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Thanks. I'll do some simplifying and tweaking for Wednesday. I like a little more hoppiness so I'll definitely boost that one. My 1.111 had 111 ibu's and it wasnt very hoppy. Time to hop on beer smith for some work!

I figured my grains were needed to be simplified but I wasn't sure where to go. It ends up at 1.12 with the grains and the extra fermentables. How would you change the hops?

Last year I blindly did an 11-11-11 Eleventy that was judged very well. I followed a great suggestion on feeding 2 different yeast additions throughout fermentation (dogfish 120 style) and it turned out great. I'm doing completely different grains and hops for this 1.12 beer. Please give me...

I had the same issue...about 15 good batches then 2 in a row bad bandaid flavors. It wasn't the water as my source didn't change, but my cleaning practices were weak. I got rid of old hoses, soaked everything in cleaner before each batch (I used to rinse well and sanitize but sanitizing and...

I have plenty of Baltimoron friends that have moved to sunny San Diego. It's nice to hear the flow goes both ways. Welcome to the right coast!

If it doesn't carb after 6-8 months, pop the tops, sprinkle in a few grains of dry champagne yeast, recap, and swirl. I had a 13%er that exhausted all of my yeast and wouldn't carb after 7 months.

Brewed this last night. Starter pitched at 9pm, krausen blowing out my starsan pitcher by 12 noon. I'm glad I have it in my basement shower! Unfortunately my temps are high at 73 and I don't have a tub for the ice bath. Hopefully it doesn't end up with a big booze burn. Thoughts? I made some...

I love smoking a pipe as it makes the stupid crap that I say seem intelligent when holding one. My only issue with smoking while drinking is it seems to burn my taste buds and mute the beer's flavor. Suggestions!

It's cold break that made it into your fermentor that has co2 bubbles in it from the beginning of fermentation making it lighter so it floats. After a heavy fermentation it should break up and settle back down. If not, gently vibrate or swirl (without splashing) your fermentor and they should drop.

It'll still be beer and your friends won't know the difference.

Bottled this a week ago, drank my impatient brewer 1 week bottle. Carb already coming in nicely. Perfect amount of hops up front and a nice bready finish. After drinking half of it right from the fridge, I let it warm up for a while and it was even better! I can't wait to see how this ends up in...

You talk funny mister

Bottled today. Sample tastes great. I can't wait for it to finish!

I added .5lb of melanoiden. Great move!

I've never been a fan of buttering ibu's. $0.02

As I sit here smoking my pipe, watching the orioles, brewing my beer...and drinking some too, I'm pondering some details of the batch sparge. I understand how mash temperatures affect the beer but I'm blank in sparge details such as- What does the temp of your sparge affect and what problems...

Rise up to 70 or more you mean? In my 22 batches, I've never cold crashed. If I stick it in a bucket of ice, how long does it take?

I brewed this Wednesday night and today (Saturday) my gravity is 1.011 with no krausen and limited airlock bubbling! Has anyone seen it ferment this quickly? I did my best to keep it cool but could only get it to 70 during fermentation and now it's at 68. The sample didn't taste as fruity as I...

I brewed this Wednesday night, and today (Saturday) its down to 1.011 with no krausen and limited airlock activity! Has anyone else seen it ferment this quick? I did my best to keep it cool but I could only do 70 during fermentation. It's at 68 now. Sample tastes great. Not as fruity as I...

How'd this turn out ;)