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Recipe Type: All Grain Yeast: Safale US-05 (Chico) Yeast Starter: N/A Batch Size (Gallons): 5.5 Original Gravity: 1.056 Final Gravity: 1.012 Efficiency: 75 % ABV: 5.8 % IBU: 34.9 Color: 27.1 SRM Boiling Time (Minutes): 90 Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 14-21 days @ 65º...

So after my first decoction mash I've got a question... how the heck do you keep temps consistent with your plan? For my first decoction, I did a modified double decoction (along the lines of a Hochkurtz mash), and found myself constantly struggling to keep temps up. It seemed like every time...

So I built a keezer last summer, and I'm still tweaking things. My temperature probe has been sitting on the hump, and with a noninsulated wooden collar on top there's a pretty significant temp gradient. I've been running it at 38 degrees. Last night I decided (after drinking a couple...

Hey all, I kicked off a Dunkel with WLP838 S. German Lager yeast. I'm fermenting in my basement (which is usually around 55), but we got a warm streak this week and temperatures are now hovering in the 60-65 range. I set up a water bath, which seems to knock off ~3 degrees. I'm also...

Had this a couple weeks ago, just before going to class (which TOTALLY didn't affect my learning) and then again tonight. Pretty interesting beer, great hop flavor and aroma without being overly bitter. Could see it being a great daily drinker. So, I'd like to make this one. According to...

So I've been slowly gathering parts for a kegerator, and one of the first uses will be to use the temperature control to create a lager. I've been trying to make up my mind on what sort of style to shoot for (bavarian/bohemian pils, helles, vienna, etc). Along those lines, I've been trying...

So a few years ago I made my first homebrew, an English Brown kit from Brewer's Best. It came with dry yeast (Nottingham according to my brewlog, but that meant nothing to me then). Fermented out nicely with no big problems. From there (and through my next nine batches), I only used liquid...

Well... sorta my first. My true first attempt--an american wheat--didn't go so well (complex mash schedule, bad temperature control, ending with breaking my hydrometer in my bucket and having to toss the batch), so I've wrote it off and started again. This time, I tried making BierMuncher's...

Hi all, I'm a brewer from beautiful and beer-soaked Colorado. I've been brewing for about two and a half years now, starting with extract kits then moving to recipes from Papazian's NCJoHB, and finally starting to put together my own recipes. I've started trying partial mashes (just...