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Hit 80%, up 17% from an identical recipe mashed a few weeks ago. Used my mill to double crush 2 row pale ale, despite what seemed to be a very good crush from my LBHS. Those intact, empty husks, present in the original, were crushed again, with only little shards of the husks remaining. I also...

I went to my LBHS this weekend to pickup ingredients for a small batch wheat beer. Simple recipe 50% Pilsner malt, 50% wheat malt, and some Saaz Hops. He asked Red or White?, and not knowing the difference I took one of each, so I can compare between the two. They milled the grain as they...

I like the taste of the ales I have brewed with Windsor dry yeast, but I am less than thrilled with attenuation which is in the mid 60%, which seems to be typical for this yeast. For my upcoming Irish Red, I would like to get the flavor of Windsor, but have a drier ale. I have seen posts here...

I brew small batches, and I always have my LBHS mill two identical grain bills so I can experiment with the second recipe after doing the first following the recipe I am using. Today I decided that I would change the PH of the mash water by reducing the lactic acid by half, increasing my PH from...

Definitely still learning, but my Irish Red hit a new plateau in my brewing journey. I do small batches only, so I brew alot, but this is the first home brew where i used fermentation temperature control and water adjustments. I am going to guess that controlling the temperature had the most...

All grain brewer here, but open to extract recipes also. I have a book of winter beers, I'd like to try this first if anyone has a recipe to share. Much appreciated!