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Thanks. I already had it at 158, so I'm kind of at a loss. I think I'm just going to have to bite the bullet and go darker.

Haha, thanks for the tips :) Basically this stemmed from a brew were the judges thought it needed more malt complexity, but I love the deep golden color I had it at. This already included 10% C-10, so I think it needs darker malts. I'm just trying to find a way to keep the color while adding the...

Any ideas out there for adding the caramel flavor of caramel 80-ish without adding the inherent color associated with darker caramel malts? I've tried caramel 10 with a high mash temp, and while the color was spot on, it still didn't have the more toffee-like notes I'm looking for. Not really...

I've thought about adding honey in place of/in addition to honey malt, but I've heard it takes considerably longer to ferment? Any benefit other than sanitization for adding orange peel/zest at 10 min. as opposed to knockout? Thanks for the help! :mug:

Hey guys, Looking for input on this recipe. It's meant to be a refreshing/clean lawnmower beer. Batch Size - 3.2 Gallons 3 lb. Wheat Malt - 50% 2.25 lb. Pale 2-row - 38 % 3/4 lb. Honey Malt - 12 % .5 oz Mt. Hood - 60 min - 5.5 Alpha .5 oz Willamette - 5 min - 5.5 Alpha 1 oz...

Was anyone that tried this able to have anywhere near decent head retention? I brewed a similar beer recipe with 3 lbs. banana/3 gal of beer. Nice clean carbonation, but the head dissipates within 15-30 seconds. Thinking it has to do with the oils in bananas? **Also, after about 4-5 weeks in...

Excellent, thanks for the insight! Much appreciated. :mug:

Thanks, that's the plan for now. So you don't think I'm near bottle bomb territory?

Oh yeah, primed with about 4 oz. of corn sugar. Less than the 5 oz. bag that came with the kit (was aiming for something lightly carbonated :-/

Hi all, I know this topic has been covered somewhat extensively, but I'm really trying to avoid any explosions. This is my first brewing experience. Here's my situation... I bottled 8 days ago, cracked open the first 22 oz bottle and the foam rose about an inch. Tasted super carbonated...