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I was wondering if anyone has tried this with success. This was one of those things that I always tried to stay away from, as really fully bodied and sweet IPA's and Double IPA's are not my thing at all. Sierra Nevada came out with a new Ruthless Rye IPA and gave this information about it...

I have not made an Amber before and had some questions and was hoping for some recipe critique. I want an American Amber that isn't as hoppy as Green Flash Hop Head Red Ale, but still uses American hops and has a decent malt body to it. I really like Ballast Point Calico Amber Ale...

I've got to try a few all citra IPA's (strickly for educational purposes obviously) and was wondering what other people thought of this hop. I didn't get the "cat piss" aroma or flavor that I've heard from other people experimenting with it. Also while it has that tropical fruit flavor, I...

I was wondering if you think this grain bill would work. I was playing with Beer Smith and I was thinking it might be light and crisp enough to make a good backbone for a hoppy pale ale or IPA. I would mash for medium body and shooting for 1.061 OG and try to finish it up at 1.012 10.00...

I tried this yeast in two beers and both are not delicious. The yeast added a fruity tang and hint of horse blanket, and both I was not expecting. I have since brewed with the same equipment and not had any of these characteristics in my beers so I know its not a bug. I really doesn't work...

Any help would be great. I have not brewed anything this big or this hoppy so I was hoping for some critiques from people who have. I love IIPA's like Ruination, Pliny, and Tricerahops, and wanted to try something along those lines. Light malt body. Overwhelming aroma and flavor. I am...

I was wondering if this recipe would have too many different types of hops and get muddled. I'm basing it off a Simcoe Amarillo IPA I made that was great. I wanted to make a Pale Ale with a planned OG 1.055 and IBU 45 Hop schedule is 0.50 oz Warrior [17.20 %] (70 min) Hops 29.2 IBU 0.25...

I have been putting together an IIPA recipe and I have a question about the bittering addition. I know the palate threshold is around 100 IBU's, and I always see that the recipes for my two favorite's - Ruination and Pliny - have such massive bittering additions to jump them up to 100 IBU...

I have bad efficiency and have lived with that for a while (65%) and tried a couple things this time to try and fix it. 1- Followed Bobby M's double batch sparge very closely. I hit all my temperatures and used two thermometers to make sure. I used the water/grist ratio he suggests he uses as...

Is there a downside to a crush being too fine besides the change of it getting stuck? I crush my grains at the LHBS and was thinking about running it thought twice for my next batch to see if that helps with efficiency.

I was curious if anyone has used wheat malt in an American Pale? I think it might add a nice touch to the beer but there were a few things I was concerned about, mainly haze. I was thinking 2 or 3 lbs in a 5 gal batch. I want to make an ale with a color around 7 or 8 and I'm worried that it...

I mash in my brewing kettle with horrible results. I have an 8 gallon kettle with morebeer's false bottom: http://morebeer.com/view_product/7408/102216/False_Bottom_and_Boil_Kettle_Screen_for_8_Gallon_Heavy_Duty_Kettle There are a few inches of dead space between the bottom of the kettle...

I realize this is turning into a 2 question post as I continue to type. 1) I just did my second all grain batch. I was off on my OG by .02 so I'm not too worried about that (1.052 instead of 1.054). I pitched the yeast at the normal temperature of 74. It's an ale and I used S-05. It started...