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Storey Stout Wish I had beer gas. It is just too expensive. Ingredients 7.5 lbs. UCM 3 lbs. Flaked Barley 1 lb. Carafa Special III 8 ozs. UK Roast Barley 2 ozs. EKG - 6.4% AA @ 60 min. WLP001 - Cal Ale -  2 L starter @ 63 days old O.G. - 1.042 F.G. - % - SRM - 37 BU - 36 Water Profile - Black Balanced CA- 51 S04 - 63 CI - 45 PH - 5.40                                                 BREW DAY NOTES Added lactic acid to the mash by mistake. Had to add more baking soda to get the mash ph back up. Dummy!!!! Nov. 27 - Yeast finally started in the afternoon. It was too cool, 64 F. Nov. 28 - Blow off hose working and it is normal. 66 F - 68 F. Nov. 29 - Same. 66 F. Nov. 30 - Turned on heat. Too cool. Dec. 1 -   Same, but almost done. Dec 8 - Sampled. Bland? Yes, and that is what I want. I don't want over the top   ...

ROBOBREW CRASHED AGAIN - E1 AND E2 CODES. If they offer my money back, I may take it and save up for a better system from the US. Using my old system today, Had to think on how to use it, it has been that long. I just got enough water in the mash tun to use it. Just above the 240 V element. Sending a new one and I am sending the old one back. Brewing this instead of my Steam beer or my other brown ale as everything is stuck in trailers during the Canada Post strike. Idiot!!! Using GR NB hops because my EKG hops are in that trailer too. Glad I didn't order liquid yeast as it may freeze if this strike lasts any longer. Ingredients 12 lbs. UCM 1 lb. Brown Malt - 90 L 2 ozs. UK Choc Malt - 400 L 30 g GR NB - 9.9% AA at 60 min US-05 Water Profile - Amber Full CA - 54 MG - 5 NA - 10 S04 - 54 CI - 65 .3 g baking soda in mash .4 ML lactic acid in sparge NO lactic acid in mash PH - 5.42 O.G. - 1.048 F.G. - % - SRM - 13 BU - 26 Pitched yeast at 2 pm.   ...

7.5 gallons Going to do a step mash since it is very easy to do with the Robobrew. MASH @ 145 F FOR 20 MIN. ( STRIKE TEMP - 154 F ) RAISE TO 158 F FOR 30 MIN. RAISE TO 168 F FOR 10 MIN. Same water profile as my Marzen and same yeast. Which one will be my go to beer? Stir plate broke and it is toast. No fuse that I can see. Will still make a starter, but it will take time. I have to shake it and step it up after it cools in the fridge. I am looking at next week sometime. Bought a new stir plate and it may come today but I can't use it until I crash cool the starter and decant it to a new starter. Ingredients 11 lbs. UCM 1 lb. Carahell 1 lb. Munich 3 ozs, Pale Choc malt UK - 300 L 60 g Hallertauer - 4% AA at 60 min 30 g Hallertauer - 4% AA at 30 min. 30 g Hallertauer -  4% AA at 0 min WLP833 - 3 L starter ( 52 days old, no stir plate. 02 with shaking ) Stepped up later when my new stir plate arrived with a 2 L starter. O.G. - 1.054 - my yeast has it's w...