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Recently I used cascade. It has a lower AA but I used enough to bitter to about 60 IBU. My thought behind it was as I looked at recipes a lot were leaning towards English hop varieties and cascade is a daughter of fuggles and I was wanting an American stout so I wanted American hops.

Love this! Can you share more info? Was it a kit?

In my experience using a malt like Crystal 60 turns my IPA/APA into an amber ale while waiting for bottle conditioning.

I would be concerned with that high of a lovibond crystal malt reducing the hop aroma/flavor while waiting for carbonation.

Maybe find a way to combine the 40 and 30 min adjustment. Seems redundant and you could go with one bittering charge at either 30 or 40.

Do you bottle or keg?

What are you planning to make with it?

I personally would try Idaho 7 and Centennial. Although it would be fun to experiment and try others as well to see what would work best!

Why is this not yet listed on their website?

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Try reaching out to them for support. I have heard the creator is responsive and helpful. I believe on the Facebook page as well.

What size batches are you brewing? I also live in Chicago and I plan to use distilled water from now on and build my water based on the style rec from the brewfather software.

I also recommend the big book of kombucha. Our first batch is fermenting now. Can’t wait to see how it turns out!