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So ive only ever brewed either extract steeping or all grain. With my 5 gallon mash tun im limited to about 14 pound grain bills with a pretty thick mash (about 1 qt per lb). Logic tells me, to get the bigger beers i very seldom want to make, i should just make up the base grain with some...

pulled up my notes and hop schedule looks like this Boil Ingredients Amt Name Type # %/IBU 1.00 oz Cascade [6.50 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 7 20.7 IBUs 1.00 Items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 mins) Fining 8 - 0.25 oz Citra [12.50 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 10 4.9 IBUs 0.25 oz Cascade [6.50 %] - Boil...

My citra / cascade version with this grain bill came out amazing!! Unless im looking for something really dry and clean, this will likely be my baseline for any pale ale or ipa.

That is a boatload of crystal, what is it cloning? That would seemingly net a very sweet beer.

Holy crystal malts batman! If those are already mixed together i would find a way to use like 1/4 of that grain and add it to some 2 row. Edit - even 2 pounds of crystal is a lot for a standard gravity beer. I think you usually want no.more than 10-15% crystal.

Is it foaming in.the bottle when you open it? I hate to point to the obvious, but maybe pouring to aggressively? If its not foaming in the bottle before you pour, try leaving a bottle for a couple minutes after youve popped the top. See if that helps.

Ah, i see ok. Wort that has been boiled previously, not after the mash, before the boil wort. Got it, good to go then.

I think i remember reading tjat you dont want unboiled wort, becuase there are bugs that live on the grain. Not sure where i read that though.

I use a ferm chamber and usually just turn it off and let the beer rise to room temp after krausen has fallen.

Just reread that a couple times. Im an all grain brewer. My understanding of what.you said, it will impact my og. Ill take that into considering.when adding it in.

Ok, so i wont need to worry about it impacting my og too much then?

So i want to give this stuff a try, but im not sure how to factor it into my recipes. A guy at the lhbs said he puts a pound of it in pretty much every 5 gallon batch ( i sampled two of his beers and both had amazing head rention, nice dense lingering foam). If i already have a solid recipe...

Dennys fav 50 is my go to ale yeast. I frequently just grab some slurry when im racking the first beer out of the carboy. I may get flamed for not washing or anything, but ive havent had any noticeable flavors from just pitching unwashed slurry. I usually only bother keeping it when i know im...

updated my original post on page one with helpful links.

What is your hesitation with rice hulls?

Look into son of fermentation chamber. edit: here's a link to the plans http://home.roadrunner.com/~brewbeer/chiller/chiller.PDF and here's a link to some pics of mine https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/1-ferm-chamber-398282/ I was only able to find 1/2" insulation, so i doubled them up to...

I find this to be quite true for myself. I have enough beer to last me through the end of the year easily, but still planning brew days for every 2-3 weeks. My wife isnt too big on beer these days and i usually only have 1-3 pints a night. I usually end up brining six packs to work and...

Interesting, being a relatively novice brewer, ive yet to start oxygenating my worts, typically make smaller beers anywho. If it were that easy id be on board, subd to see if anyone has experience with this.

I like to be well rounded, so ive tried to force myself into metric. Im a bit of a gym rat, and a lot of the equipment there is in kilos for some reason, so ive gotten good with weight. My brain still converts it to sae for some reason. Maybe like counting in your first language.

Also, it looks like that first step, the .019 gallons is probably a mash out. I personally skip that step, espcially when batch sparging. If you want the beersmith to tell you the exact steps. Go to the mash options and change it to batch slarge no mashout. You probably have it set to...