a little more information but because they are "experimental" the only descriptions they have is chocolate/spicy and lime/fruity. Not a...

I made a little 1.5gl porter test batch at the wife's request and took a bottle to work and had two co-workers try it: Co-worker #1 - "Wow, that's pretty good" Co-worker #2 - "Ya know, I drink Black Butte all the time and I'd have to say I like this better" Personally, I wouldn't think that but...

Did this last weekend (5.5gl batch) but screwed up the hop schedule a bit. I no-chill so I had made my adjustments at work and forgot the schedule there. It was suppossed to be: FWH - .5 oz Cascade 40 min - 1 oz Perle Dry hop - 1 oz Cascade Well, for some reason I did this: FWH - .5 oz Cascade...