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Congrats and it sounds like you are on the right track. As long as you took care to make sure everything was properly sanitized and your fermentation temps are good you will be fine.

I haven't brewed an all grain stout yet and was wondering if it's typical of the style to have such a high percentage of the grain bill being specialty malts. It looks like over %30 in this recipe.

Here's a quick video tutorial on creating a recipe in beersmith. This is for the older version of beersmith but the basics are the same. Click on "add recipe" in the top left corner to get started. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqYjKfQms9o

I'd add at least an ounce @ 60min and switch to a 15min and 5min addition to get more of the flavour and aroma out of the Perle hops. I'd go for Nottingham or US-05 for dry yeast or Wyeast 1056 for liquid.

What thermometers did you try. I'm curios as I was about to pull the trigger on an MTC Thermocouple with the 113-372/373/375-T probe. As for OP, I'd try wrapping the cooler in a blanket, covering the grain with aluminum and as others have mentioned using your oven and a pot. sticking the...

Just curious what kind of stove top you have. I just have a ceramic stovetop and would have a really hard time getting a rolling boil if the batch was above 3 gallons. Is your stove top gas or are you splitting the batch between 2 kettles?

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I have done a few 2.5G BIAB batches and this is the method I used. I couldn't believe how well this worked for maintaining a precise temperature. I'd preheat the oven to 5F over my mash temp and turn off the oven before inserting the pot. Every 15min I'd stir the mash and briefly turn on the...

Ya I missed the amber part. I used roasted barley from my LHBS which I think was 300L.

This is personal preference but I love cascade. In my ale recipes I usually add some at 10min, 5min and flame out. You can get 1lb of each centennail and cascade for about $12 each and make a lot of good ales with them. To me 1.8kg seems like a lot of roasted barley depending how much you...

10gallon american brown ale 41487+10= 41497

I purchased this one for $20 and it's been suprisingly great. http://www.ebay.com/itm/RSG-100ATC-Black-Brix-Beer-Sugar-Wine-Wort-SG-0-32-Refractometer-Tools-inco-/221503392276?ssPageName=ADME:X:AAQ:US:1123 I take a hydrometer reading at the end of the boil and it's pretty much bang on to my...

This is probably the best thing you could have done. I stopped homebrewing years ago just because I couldn't stand bottling anymore. I picked up some kegs this summer and got back into it. Best decision I have ever made. My buddy tried my homebrew and liked it so much he got into it to...

There are no rules about having to step foot in a store to get some deals on BF. I ordered a boat load of stuff from the comfort of my home while drinking some homebrew :mug:

There's no way my stovetop could handle 5gallon all grain batches. Sadly where I live it's -30C to -40C from Dec to April so outdoor brewing is not possible. I ended up installing a Blichmann boilcoil into my kettle and couldn't be happier. The only downside is cost. The boilcoil was $160...

I purchased a refractometer off ebay for about $25 and I couldn't imagine brewday without one. I can quickly check gravity at every step of the process to make sure I'm on target. I still take post boil and pre boil hydrometer readings to make sure my readings are spot on.

Glad to hear it as I decided to go for the MW-102. I ordered some ph 4 and 7 buffer solution as well as a storage solution. Anything else I'll need?

My friend and I installed the blichmann 240V 4500 Watt boil coil into a 19 gallon SS pot with no temp control and it works great. We used to do 5 gallon batches as we were still a bit green to AG brewing but we moved to 10 gallon batches and it works great. When we were doing 5 gallon batches...

Waaaaay to much stuff. I still can't believe the great deals that were out there for homebrewers. Almost everything I purchased was %50 or more off. Can't wait for the boxing day deals to stock up on more stuff. From AIH: Iodine Tincture pH Storage Solution (2oz) pH 7 Meter Buffer...

about 3 threads down https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f14/any-black-friday-deals-homebrew-ingredients-equipment-505778/ :p