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Ended up doing the following: 11 lb 2-Row 0.5 lb Caramel 60L .5lb honey 1oz Columbus FWH 1oz Cascade 30min 1oz Columbus 5 min 4oz Cascade Flame-Out Safale US-05 152 Mash Hit about 1.085 OG. Gonna dry hop with a 2oz mix of Cascade and Columbus. This thing is gonna be a beast!

Thanks! I'll probably go with that. Never done cascade and amarillo alone together for flavor/aroma, but I'm sure it'll be good!

Brewed a similar batch of this last week. Moved all the hop additions (except for bittering) to a whirlpool at the end of boil.

Have the ingredients for a Pale Ale, but was thinking about doing a small batch of something stronger tomorrow night. Any thoughts on this recipe for a 3-3.5 gallon batch? 11 lb 2-Row 0.5 lb Caramel 60L 1oz Columbus FWH 1oz Cascade 30min 4oz Cascade Flame-Out Safale US-05 152 Mash...

Well, just ended up winging it with the ingredients I had. 3.5 gallons after mash and boil. Was kind of being lazy with my mash and ended up with a horrible efficiency and a beer of 1.070 so closer to a normal IPA. Unfortunately used the whole ounce of warrior at 60 min, so this will be bitter...

Any ideas on the cascade schedule?

Looks great! I've done a few SMaSH beers now with Centennial that are very similar hop schedules and have turned out great. Definitely recommend a dry hop, even if it's 0.5oz for 4-7 days will go a long way for aroma!

Hey folks! I have some leftovers from some brews last weekend and would like to make a simple but strong IPA. Any suggestions for a small batch (3-4 gallons)? Here is what I have on hand: 8lbs 2-row 1lb of Munich 0.5lb Crystal 60L 1oz Warrior pellets (15%aa) Lots of Cascades...

2 weeks in the bottle. Probably one of the better American Ales I've made to date. I think this S-04 fit perfectly with this brew bringing out some of the fruit tones from the Amarillo hops. I'm guessing I'll make another batch of this soon. Thanks again!

I bet it will be fantastic! With the "overly-hopped" trend everywhere lately I sometimes enjoy having some malt-forward IPA bottles on hand. Sometimes a malt-bill such as yours brings out different hop characteristics as well. Enjoy!

Brewed up a recipe from the Bell's homebrew website in early November. It's fantastic. I planned out to be 3 weeks conditioned for Thanksgiving, but it wasn't even close to hitting it's stride. 7 weeks in the bottle and its so good. The rye malt really shines with the hops (the Zythos in...

Came across this post last week, had very similar ingredients and brewed it up last night! Only changes were .5oz of centennial at 15 min (no ahtanum available) and pitched Safale us-04. Was thinking that yeast would maybe keep things a little sweeter and fruitier (just my taste preference). I...

Thanks for the reply. To clarify my last question: As you stated, the yeast multiply exponentially during a fermentation, correct? So why would anyone every need to pitch 2 packets of yeast for a "big beer"? For example, some recipes suggest adding two packets for OG's over 1.08. Shouldn't the...

Thanks for the replies guys.

Just a quick question on something I don't undestand: A lot of people I know (and on this forum) rack onto yeast cakes from a recent batch, and I too have done this with success for big beers. Often times this has come from a single 11.5g packet of dried yeast. On the contrary, according to...

Somewhat new to brewing, but I am a chemist for a major water utility. Adding 1Tbsp of bleach to 5 gallons gives a chlorine concentration of roughly 50ppm. Adding the vinegar does 2 things: 1. lowers the pH to form hypochlorous acid (what actually sanitizes) and 2. Neutralizes some of the...

So its bottling day, and my capper broke on the first bottle. OH $hi@.... So I quick drove to my LHBS which is fairly close and bought a new one, but, the beer I had just put into bottles was sitting uncapped 1+ hour on my table. Does anyone know if there will be an oxygen effect in this...

Thanks so much guys! Feel much better about this now. I'm in no hurry to bottle so I think I will wait an extra week than planned to make sure things finish up. Cheers!

I used Safale-05. Thanks for the quick replies!

Ok...I'm a brewing rookie! (Now that's out the way....) I'm brewing a 5-gallon IPA kit from my local shop. It's already in the primary, but I didn't realize my basement, where its sitting, is averaging 60-62 degrees. The slap-on thermometer is reading 64 pretty steady. Is this too cold? The...