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  1. BeerLoverHere

    Founder's Sumatra Mountain Brown clone attempt

    Love the beer/drinking it now! In my opinion there is no lactose in there. Tastes much more like a stout to me than a brown...obviously because of the coffee. I would use a good attenuating yeast and mash lower 150s than mid to get the 9% abv. I prefer a good US yeast to get the job done, but...
  2. BeerLoverHere

    Stella Hops - Anyone else tried them?

    I am not a fan. Left my cream ale sorta spicier than I wanted. I've been doing the same cream ale "house" beer recipe every other batch or so just tweaking ingredients to see how each batch is different. Also turned out more bitter than I wanted. That could be from an error in my calculations...
  3. BeerLoverHere

    I really goofed!!

    It's still somewhat early; pitch the LME. What do you have to lose? If you keep it the way it is I am thinking your malt to ibu ratio would make it undrinkable. Not sure of your recipe specs though. Just my 2 cents Some might say to reboil for a minute with LME to sanitize and then repitch more...
  4. BeerLoverHere

    Cream Ale... yeast substitution question

    I use US-05 for my cream ale and love it! I need to probably venture out some and try some different yeasts with other flavor profiles.
  5. BeerLoverHere

    Castaway Chocolate IPA

    Maybe decrease Honey Malt and increase Chocolate Malt if you are worried
  6. BeerLoverHere

    First BIAB, Please help with process

    Instead of "squeezing the bag" I would get another pound or two of your base malt in your recipe to increase your efficiency (it's an IPA anyways so more sugar is better!!!). BIAB has poor efficiency and if you try to extract more sugars from your grain by "squeezing" you will get tannins/mouth...
  7. BeerLoverHere

    Castaway Chocolate IPA

    Seems like your total IBUs are way off from the original if you wanted an IPA. You said you wanted to target 40 IBU and that is not an IPA, more like a Pale. If that's what you are going for, it sounds good. It will definitely be sweet/malty. I'd try to bump up the IBUs some. As far as the...
  8. BeerLoverHere

    Diacetyl rest?

    While my lager is in my primary (after 3 weeks of fermentation), I raise temps to 60-ish (give or take) depending on time of year, etc. to remove the diacetyl. After, I rack to keg for conditioning. That's just my 2 cents. Definitely raise temps past your fermentation temps at least 5 degrees to...
  9. BeerLoverHere

    Anyone use 05 for a stout with good results?

    Don't use S33 for a Porter, unless you like Belgians. Go with the 05 for sure. No doubt about it.
  10. BeerLoverHere

    New Member First Batch

    Welcome to the club! My first kit was a X-Mas gift too and I was hooked. Fermentation temps rise during peak fermentation. I ferment with ale yeast in low to mid 60s. Temps always raise 3-5 degrees higher than room temp due to yeast friction giving off heat when they do their thing. You should...
  11. BeerLoverHere

    My first keg

    Yeah, kegging is great. I still bottle some when my 3 kegs are full, but what is best about it is the time it saves. So much faster to clean/sanitize. Won't be long until you buy more kegs!
  12. BeerLoverHere

    Decisions-Decisions

    I bet you will get addicted just like all of us did in homebrew! Might as well do it right for the long haul. Sounds like you'll be able to make a nice set-up for yourself. Good luck and welcome to the club:mug:
  13. BeerLoverHere

    Decisions-Decisions

    As far as fermentation vessels, I'd go with something like this if I could start all over: http://shop.greatfermentations.com/product/fastferment-conical-fermenter/fastferment-and-accessories
  14. BeerLoverHere

    Bung blowoff

    I like to target my ale yeast on the lower end: cleaner tasting beer for my palate. Make sure you go cooler with the 04 as the English yeast needs to be a little cooler in my opinion than the chico strain US-05. I ferment both in low 60s as temps will rise 3-5 degrees during fermentation from...
  15. BeerLoverHere

    Aggressive Boil ?'s

    It might not be noticeable to some (prob not even me). However, if you want to fine tune your end product it is worth considering. Below is a great article in preventing one of the most common off flavors: astringency in beer. I sometimes enter my beer in competitions and have been marked for...
  16. BeerLoverHere

    Bung blowoff

    Temperature also contributes to more vigorous fermentations/more of a chance of a blow-off. I prefer lower temps anyways, but if you ever "top off" your fermenter and have less head space, then I'd suggest lower temps to help prevent this from happening if you don't use a blow-off
  17. BeerLoverHere

    help with hop schedule

    Since you like session IPAs there won't be much malt to balance the hop bitterness if you planned to use the extra 2oz for bittering; i'd use it the last 10 minutes of less; dry hop most definitely!
  18. BeerLoverHere

    Aggressive Boil ?'s

    YEP, most definitely skim the discolored looking gunk form the hot break off; i use a mesh pasta strainer to skim off and sling on driveway; its the same one that I use when I "filter" or pour my run-off into the boil kettle; removing the hot break makes your final product cleaner Also, sounds...
  19. BeerLoverHere

    10 Gallon Cooler - Mash Tun - Temp Problems

    Be consistent, take good notes, and then of course make adjustments. I do the same thing every time with my mash tun and grain (both kept in the house anywhere from 63 - 73 degrees year round). With that said I recently changed my mash tun set-up from a 5gal to a 10gal and had to relearn my...
  20. BeerLoverHere

    What should my first AG brew be?

    brew what you like! i can't answer that for you. there are lots of clone recipes out there to get you started if you have a "favorite" beer. try to brew something/a style that you are already familiar with. welcome to the club!
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