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So the rest of my gear is out for delivery! I'll be posting some pics of my inaugural brew day for all! I have my freezer, IC, pre chiller and temp control, the NB shipment got held up due to some weather delays. Thanks to all who have helped me put this together!

Sounds like when my kit arrives I should order a second one of it! Lol. With the turn around on this beer being about 3-5weeks, and if I like it, I might just order the grain bill my self and scale the batch up to a full 5gals.

Dude, that is pretty cool! Pun intended... I will find out what happens, I will be brewing either tonight or maybe tomorrow morning!

I can't believe I forgot these to add to the list: While they aren't brewed in Hawaii, they are brewed for people in Hawaii by Rogue and even when I was in Oregon, I wasn't able to find them. The Side Street Inn Ale and one that I just tried two nights ago finally, Kolohe Na Ka Oi IPA. The...

Baller! I will have to start two batches because I know I'll bottle one at 3mo then wished I waited...

So a quick question before I go and make this bad boy: You say ferment @ room temp. I'm in Hawaii will mid/high 70's be an issue? Also the temp can fluctuate day to night by almost 10 degrees in my part of the island. Will this be an issue? I really wanna put this into my spare carboy and...

Yeah my IPA kit only has 2 additions, one at 60 and one at 20. It's only a 3gal batch and only 3ozs of hops.

Nice name! Sounds toasty and yet refreshing like your beer hopefully will come to be. Did you think about using Maris Otter instead of the pale 2row? It sounds to me like a very English recipe already. What made you side for the pale?

Friday is my planned brew day and my first time brewing since i moved back to hawaii (three years). Going to be doing the NB De Belge Farmhouse IPA BIAB 3gal and possibly a recipe I have been working on with the help of the forum, Basement Beer or another, more traditional American IPA.

Good to know! I don't have the ability to do a starter yet, so liquid yeast might be a little tricky. I am thinking about trying it with both the 06 and the us-05. The LHBS doesn't carry the 06 so I might go with us-05 or the Danstar BRY-53 (west coast ale yeast) for the first run. They also...

Make sure you try the rest of Maui's line up, they don't disappoint. Their IPA is probably my favorite out of their line up but the mana wheat is also great for lounging by the pool!

Yes. Here is what I got when I scaled it in iBrewmaster: BM's CENTENNIAL BLONDE Style: Blonde Ale OG: 1.040 Type: All Grain FG: 1.010 Rating: 0.0 ABV: 3.93 % Calories: 131 IBU's: 21.96 Efficiency: 75 % Boil Size: 3.75 Gal Color: 4.2 SRM Batch Size: 3.00 Gal Preboil OG...

Will do! What would your suggestion be for a blonde ale then? I don't mind am American wheat, but I was debating between a Belgian style yeast or something like a California ale yeast. So basically banana/spice/ester or none.

So after some more reading, the three step mash doesn't seem needed... Here is an update on the recipe: Basement Beer Style: Blonde Ale OG: 1.054 Type: All Grain FG: 1.013 Rating: 0.0 ABV: 5.37 % Calories: 176 IBU's: 17.95 Efficiency: 70 % Boil Size: 4.64 Gal Color: 4.2 SRM Batch...

As deep as a tide pool?

So another update on my setup: The CL guy got back to me and I got the freezer! It should hold about five to six, 5gal fermenters or four 6.5gal fermenters as well as 2-4 3gal fermenters. I returned the lowes freezer. I also got my wort chiller and pre-chiller finished today with the help of...

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Nah... Just go with what they give you! More alcohol for your buck!

Oh cool! Yeah, the initial cost is steep, but the way I look at it this way: I drink about 6-8 12oz craft/micros a week at about $4-$16 a piece. That's anywhere between $24-$128 a week. The ingredients for a three gal brew are about $20-$50, and make about 32 12oz bottles. That's a unit...