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The original recipe says 26 IBU. I guess it does not really matter since I intend to age it.

Thanks, I'll try to source them. How about the grain bill?

Hi, I found a recipe on Grainfather's website Grainfather Community Tools. Here it is: Grain: 2 Row - US 11 lb Munich 2.5 lb Brown malt UK 1.5 lb caramel / crystal 120 1lb caramel malt 40L (Briess) 1 lb Chocolate (Briess) 0.5 lb Hops: magnum 1.5 oz 60 min east Kent goldings 1 oz 10 min...

I brewed another batch with only 20% of flaked wheat. The only things I did differently were a protein rest at 48C for 20 minutes and stirring halfway through mashing. This time I got about 80% efficiency and am very pleased with the result. Now I have to wait to ferment, bottle and taste this...

Thanks, guys. I have not brewed a beer yet without at least 30% of flaked wheat. I will do a longer mash out next time with a protein rest and check the setting on the grain grinder. I also have a hydrometer and will compare the readings next time

http://brew.grainfather.com/recipes/20812 I am also thinking about a longer mash in. Is it worthwhile to let the grain sit for 90 minutes instead of 60?

Hi, Rackrunner. Thank you for your advice. 1. I calibrated my refractometer before that with distilled water, it was off by a point, so the reading should be accurate 2. You are correct, I had about 18 liters which is almost 5 gallons (4.75) 3. I stirred pretty thoroughly after every quarter of...

I purchased my refractometer for 30 dollars from Amazon. It has both Brix and SG scale. People say it is pretty reliable

Hi, I am very new to all this. Yesterday I did my fourth brew. It was a Blue Moon clone from grainfather recipes OG - 1.044 FG - 1.011 5 pounds of Maris Otter Pale ale malt 5 pounds of Flaked Wheat US mash in 60 minutes at 66 C mash out 10 minutes at 75 C boil time 60 minutes a packet East Kent...