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I am now buying all of my grains at my LHBS. I have bought online before, but LHBS's need the business and I no longer pinch pennies. I usually buy my yeast there, too. Hops I order in bulk online because while I'm not cheap, I'm not stupid enough to pay $3 per oz. My LHBS carries Briess...

...still looking for bags big enough for vacuum sealing my MLT between mashes...:drunk: I usually seal the grains that I am not going to use in the next several months, like Black Patent, etc. but don't vacuum seal my regular malts like crystal 40L, 60L, etc. I buy all of my hope from...

How many gallons did you make? 1.081 seems a bit high for your grain bill for a 5 gallon batch, and I can't figure out why honey would make the rest of the fermentables ferment out more than normal????? 10# of grain in a 5 gallon batch shouldn't get that low. What yeast did you use? I am...

Looks good to me. It isn't too much different from my UPA house recipe. (It changes often, by the way.) I used to use the NB, Cascade combination, but I couldn't get NB in my last order to Hops Direct, so I am using a combination of Magnum, Cascade, and am experimenting with Amarillo. I keep...

+1!! I have been using Safale 05 and 04 for the past 9 months, and I have been very happy with them. Great products!

Wow! Thanks to all for the responses. I now have a starting place to work something up. I am currently regretting lending my books to a new brewer.:mad:

Do any of you have a good, proven all grain ESB recipe that you would be willing to share? I will be traveling 2 1/2 hours to my LHBS to pick up supplies for my normal house ale and some extras. I would like to brew a ESB for my next beer, and I am looking for some hints. Thanks!

This is my plan as well. I have been brewing for a few months, and SWMBO has been unresponsive. She is not a beer drinker, but had lunch with her sister at a microbrewery and fell in love with a Vanilla Cream Ale. She said, "can you make this?" Game On. A quick google search lead me to...