Bog post is up with the full breakdown and more pictures. It's fully carbed at this point and tasting incredible. I'm pretty damn proud of how this one turned out.
http://www.bertusbrewery.com/2013/03/pliny-younger-clone-20.html
Thanks for the advice, it makes sense that messing with boil OG will mess the flavor, but why is DME so much better than LME? I thought DME was just LME that was dried out. Also, my small kettle is only 1 gallon, so there is no way I could mash 6.5 pounds of grain in it. After the 144* mash, would it work well to add the full boil volume to the wort, heat it up to 168*, and do the dunk sparge? If not, is there a better way to do it using the 1 gallon kettle?
fc36 said:Get a bigger boil kettle for starters. They sell 8 gallon aluminum pots for about $40 at target and there are some great prices online. Ive used my 8 gal aluminum for almost 40 batches with zero issues. Good luck!
I bought an 8g "tamale steamer" at wal mart a couple years ago for $20. Worked fine for 80 batches or so till I upgraded to a 13g Stainless (for $27)
fc36 said:Where did you manage to find a 13 Gal SS kettle for $27? I want one! Heck, I want 3!
Shanghai. Just left there yesterday from another business trip and was gonna grab a few more but got lazy (drunk) so didn't go get them. Nice thick grade SS also. I am going back next month though, so hope to snag some more.
I'm not sure I understand you on the last part. If you don't have a kettle or cooler big enough to mash at least 6 lbs. of grain in, then I wouldn't even attempt this beer. A pure extract brew or a severly limited partial mash won't work. Partial Mash of 6 lbs. would be the bottom limit and even then you won't attenuate as much as all grain.
fc36 said:Anyway you'd be willing to ship one to Chicago? For a fee of course.
OG came out to 1.100
Scotland did you condition and fine the beer in the same keg that you used to dry hop in?
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