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I have quite a weekend ahead of me: going to be bottling Basement Beer (my house American wheat), possibly transfering to secondary my IIPA depending on two gravity readings, and brewing a variation on BM's Co3C recipe that swaps Vienna for the pale and uses two additions of saaz instead.

Ah. Well no kegging yet. I'll be bottling these up this weekend!

So I am thinking of making this for SWMBO. Gonna change it up a little though and use this recipe as a base. My goal is something a little like Heineken but an ale. How does this sound? (I scaled it back for 3.5gals into the fermenter and 3gals bottled) The Kristina Style: Cream Ale OG...

I know that I love a good IPA. That being said my first brew (two weeks ago) was the Northern Brewer De Belge Farmhouse IPA. Haven't gotten to taste it yet but the following day I brewed an "American Wheat" recipe I came up with myself. IMHO I think the joy of home brewing is being able to...

Good advice! How would I cold crash it? What temp and time at that temp am I looking for?

Awesome! Thanks for the advice! I'll be racking this one over to a secondary so I can let more particulate settle out. I had 4.25ozs of hops in this batch and 1.25ozs dry hops for the secondary! I also want to try to get as little trub in this beer as possible since I got a small amount in...

Still working on a possible name/logo but so far the votes are in from my friends: Basement Brews; Basement Brewery; Basement Brewing; or Basement Brew Haus The story is basically because I have a basement that I have get togethers in and that is also where my fermentation chamber and...

So it sounds like it is more or less a waiting game. Just check it every so often and then see where it is. I will probably check it after a week and see where it is then just keep checking every other day(If FG isn't reached). Thanks for the advice! Nope, no blow off. Just a 6.5gal...

I just brewed my 3rd beer and my 1st "big" beer and didn't really think ahead of, "WOOHOO! My first big beer!" I pitched two vials of WLP090 San Diego Super into 3.25gals of wort at an OG of 1.097. What I had originally planned was a 1 week primary and 2 week secondary with the last 7 days of...

I just pitched WLP090 San Diego Super into my IIPA last night after talking with my LHBS owner. Anyone else tried this one out before? I'll be sure to post results. OG was 1.097 with a 90min mash @148F. Not sure how long fermentation times should be though. It's my first IIPA and my first...

Just finished my 3rd 3gal BIAB and my first "big" beer: Big Boys & Girls Need Loving Too IIPA. 13.75lbs of fermentables, 4.25ozs of boil hops, 1.25ozs of dry hops. OG 1.097, 117IBUs. I can't wait for this to be done so can give it a proper taste!

Well here was my other IIPA idea... Drink enough and every girl/boy will look good... Some feedback would be nice since I want to do a big beer this weekend and I've got a pale ale lined up for the weekend after. A few questions though... What should my fermentation schedule look like? Does...

Yeah I deal with that when I'm looking at recipes. I search for 3gal and a bunch of stuff using top off water is discussed. So I think this recipe idea is going on the back burner for now and I'm going to focus on either an AIPA or not such a lofty IIPA. Lol. I'll be making a new thread...

I am not topping off. This is a 3gal BIAB batch. I like the smaller size batches because then I get to brew more often which means more types of beer. Also if I mess up I don't have as much "junk" beer.

Thanks for the help! This might be my first "big" beer and a learning experience. When you say mash lower, how much lower? 90 mins at 148F? I think what I'll do is drop the specialty malts some and mash longer and lower. I wish I could make a starter but I don't have the stuff for it yet...

Just bottled 3gals of Northern Brewers 3gal BIAB De Belge Farmouse IPA and racked to secondary Basement Beer (an American Wheat)

I'm not sure if I should bottle this weekend or not. Sunday will make 9 days. I took a hydro reading today and this guy is about done. Some particulate is still floating on the top but not much. Ended up drying out to 1.012 just as expected and the sample tasted amazing. It was similar to a...

I was going to do 5lbs MO and 6lbs pale with no honey but cut the lb of MO and added that in. The grain bill is based off of a recipe that was done on NBTV with honey added in. Secondary is gonna get cut down heavily. I'm hoping my yeast will attenuate better and really drop it low, hoping...

Good info there! Thanks! In terms of the hop profile I wanted a more citrus aroma/flavor... I have been looking to see what NZ/AU hops I could use so I'll have to update this bad boy. Do you think galaxy would pair well with cascade? As for the secondary, I'll shorten it to 2 weeks and keep...

So I had this idea for an IIPA that is a globe trekker, using different grains and hops from all over the world. I was hoping to get some feed back about the grain bill and the hop schedule. What do you think of it? Ingenious International Peace Agreement 3gal Style: Imperial IPA OG: 1.090...