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Hey Everyone. I am attempting to brew my first Flanders red using Jamil's 2007 Gold medal winning grain bill (see link below) and was hoping for some feedback on my process. With that said I do plan to sour my beer differently without using any of the commercial strains from WL or WY...

I just received my acceptance as well for 5 entries out of the 6th. I'm beyond excited

I was just pointing it out as I didn't know if you were wanting to brew "to syle" as defined by the BJCP which has an imperial SG being 1.075+. If you are happy with the recipe then go for it!

Last critique. SG seems a little low for an Imperial. I would bump that up higher. Also I would Go with 4 ounces in the secondary (pellets) for dry hop. Add 2 ounces when you rack over and wait 1 to 2 days - bump the fermenter ever so gently to get the hops to submerge. Then add your remaining 2...

That's exactly what I did with my IPA and Stout. I brewed the IPA last weekend and the Stout yesterday.

Best advice I can give is don't be afraid to over hop. Like Vinnie says with a smaller homebrew system your hop utilization will reach a point where it decreases dramatically due to the volume of your kettle limiting the surface contact your hops has with the wort. Putting Vinnie's recipe into...

Definitely ditch the flaked corn, not needed if you have carapils (target 5 % of grain bill). I would also lower your crystal amount. Crystal is only used for color if desired - 3 to 4% needed at most. Truthfully you can make a great DIPA without it. Also like others have stated add some corn...

That is the exact same time stamp I had on my US05 packet. Since they don't provide a day I used June 1st for my production date as this is the worst case. For storage I follow what Fermentis suggests for open sachets- Air tight container with a 7 day shelf life when stored at 39 degrees F...

Look at what the MFG date is on the yeast packet. US05 is 2 years prior from expiration date listed. The older the yeast the less viable cells. I.e. Just brewed an American stout yesterday with a SG of 1.064. I changed the date to match the expiration date in Mr Malty and it suggested a 1.4...

That would be awesome but unfortunately Im still brewing my remaining ales this week. If I mess up a batch it will make my decision very easy on which 6 to enter lol

My output valve was clogged inside the kettle. It has a 90 degree elbow with a 3/8" hose barb that rests on the bottom of the kettle. I ended up scooping the wort and grain info my old Coleman cooler mash run and sparged from there

Ya that's exactly how I set my roller gap as well except I use an old Soaring eagles player card since it doesn't have any raised numbers and lettering lol. Im guessing maybe it was a combo of my roller gap and me bumping the false bottom during stirring. Ya it may very well be the reason as...

I agree but at the same time I wish they opened it up to 8. I plan on sending 5 beers that I have medaled in other local homebrew competitions in the past 2 years, but I also have two new beers that I feel are solid beers that I would like to enter as well (black berry stout and BBA American...

Thanks CMAC! Ya I am no longer concerned with the water trapped under the false bottom but am more concerned with the grain husks getting by the edges of the false bottom and I appreciate your feedback. currently what gap do you have your mill set to? also do you use an "o ring" around your...

This weekend I am looking to brew my standard American wheat recipe, but instead of brewing 5 gallons I am looking to brew 10 gallons as I plan to fill two fermenters with one being my normal American wheat recipe and the other fermenter I plan to rack to a secondary over raspberry puree. My...

I have it on a propane burner. Holds heat pretty well - Only had to turn the burner on about 4 times to keep temp. I stirred the mash about every 5 to 10 minutes. I am wondering though if because of my grain crush and me stirring that I pushed some of the husks by the false bottom (gap between...

Wow I feel like an idiot. thanks for the link! I am now registered. Hopefully I am able to enter 6 beers

How are you guys registering? I have yet to receive any email from AHA stating I can register? I go to the login page for the 2016 registration, I type in my ACTIVE AHA username and password and I get a login error.

So this past weekend I was unable to conduct my experiment as I ran into some issues with the new mash tun. When I went to drain the tun after my single infusion mash I could not drain off any wort. Upon investigation my point of drain off was plugged due to grain getting past my false bottom. I...

Agreed, but I do think you should always have latic acid on hand regardless....you never know when you might get a high pH reading during mash and need to adjust it on the fly. ;)