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Hey all - I just wanted to give an update regarding this beer. I brewed it around Sept (?) last year and posted a few times in this thread. Since then, I've grown to absolutely positively LOVE this recipe. It's probably my favorite homebrew recipe I've brewed so far and definitely compares...

Here were my hop additions. I know that IBU calculations are notoriously fickle, but this is what got me to 34 IBUs. Columbus 14% 0.5 ounces - 60 mins Cascade 5.5% 0.5 ounces - 20 mins Cascade 5.5% .25 ounces - 10 mins Columbus 14% .25 ounces - 0 mins It's been in the...

So I ended up getting impatient and bottling the bastard. It dropped to 1.003 - so I was only a point off from the recipe. The dang thing was in the fermenter for a full month and was still active....crazy. I bottled it about a week ago. Couldn't help myself and popped a bottle after only 4...

I will definitely let you know how it turns out.... I did make one other change, and that was to reduce the IBUs to the 34-36 range. This may have been a mistake....I tasted the wort before putting it in the fermenter and it tasted a little sweeter than I would have liked. We'll see...

I'm brewing this today. The recipe looks great as-is, but I ended up making the following changes: 1) I substituted the Columbus 20-minute and 10-minute hop additions for Cascades. My experience with Columbus hops is that they are more assertive in non-IPAs than I would like. I still want some...

My opinion? It's doable but you getter get brewing. Like I just posted, my wort is still dropping in gravity three weeks in the fermenter. It's definitely one of the longer-acting yeasts that I've worked with. Based on my experience, I'd devote no less than three weeks in the fermenters. Two...

Three weeks in the primary. Gravity was 1.006 one week ago - it's 1.004 today. Any downside to bottling today? I'm running out of my Pale Ale so my patience is running thin. I'm also worried about off-flavors from leaving the beer in the primary for more than three weeks. I'd rather not...

I'm thinking about going. I'm down here in Highlands Ranch so the drive is a bit farther than I would like. Has anybody gone to this event before? Is it any good? The Great Divide Anniversary Party earlier this year was excellent so I'm wondering if this is similar. I usually steer away from...

Because they're sold out. Geez - that was quick! http://www.greatamericanbeerfestival.com/tickets/member-tickets/ I didn't see any "Member Entrance" option. I'm having my tickets snail-mailed to me so I dont know if there's any designation on them. If there isn't, I'll just bring my AHA...

Brewed this 5 days ago. I followed the recipe exactly except for the following changes: 1) Mashed for 90 minutes instead of 60 2) Added about 13-14 ounces of honey instead of 16 3) Cooled the wort to 74 degrees before pitching yeast Hit the OG exactly. The wort is some powerful stuff...

Thanks! Yes, I did take the SRM reading from a test vial so that could definitely skew my perception. I did add the molasses - in fact, I didn't make any changes to the recipe and basically hit my OG (one point off). Besides the color though, I imagine that this beer tastes almost exactly as...

Brewed this 12 days ago and it's sitting in my primary fermenter. Still getting bubbles out of the airlock at the rate of one every 45 seconds. Took a hydrometer reading and its sitting at 1.015, so I'll keep it there another few days. Taking longer in the primary than I ancitipated.... The...

Unless I'm reading the OP wrong, it says he mashed at 147 to get his OG. I mashed at 147 for 90 mins. After first sparge, I added ~165 degree water for a 10 minute second sparge.

I am brewing this recipe just now - my first pils! I have brewed about 8 all-grain ales so far so I'm excited about this. I followed the OP recipe except for one thing - I only used 1 lb of flaked rice. Just took a gravity reading from the wort and only came up to 1.046. WAY short of the OP's...