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My story: Was brewing that day. LHBS out of US-05. Guy there recommended Nottingham as a substitute. It was my 6th batch ever. ****** I HAD IT DRILLED INTO MY HEAD BY THIS BOARD THAT IT IS PERFECTLY NORMAL TO NOT SEE FERMENTATION FOR 72 HOURS. ****** When I got home from work on...

Except when dealing with certain batches of Nottingham which ruined a batch of my beer. No Campden tablets... just a bunch of holes in the foil packet that exposed the yeast to moist air and caused it to die. A starter would have meant I was out a cup of DME and 20 min of work. But I...

And drive past Callahan's, get on to 15 south exit onto 163... 1st exit onto Clairmont Mesa... left on Convoy and go a few blocks south just past the Infiniti dealer... in that shopping center you'll find O'brien's... a bit of a hole in the wall, but the beer selection makes up for it...:cross:

http://www.frugalmacdoogal.com/ Should have the Ruination based on their website... Haven't been there in 9 years (since I lived in Nashville), but directed a friend there a couple of years back. Pretty much where I-65 hits I-40. Remember, for high gravity beer or stuff in 22oz...

Not all special B is the same. The Dingman's Special B that I bought at my LHBS was 145L

Well, as an update, what I actually brewed tastes awesome :rockin: It became a Simarilloette IPA Some of the amounts were because I was using up some leftover specialty grains otherwise I would have used a full 4oz 3.5oz Crystal 20L 3.75oz Special B 145L 8oz Caravienne 6 lbs...

I have 9 or so finished batches under my belt. The biggest thing for me on a clone recipe is the "how did they do that?" Where do you pile on the hops? How much crystal malt gets what effect? I haven't brewed any explicit clones, but after my first couple of recipes had too much of...

Another intermediate bulk option is to look at Austin Hombrew's individually bagged bulk option for DME... 18 pounds of DME as 6 x 3lb bags for $64 $3.55/lb or 30 pounds of DME as 6 x 5lb bags for $105 $3.50/lb Stepping up to 50 lbs gets you to under $3/lb, but its one bag, so you have to...

$200 is higher than what you really need. $75 for the most basic starter kit from Northern Brewer + $25ish for a kit +$8 shipping This assumes that you have have a pot and bottles. Bottles are just a case of drinking beer or talking to friends... If you don't own a turkey fryer or a large...

I was close to the printed recipe (not too much that should change the fermentation time.) I used US-05, and it had a healthy krausen well into the second week, but started falling down about 12 days... At that point it was at 1.007 which is where it was when I bottled it at the end of week 3.

Also, as an FYI, generic Food Lion pasturized and Member's Mark (Sam's) apple juice both come out at 1.050 by themselves. Both are listed as 28g of sugars per 8oz serving on the nutrition info label...

Well, that's the conformist answer, and I agree... 8oz of 120L is the way to go for the standard recipe with cheap juice. I only had Special B (145L) and 20L when I made my first batch...posted asking should I go 50-50 or all special B and got no answers at that time. However, I'm thinking...

Well, I tasted my batch that I made... 4 gal Food Lion Apple Juice 1 lb Extra Light DME 1 lb Briess Bavarian Wheat DME 4 oz Special B (145L) 4 oz Crystal 20L 2 oz Muntons Carapils (20L) 1/4oz Amarillo (9.1%) @30min 1/8oz Amarillo @5min US-05 Topped up to a little over 5 gal... 3 weeks in...

The "Real American Heroes" ads are still running, but back around 9/11 they changed it to "Real Men of Genius" I heard an interview where they said that they thought that folks like firefighters and cops are real American heroes and they decided to switch the campaign. My favorite is "Mister...

1080.5+5 = 1085.5

Still a little activity after 2 weeks... checked the specific gravity... down from 1.055 to 1.007... the sample tasted awesome... I used 4 oz special B and 4 oz of crystal 20... on the hop side I put in 1/4oz Amarillo @30min and 1/8oz Amarillo at 5min...

That recipe makes it tempting for me to throw a little of the special B I have sitting around (maybe 2-3 oz) to replace some of the caravienne... The other hop I have sitting in the freezer is Willamette... And calling it Ama/coe might be in bad taste right now considering that Amaco merged...

Here's what I'm planning for tomorrow... comments welcome on changes... 6 lbs Northern Brewer Pilsner LME 1.5 lbs Briess Gold DME 8oz Caravienne 4oz Crystal 20L 1.25oz Magnum (10%AA) @60min 0.5oz Amarillo (9.1%AA) @20min 0.5oz Simcoe (12.1%AA)@20min 0.5oz Amarillo @5min 0.25oz Simcoe @5min...

I agree, that was probably the intent... and in Rhode Island you are probably fine... but if you lived in a state where the attorney general is concerned about a visible mammary on a line drawing of a goddess on the state seal...

But if you use the strict interpretation of this rule... once the yeast goes to work, its beer... hope your business plan doesn't require more than 5 customers per week... and everyone bottles within 2 weeks... no lagering allowed... if a business can't have more than 50 gallons on the premises...