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                                               JUST SITTING HERE RESTING MY ARM 10 Gallons in Carboys 23 lbs. GWM 1.5 lbs. C-40 ( Muntons ) 8 ozs. C-120 ( Muntons ) 5 ozs. Carafa III 90 g US Challenger - 5.6 AA - 60 min. 26 g US Challenger - 5.6 AA - 30 min. 11.5 g Nottingham - 2 packs ( sprinkled on top ) O.G. - 1.054 - 85% Efficiency F.G. - 1.012 % - 5.5 BU - 33.4 SRM -11.4 MASHED @ 154 F FTBS These hops are 2 years old. I found them in the back of my freezer. They had a wonderful aroma to them. This beer is okay, not my favourite style. I need to mash higher to get a more of a malt taste. however, I am going to buy Muntons malt so it will have more flavour than this bland American 2-row malt.       ...

This is my second Belgium brew. Brother Chris 28 lbs. GWM 2 lbs. Belgian D-45 2.53 lbs. Corn Sugar 1 lb. Aromatic Malt 5 ozs. Carafa III 100 grams Spalt Select - 60 min. Wyeast 1762 Abbey Ale II ( stepped up 4.5 L starter ) 50/50 RO/Well O.G. - 1.070 * 82% efficiency * F.G. - 1.012 % - 7.7 BU - 33.7 SRM -11 Bottled on Monday, Oct. 14, day 23. Took over 4 hours to bottle. I had to work with many different sized bottles. I carbed it to 3 volumes with 163 grams of corn sugar per 5 gallons. FTBS The first time I brewed this my efficiency was only 60%. It was supposed to be 1.080, but was 1.060. Now I just decided to make a 1.070 beer and forget about brewing a high gravity one. Maybe in the future, but I will be happy to make a 7-8 % beer and get double the amount. This will be the beginning of my beer celllar.The FG will have to get down to around 12 for a 7-8 % beer. Fermentation temp will have an impact on that. The wort was very sweet because of all that sug...

NEEDLERS MILL                                                                             My last 2 pale ales have had pernament haze to them. I am not sure why this has suddenly started to happen. I have had trouble with my older digital thermometer and my floating thermometer seems to be okay, but very slow. My mash may of been not high enough, say 145 F or something like that. My PH may of been too high which seems to be the most common answer from my beer forum. I bought some PH strips to sort of get me in the ball park of where I am. They are not very accurate though. I also have been having a big problem with m...