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Hi Guys I am looking to build a new kegerator for my bar and I want the flexibility to be able to have home brew and/or commercial beer available on tap. My mini fridge (Danby) can currently fit 2 corny kegs but not 2 1/6th kegs. That extra 1/4" sucks! Anyway is there currently a mini fridge on...

11,738 +10=11,748 Island IPA 5 gallons Blonde Ale 5 gallons

I have been doing a lot of research on beer recipe development and hope that my next batch comes out more "expected"

That is why I want to brew the recipes again to see where I went wrong.

I am looking forward to seeing how they both come out that is for sure. Planning a nice simple pale ale or blond ale next though.

Yeah I know the gravity is way to high for the grains I thought I mashed. I ended up with about 5.5 gallons which is what I wanted. I think I messed up the grain weights by A LOT when packaging at my LHBS. Like I said I will see this one through, get the ingredients again (and pay extra special...

Well at this point I need to brew both these brews again to figure out what I did wrong when I bagged up the grains. My gravity came in a about 1.080. I will see this beer through and see what happens with it. Now there may not be enough bitterness. UGHHHHH.

I also mashed at a slightly higher temp than usual to get it a little maltier

I dropped the 45 and 30 minute additions to 10 and 5 which dropped the IBU'S to 69.8. That was probably a good choice.

Ok, thanks for the advise. I am mashing out now so I have time to "adjust" to make it drinkable.

Any ways to make it less painful? Switch up the hop additions of 45 and 30 to 20 and 10?

So since I brewed by the wrong grain bill last weekend on what was supposed to be a session citra IPA. I am brewing those grains now in the recipe below. Hopefully this beer is not completely unbalanced and tastes good. I believe it should have a strong IPA bitterness with a...

When I brewed extract I would fill the sink with cold water, drop the pot in rhe cold water, stir the hell out of it, drain the warm water, and repeat until I got it down to about 100, then would top off with cold water and mix back and forth between the brew kettle and fermenter.

I connect at 30 psi, rock back and forth for 60 seconds once every hour or 2 and it is typically ready to drink within 6-7 hours. I then purge the excess gas and reduce the pressure to about 8psi

I actually had a fairly busy beer day. Kegged 2 beers and got them carbonated up. Transferred another to secondary. Drove to My LHBS to get a couple gaskets for my keg (wasn't holding a seal) and also ended up buying 2 more kegs as reserves. Fixed my beer line cleaner. I was planning on brewing...

So I transfered to secondary today and gave it a little taste. I was actually pleasantly suprised. It has a nice citrus aroma and tasted pretty good. Definitely a tad bitter but month less not too vad. It should balance out more as it conditions in the secondary.

I use a conical colander with very small holes, which is typically used to separate and press solids from liquids when making home made stocks. I directly drain my wort into it.it also does a nice job of aeration too. http://m.alibaba.com/product/101118005/Conical-Colander.html?hasRedirected=y

Well here is to hoping that my beer actually comes out good enough. Hey maybe I stumbled upon something with this Screw Up! See my Citra AIPA thread in recupes for further updates. Thanks again all!

It is fermenting away and smells really good by the way!

Here is the recipe that i ended up making in error. Feedback would appreciated so when I attempt to brew it again I can brew a well balanced Citra Hoppy Brew. CITRA AIPA IBU'S: 93 ABV: 6.0% OG: 1.066 (Since i thought i was brewing a lower gravity brew I watered it down from a 1.070, estimated...