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Got a WIPA that is about to get transferred to secondary with dry hops. Also just added my sweet stout that will be staying in there for a month then two more months in bottles.

I have done about 11 BIAB batches now and on average my efficiency is around 67%. I think I need to try the double crush!

Got rained out yesterday, gonna be starting my sweet stout in about an hour!

My take on Deception Stout today - Sweet Jeebus. Getting equipment ready now (aka: getting more propane and making Hank Hill proud)

Glad to hear things went smoothly and that those yeasties are off to a great start! Do keep us informed of your progress and results! I'd love to hear how the 50/50 DME situation pans out. I'll be brewing my own interpretation on this recipe tomorrow!

I my experience, the NB crush is rather good, especially if you are ordering their 3gal BIAB kits. I haven't tried yet but you could also call them when you order and ask if they can do a double crush for you.

I'm in agreement with stpug here. I boil sugar and water for 10minutes, then add to my bottling bucket. Then I siphon my beer on top of the priming solution. This helps to ensure that the solution is thoroughly mixed. I have a long siphon hose for a reason: I coil the hose in the bottom of...

Not brewing until Monday or Tuesday. Gonna be doing my Sweet Jeebus Sweet Stout and start prepping for fall/winter beers by reading up on some Christmas/Winter Ales.

+ 3 gal wicked WIPA 32875 total

I'm getting to that point where I want more freezers/fridges. At least another temp controller and dorm fridge. That way I can keep one dorm fridge @ 50-55F for cellar beers and the other for beers I want colder (wheats, lagers, etc...) Stubbies just fit better into fridges I feel and they...

My take on this: Malts: You aren't really changing too much of the recipe. You are really only changing the base malts of the recipe and leaving the specialty grains in-tact. You might change how the mouthfeel and general body of the beer but for most part you are going to have close to the...

While you may think you are not the person to give the advice regarding this, that is essentially what a few other people I have talked to have said. It seems like that is what I might be doing! Thanks!

I agree also, I want my beer drinkable. I thought by making this recipe into a "double", it would a fun way to try my hand at an Imperial Stout. I too think that sometimes the "imperial" side of things is a little out of hand (especially with IIPAs). I guess it was going to be my attempt at...

I tried a friend's go at the extract recipe and wow! Amazing!! I want to try this but with a big variation in it: Double Deception Imperial Stout I am planning on an AG version but I have a few questions though: My goal is to hit 1.090 and to up the IBUs to balance that. My initial thought...

Don't have the weekend off but I have Mon-Wed to brew! Got a WIPA on deck and if I can get to the LHBS I'll grab the ingredients for my imperial sweet stout recipe I came up with after doing some serious research on stouts!

That is a really good observation to make!

Any embossed bottles are pretty cool normally! On another note: Is it bad to want a beer at 5am? It's 5 right?

I think both would be fine. Just experiment. As for adding to secondary, if you are using fresh zest make sure to do a vodka infusion. The zest will contain citrus oil. Oil has the potential to reduce head retention. (Think frat boys rubbing their nose with their finger and swirling it in...

I have personal experience with this one. Brewed a 1.068OG 70IBU IPA that had no dry hoping (omg!) but had a hefty amount of flavor and aroma hops (20IBUs worth @ 15minutes or less). This was all bottled on 6/09. The first bottle I cracked open (two weeks later) was amazingly aromatic but...

Might have to pick up another as back-up!