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May not be an exact clone, but may not be bad. The old saying, "it'll still be beer" holds true.

Brewed this recipe with no changes on the 24th...this was also my first time using US-05. OG was 1.072 and I never really had any airlock activity or a large amount of krausen. Fermentation temps have been between 65 and 67. I finally became worried enough to take a gravity reading yesterday...

Survey complete. Sampling my Falconer's Flight IPA on Saturday (hopefully it will be carbed) and heading to one of my favorite somewhat local breweries (West 6th in Lexington) for an early Father's Day. :mug:

Update: Finally got around to brewing this past Saturday (5-10). Everything went fairly smooth I suppose. Strike water was heated to 175 and added to the tun. I allowed it to "coast" down to 164 before doughing in. Added 6lb MO and 4 oz Crystal 60 and stirred like crazy. Temp was 152.6 and...

Hmmmm...Pale Ale flavored Jell-O. :drunk:

The Big Brown Truck just dropped off my SP10. :ban: No more partial boils on the stovetop for me. Had I known that I was going to have it in time for brew day tomorrow, I would have picked up enough grain at the LHBS to have a 5 gallon batch of Falconer's Flight IPA instead of the 2.5 gallon...

Not to beat on the label or anything, but is it Magnolia, TX or Magonlia???

Fair enough, I had not given any consideration to figuring my dead-space into my water calculations, but I do plan on a "dry run" to get all my numbers in order and I will most certainly have extra just in case. Thanks for bringing it up. I was nervous about banking on 70% as well, but...

You know, the bad part is that I thought that when I made the thread title too...LOL I have been playing around with some strike calculators as well...hopefully they work out better than the recipe calculators that I have been using. :cross:

Duly noted, thanks for the input. Actually, my hops are 10.5% Alpha, but that doesn't explain the huge difference. Your comment got me wondering if I had done something wrong, so I went back and double checked my numbers. I suppose the old adage, "you get what you pay for" rings true in...

I had given some serious consideration to only using MO and Crystal 60 from the get go...but I had seen several recipes using a small bit of 2-row with MO making up the majority of the grain bill. I never wondered if there was a reason for it, I only assumed that there must be a reason for it...

Fair enough...6 lbs of Maris Otter it is. I appreciate the feedback, and I have adjusted the recipe in the OP to reflect the change.

Honestly, I don't have a reason. Would you just let it fly with 6 lbs of MO?

Hey, guys and gals. I'm planning my first all-grain brew here in a few weeks. :ban: Before I get rolling, though, I wanted to get some feedback on the recipe and procedure that I have thrown together. I've tried to keep the recipe pretty simple being my first step into the all-grain world...

One last question then (famous last words!). Since the beer has already been sitting for over 4 weeks, and with the extra week suggested for diacetyl rest, AND the time sitting with bourbon/oak...should I worry about extra yeast for bottle carbing, or do you think that it will be a non-issue...

Yeah, I guess my recipe creating skills need to be put on hold until I get a few more under my belt as well as some more knowledge. :o The good thing about the whole deal is that it has certainly been a learning experience and I now know what NOT to do in the future. ;) So you are thinking...

Bump for the weekday crew. Anyone have any other input on the matter? :confused:

No...getting senile in my old age and fudged the dates. My ninja editing was going on while you were replying. ;) I have heard the same thing about the dark LME's and the darker grains being less fermentable and I knew the lactose wasn't...hence why Q-Brew was off...it counts it as fermentable...

Sorry...1.083 OG. I can't believe I left that out. :smack:

Sorry for the wall of text, but here goes. 3.3 lb Briess Golden Light LME 3.3 lb Briess Traditional Dark LME 3.3 lb Briess Special Dark LME 1.0 lb Lactose .5 lb Black Pattent .25 lb Roasted Barley .25 lb Crystal 90 .25 lb Chocolate Malt 1 oz UK Challenger @ 60 1 oz UK Kent Goldings @30 1 oz UK...