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Curious to hear what you think of the comparison. My experience is that I recently bumped up the Lake Walk Pale Ale recipe to an IPA and used Greenbelt yeast. I am not happy with the beer at all, getting that oniony flavor you sometimes get with Summit (used Simcoe/Amarillo) Would like to hear...

well thats my Homer moment, I must have put special roast in my beersmith to designate the toasted 2 row D'oh!!

Same grain bill proportions as original recipe, I just upped all the amounts Original recipe special roast is 18%

I kept the same proportions, think I should cut back and go with more 2 row?

This has become my house pale ale for me. Last night I amped up the grain bill to push it into IPA category to enter into a "Monster beer" (OG 1.0666 and above) contest we have here at end of month 10.75 lbs 2 row 2.5 lbs special roast .75 flaked wheat .5 crystal 60 OG should be 1.075. Color...

This thread encouraged me to save my money on a BC and go Corona. My contribution Tried it out today, made a couple adjustments (had to tighten down, then a bit more, g/f reminded me of what you guys said, "tighten till scared...") and I got these results, I'm thrilled!!

I put mine in the last 5 minutes of the boil

I've used lemon zest in an American Wheat of my own design. Gives it a good lemon taste and is nice on a hot day. Was thinking about trying orange zest in the same recipe

I just put new beer line on a triple tower I bought. I took the brass nuts off using a pair of slip joint pliers

Pretty neutral taste imo, left a cloudier beer than I expected having read details on the yeast but it worked well. I don't plan on changing the yeast next time I brew it

Thought I would report back. Recipe ended up being: Dog Days Ale Dog Days Ale American Wheat or Rye Beer Type: All Grain Ingredients 6.50 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US 2.50 lb Wheat Malt, Dark (9.0 SRM) 1.00 lb White Wheat Malt 1.00 oz Hallertauer Hersbrucker...

I have looked at Tamale steamers before thinking about homebrew use and they have always seemed very light to me. Lighter than the budget 40qt kettle I got from Austin Homebrew. I would be worried about them standing up to use on a propane burner

Brewed this up a couple weeks ago as my 1st all grain (after years of mini-mash). Excellent beer, great grapefruit aroma and taste. I may try a little biscuit next time since I'm not really picking up on any toasted taste Great beer!!

very interesting, thanks guys! I thought that Beersmith might have the correction chart but if I'm reading it right it is using a refractometer for OG and a hydrometer for FG

Just taking FG readings on my pale ale. My hydrometer is reading about 1.004 (temp corrected to 1.005) and my refractometer is reading 1.019. The hydrometer is reading about .003 low when tested in distilled water but thats still leaving me a spread of .01? :(

I'm going for a American wheat (yes, I know I'm short on percentage of wheat, did that purposefully)

Realize I didn't put in a yeast, any suggestions?

My 1st attempt at a recipe, want to try and brew a light summer ale. Tell me what you think, thanks!! Dog Days Ale Dog Days Ale American Wheat or Rye Beer Type: All Grain Date: 4/10/2010 Batch Size: 5.00 gal Boil Time: 60 min Equipment: Brew Pot (6+gal) and Igloo/Gott...