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 Yet another version of a CIPA. This is quite malty and I hope I used enough hops to balance it out. The wort tasted pretty good. It was quite dark. I think the crystal 40 made it darker, although Promash didn't reflect that. It has a nice copper hue to it which I think is great. However, this may make it too malty. If so, I'll raise the BU to like 60 to 65 or even to 70 the next time i brew this. As long as it doesn't get too cloying I will get away with all the hop additions. 15 Gallons 27.50 lbs. UCM 2 lbs. Munich malt 1.50 lbs. Crystal 40 1 lb. Carapils 50g Nottingham O.G. - 1.060 F.G. - 1.019 % - 5.5 SRM - 10  BU - 56

Since I am low on beer, I am brewing in some new wine buckets I bought from a wine store for $2.00 each. I have been getting low efficiency, so I adjusted the dial up one notch. It must of somehow clicked down a lower notch, maybe. I have never touched it in 10 years. However, the specialty malts may of been milled too much. I got too much powder, so next time I have to lower the dial one notch for the specialty malts. It seems that the Canada Malt is smaller than the American and German malts. No surprise there. I thought these buckets were air tight. They are not. I added water and turned them upside down and no water leaked out. When fermentation started, there was no activity in the blow off containers. I checked and there was indeed a full layer of krausen on top. The lids even had a grommet in them. They are now buckets for grain, washing equipment etc... 14 Gallons 22 lbs. Canada Malt 2 lbs. Munich Malt 1 lb. Crystal 10L 1 lb. Carapils 80g Hallertauer - 60 min. 50g No...

Brewing again. It has been awhile. I am back to brewing my house ale which has turned out to be my best beer. I hope to get a few kegs of this brewed before getting into some winter brews. 15 Gallons 22 lbs. Canada Malt 2 lbs. Munich malt 1 lb. Crystal 10L 1 lb. Carapils 80g Hallertauer - 60 min. 50g Nottingham My efficiency has gone from 76% to 63%. When I crush my grains, it seems that the 2 row is just basically falling through the mill. Okay, the settings were changed. Nope, same settings. However, when I grind my specialty malts, I have to really hang on the drill to keep it from spinning in my hand. So, I need to change the settings for the Canada malt only. They are smaller than they were last year. More info on this later. I raised my grain mill up a notch. I got 79% efficiency, so as long as I didn't get too much astrigency. Later... O.G. - 1.040 F.G. - 1.010 % - 4 SRM - 6 BU - 20 EFFICIENCY - 63%