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Thanks for all the advise...I'm now 1/5. Finally made an awesome beer that I ended up only keeping half of since the rest was drank by neighbors and co-workers. I made a bunch of changes, not sure which ones were the problems but i'm going to stick with it whether it was it or not. 1. I brewed...

I'm also in the IE! I'll try one of those recipes

Should I top this up with some water? Estimated IBU's/ABV was 80 and 7.1...Beer smith says I'm up to 7.7 ABV so I'm sure its IBU is going to be much high also.

Welp...thats good to know! May of over thought this one as it was only my 2nd all grain brew. Saw the tab in beersmith that said to measure it and panicked when it didn't read anywhere close to the estimate.

If this doesn't turn out how I want, ill def take that advise. I love this beer which is why I wanted to try and make it. Thanks for all the good info! Learning more than I can absorb on this website!

I have a false botton, did do a vorlauf, but I didn't stir it. Thanks for the advise. I'll use that efficiency calc and see where I'm at. Looks like I over thought it and may of boiled down more than I needed. Thanks for the info!!:mug:

I didn't mix the wort or chill the sample...I put the hydrometer right in the pot...If i needed to chill, that may be what I did wrong and I boiled down unnecessarily.

Did 2 extracts and 2 all-grains...the 2 extracts and 1 all grain are terrible...I live in SoCal and temps are crazy high this time of the year, high 90's and I was fermentating in my closet. Came out tasting like nail polish remover. Just bought a dedicated fermintation fridge and a temp...

Thanks for all the good info. I fly sparged only because thats the way I watched a friend do it. So should I of started sparge at around 180 so its around 170 when it gets to grain bed? I defiantly boiled way to hot if a full rumbling boil isn't required. It started at boiling at around 205 on...

6 hours later, just wrapped up my first All Grain Batch with more than a few Hiccups . I made an Irish Red Ale Kit from More Beer with 2-10 gallon coolers and a 7 gallon boil kettle. Was shooting for a 151 mash temp so brought up boil pot to 162 and pre boiled 2 gallons to warm up mash tun...