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Sorry for the delayed update, but this has been brewed, kegged, and extremely well received! In fact, this will be getting added to my main rotation. Came out with a biscuit like maltiness and a taste of honey with a nice bitterness and subtle citrus and fruit notes from the hops. I actually...

Thanks, I will change the hop schedule accordingly. I also have some mosaic and Citra hops I may add in. Haven’t use mosaic before though, so wasn’t sure where to start with them.

I just had that much Carapils on hand and didn’t feel like having an even smaller amount leftover. I like a fuller bodied beer too, so I figured it wouldn’t hurt anything even if it was redundant. Do you think dropping my mash temp a little may be beneficial based on the grain bill?

I have a ton more brewers malt, so I could use that or honey to go higher, but I didn’t want to make the rest of the grain bill too diluted. Figured the lower ABV would make this a good session beer with the weather warming up.

I threw this recipe together last night with the goal of using up some various grains I have on hand. Just curious if anyone has any feedback to give.

Damn. Oh well, that’s why I checked lol. I know nothing about motor specs.

Could anyone advise on if this motor would be suffecient?

So I picked up some of this leak detector. From what I can tell, it is food safe but do you know whether I need to be too concerned with trying to get it off after? Seems like it could leave some residue behind.

Spunding valve is on my future purchase list! at the moment though, no kegs are hooked up so the leak exists somewhere between the tank and the manifold.

I might just have to order some of that to keep on hand!

That image is a great resource, thank you! Unfortunately, I did pretty much all the troubleshooting on there already :( so at this point I am going to keep an eye on it throughout the day to see if it continues dropping. I will update this thread with another PSI reading later today. I am...

So I have been chasing a CO2 leak now for a few days and am at a total loss for what could be causing it. Last night before going to bed I set the CO2 to just over 20psi and then shut the gas off. No kegs connected, just the manifold and one QD. This morning the PSI had dropped to just under...

Well, I threw caution to the wind and brewed this up today! I followed my recipe as written, ended up with an OG of 1.06, and it’s currently in the fermentation chamber at 66 degrees. Very excited to see how the dark DME and bochet honey play out!

I have limited experience developing my own recipes but I have an idea that I would love to get some feedback on. I Picked up 2 gallons of apple juice today at Costco and want to make a bochet graff. The recipe I came up with would be: 1.50 gallons AJ 1/4 lb bochet honey 1/4 lb dark DME boiled...

This seems to be an incredibly popular recipe, going to give it a try for my next brew. Curious what other yeasts and hops people have experimented with while using this as the base recipe. As this thread is almost 150 pages, I will openly admit I did not search for this answer first.

Oh wow, you have no idea how happy I am to finally find someone who can definitively tell me that sous vide can work for pasteurization of brews. I have figured it would, but haven’t found any first hand accounts. And the chart you provide for me is incredible! I may not know what some of...

I have been looking into doing this using a sous vide cooker. May have to do another 1 gallon batch just to try that. How sweet do you find that FG gives you compared to actual juice vs fully dry hard cider?

So I ended up doing 3 gallons of treetop honeycrisp apple unfiltered juice/cider, added half a pound of honey, and used belle saison yeast. Ended up with an OG of 1.055. My plan is to ferment dry, adjust acidity to taste with malic acid, and then bottle carb. Might also back-sweeten with...

I hadn’t read about this until after buying 3 gallons of this juice lol. Is there any general consensus on a good store bought juice for making hard cider? Making my own from scratch just isn’t a viable option for me.