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Thanks for the help guys. I'll change up the last 15 minute hop additions and dry hopping. I was hoping for the aroma to last a little longer than a week though. Hopefully, these changes will help on the next batch!

Wow. Kinda bummed here. I recently brewed this IPA recipe below taht I came up with. A slight variation on Jai Alai. Everything went great. Sat in primary for a week or so, and then I dry hopped the 1.5 ounces of citra. That sat for about 7 or 8 days, a little longer than I wanted, but I...

Thanks again for all of your help and suggestions guys. I greatly appreciate it! :mug: I've revised my recipe and I think that this is a much better representation of what I'm trying to accomplish and the style of beer that I'm wanting. I also bumped up the DME a little to increase the ABV...

It sounded off to me at the time, but as a new brewer, I'm learning, experimenting, and of course making mistakes as I go. I don't want to just do what someone, even someone with experience, says, but I like to know why and how. These answers that you guys have offered have helped to...

It is alot, but that is what I am looking for in this beer. Kinda "Jai Alai"'ish. I have done 2 SMASH recipes with BIAB before. That was fun. It let me now that I like Amarillo better than Falconer's!

I agree on the 2 Row and Munich being base grains. The way it was presented to me was that if I steeped the same way I would normal accent grains, then I could get enough sugars along with color, etc, to account for more fermentables in the wort. How much? That I don't know how to figure out...

I have brewed 1 LME batch and 1 BIAB batch since I started this awesome hobby. So now I have put together a recipe with the help of my LBS, but since I've inputted it into Brewer's Friend's Recipe page, my numbers are off. Is anyone familiar with how to set up the "Batch Size" and "Boil...

Ok, so chalk this up to a noob question, but I haven't been able to find an answer to this yet. Does temperature fluctuation retard or affect fermentation? This is my first brew. 5 galling fermentation bucket. US-05 yeast. After I pitched it, I put it in my powder room bath and noticed...

Thanks for all of the well wishes everyone. As I think about it today, the only things that I would've done differently would have been to be be more sure of the temperature of the wort before I pitched the yeast, aerated the wort more vigorously, and I would've used a fine mesh strainer when...

Thanks man. I guess I'll find out in due time! Last question. I'm skipping the secondary. Can I just add the last ounce of hops at 2 weeks and let it continue for a week or so until I check my gravity? Either way, I had a blast during the entire process. I can't wait to do a couple of 1 gallon...

Alright. I guess the obligatory "Did I screw up my first batch" question has to be asked. How much can you trust the stick on Permometer? Mine still shows 76, but when I used a sanitized thermometer in my wort before I added it to my 2 gallons of water in the fermenter, it was right at 70...

Ahhh.... I had my littlest one in my arms feeding, so I was one hand typing. Kinda hard for pics. Anyway, here we go. I was a little pre-occupied trying to stay 2 steps ahead to take many pictures, but enough excuses.

Alright. My first brew day is done. And now. I wait.

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Hey guys. I just joined up and I have my first brew day after work today. I'll be doing a partial boil extract IPA batch. I'm so excited, I've felt like a kid waiting for Christmas to arrive all week long. :mug: I'll be taking pictures and notes during the process tonight and I'll post...