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Does anyone know of some ways to increase extraction from specialty grains? I steeped 1.5 lbs of grains for my porter and barely managed 55%

How about the IBU's? Should I tone the bitterness down a little?

Originally posted this in the extract area. Any input is appreciated. Robust porter 5 gal. 3 gal. Boil Og 1.060 Fg 1.015 Abv 5.9 IBU 44.2 SRM 29.1 6 lbs Maris Otter LME 1 lb dark DME 6 oz chocolate malt 2 oz black patent 8 oz crystal 80 8 oz English extra dark crystal 8 oz flaked barley 3...

All opinions and suggestions welcome. Style: Robust Porter 5 gallon batch 3 gallon boil OG 1.060 FG 1.015 ABV 5.9% IBU 44.2 SRM 29.1 6 lbs Maris Otter LME 1 lb dark DME 6 oz chocolate malt 2 oz black patent 8 oz crystal 80L 8 oz extra dark crystal 8 oz flaked barley 1 oz Northern Brewer 60...

That sounds like a great recipe. Please let us know how it turns out.

For those who have tasted the clone: How close is it? This is easily becoming one of my favorite beers, and I am planning on brewing the extract version over the winter.

I will be brewing a pumkpin ale in mid-august and need some input. Any suggestions on a top-notch kit? I am thinking about the switchblade jack kit from Jasper, but i would like to add an extra pound or 2 of pumpkin. I am open to scratch recipes as well.

I am brewing a pale wheat today and. I have an extra oz of cascade hops on hand. I won' t be brewing anything for a while when i start my pumpkin beer. So the question is what can i do with it? Dry hop? Store for later? Add it into th boil and make it a wheat IPA?

I am brewing a pale wheat kit today and am wondering if I should use the Danstar BRY-97 or the spare pack of Safale-05 i have in my fridge.

Here's how my amber turned out. The haze is condensation, the brew is crystal clear.

Any reason why fermentaion stopped at 1.026? Stalled or too cold?

I breweed my first batch last weekend. An amber with sg 1.050. While cooling. I put a sanitized frozen gallon of water in the pot. The jug burst and i panicked dumping about half a gallon of slightly diluted wort down the drain! I know, i'm a *******. My question is how bad did i screw up...

North Peak amber ale

Any yooper brewers out there? It looks like there is only one brew club around Escanaba. Anything up here around Ishpeming/MQT?

I came up with this one at work and the brewr app and brewer's friend site has this fitting all criteria for an APA except for IBU's and most of the criteria for an amber except color. I guess I am wondering if this sounds like a good, balanced ale?

Here's my plan so far any suggestions are appreciated. I will be brewing this in 2 weeks for my first brew. Dave's U.P. Pale Ale 5.5 gallons 3.0 gallon boil volume OG est. 1.056 FG est 1.016 IBU est 21 ABV est 5.31 5.00 lbs amber dme 1.25 lbs light dme 1.0 lbs carapils .5 lbs crystal 80L .5...

I have a very small lhbs close to where i live. They do have what seems like a good selection of necessary stuff. I will be in minneapolis in a couple weeks and plan on stopping a midwest and northern to get all my start-up equipment.

I am looking for something lighter for summer. I would like it to be relatively simple for a first brew. I am not against doing an IPA, APA, wheat, amber, blonde, cream, belgian, stout or porter. Just trying to pick a good one for the middle of July (my estimate for being ready to drink).

3-4 gal boil, 5 fermenting

I will not be set up for AG or lagering, but i would do some steeping if i could settle on a good recipe. The only beer I've had that i do not care for is a belgian white.