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All Grain Brewing / Re: Recipe Help!

« on: April 14, 2012, 07:31:46 am »

Awesome man. Thank you for your help.

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All Grain Brewing / Recipe Help!

« on: April 14, 2012, 07:09:40 am »

I'm planning on brewing an ESB tomorrow and I have the grains, hop schedule, and mash temp, but i'm not sure how much water to mash in and sparge with. any suggestions? (here's the bill)



Briess Pale Ale Malt   8 lbs, 0 oz
Briess Victory   1 lbs, 0 oz
Crisp CaraMalt   1 lbs, 0 oz
Challenger,UK Pellets   1 oz @ 60 mins
Bullion Pellets   1 oz @ 20 mins
Brewers Gold Pellets   1 oz @ 10 mins
Fuggles Pellets, UK   1 oz @ 0 mins
SAFALE S-04   1 ea



        OG                    FG               BU          SRM                 ABV
1.048 - 1.060   1.010 - 1.016   30 - 50   6 - 18   4.60 - 6.20
      1.055                1.014             39.3          9.82             5.37

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Kegging and Bottling / Re: Priming question

« on: January 20, 2012, 12:35:44 pm »

interesting. I've always head that leaving it on the dead yeast bed can lead to off flavors. But I am a novice. How come the revert back to solely primary fermenting?

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Kegging and Bottling / Re: Priming question

« on: January 19, 2012, 02:53:20 pm »

Thanks man. I did about 8 days in primary and its been in the secondary about 8 days as well. Thanks for all the input!

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Kegging and Bottling / Priming question

« on: January 19, 2012, 09:07:36 am »

I'm getting ready to bottle my first batch, and I'm probably being over cautious, but how can you tell if you should re-pitch before bottling? I'm doing a Sweetwater 420 clone (its an American Pale Ale), so it isn't high gravity. Thanks for any input.

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Beer Recipes / Re: Sweetwater420 clone

« on: December 08, 2011, 08:34:45 pm »

But would it be all at 60 minutes? Or should I split up the hop times? That's what I was curious about. (I am a new to AG brewing)

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Beer Recipes / Sweetwater420 clone

« on: December 07, 2011, 04:41:34 pm »

I am looking for a clone for an all grain Sweetwater 420 clone. There is a website that sells the ingredients bundled, but I don't know if I trust the hop schedule (or lack of one) given. Here's the link :http://www.brewmasterswarehouse.com/recipe/d66b18b3/   
Any suggestions or opinions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

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All Grain Brewing / Re: First All grain batch

« on: November 29, 2011, 04:41:33 pm »

It's not that complicated a recipe. I think it's a good idea to keep it simple at first but if you want to brew that recipe go for it. worst case scenerio it turns out aweful.

One point on the recipe is it appears to ommit any boiling of the wort going directly from lautering to cooling and pitching the yeast. I would not recommend that unless you want a very sour beer.

It has a 60 min. Wort Boil time, it's just printed at the top. Its a little out of place

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All Grain Brewing / Re: First All grain batch

« on: November 29, 2011, 03:08:18 pm »

Here's the grain bill for Terrapin's Rye Pale Ale (or the clone). It's a good beer if you've never had it. Just figured I'd go ahead and post it.




Batch Size (Gal):   6.00
Wort Size (Gal):   6.60
Total Grain (Lbs):   13.00
Original Gravity   1.057   Final Gravity   1.012
Color SRM: 7.4   
IBU: 29.6   Brewhouse Efficiency: 75%
Wort Boil Time: 60 Minutes
GRAIN BILL
% WEIGHT   AMOUNT (LBS)   INGREDIENT   ORIGIN   POTENTIAL GRAVITY   SRM (°L)
69.2   9.00   American Pale Malt (2-row)   USA   1.036   2
9.6   1.25   Munich Malt(2-Row)   USA   1.035   6
9.6   1.25   Rye Malt   USA   1.030   4
7.7   1.00   Vienna Malt   America   1.034   25
3.8   0.50   Honey Malt   America   1.030   18
HOPS
AMOUNT (OZ.)   NAME   FORM   ALPHA %   IBU   BOIL TIME
0.75 oz.   Magnum Hops   Pellet   14.0   22.1   60 min.
0.75 oz.   Fuggle Hops   Pellet   4.75   7.2   30 min.
0.50 oz.   East Kent Goldings Hops   Pellet   4.75   3.2   20 min.
0.50 oz.   East Kent Goldings Hops   Pellet   4.75   1.9   10 min.
0.50 oz.   East Kent Goldings Hops   Pellet   4.75   3.1   3 min.
2.00 oz.   Cascade Hops   Pellet   5.75   0.0   0 min.
2.00 oz.   Amarillo Hops   Pellet   10.00   0.0   Dry Hop
YEAST
2 packs – Wyeast 1056, American/Chico Ale Yeast
MASHING THE RYE AND GRAINS
Mash at 154° for 60 to 90 min.
Sparge
Cool to 66-70°F and pitch yeast
NOTES
Primary Fermentation 7 days
Secondary Fermentation 14 days
Bottle / Keg Conditioning (Carbonation) 7 days

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All Grain Brewing / Re: First All grain batch

« on: November 29, 2011, 02:59:01 pm »

Awesome. Thanks for the advice. As far as the water is concerned, I was going to use a few 4 gal jugs of spring water bought at a Sam's Club. The tap water in my area is pretty crappy. Think that will be ok?

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All Grain Brewing / First All grain batch

« on: November 29, 2011, 09:57:05 am »

I'm getting ready to make my first all grain batch in a few weeks, and I was thinking of trying to make a Black Rye Pale ale, more than likely from tweaking the Terrapin Rye clone, but I was curious as to how I should adjust the grain bill. Any suggestions?