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Slight variation of my pilot brews for this west coast style. Brewing the previous batch on Mr. Robobrew in a couple of days. This and all of these brews have the most hops I have ever used. Taste is good so far, but only if you like hops :) The milled grain is too course. My efficiency went way down. Notch 4 for now on no matter what grain I use. I will re-mill my already milled grain for Sunday, Aug. 2. Ingredients 11 lbs. 0i0 12 ozs. Wheat 8 ozs. Honey Malt 17 g Chinook at 60 min. 15 g Chinook at 20 min. 15 g Chinook at 15 min. 15 g Chinook at 10 min. 15 g Chinook at 5 min. 73 g Chinook hop back - ( around 5 - 10 min chilling ) US-05 - 15 g CA - 57  MG - 5 S04 - 99 CI - 44 PH - 5.45 Very similar to the previous one. Definitely not enough darker specialty grains. The next one is darker, but it is too early to say anything about the maltiness I am looking for. O.G. - 1.040 - ( Milled on notch 3, now on notch 4 ) F.G. - % -  SRM - 4.4 BU - 42 I think I want to brew a darker br...

Decided to use the keezer to ferment this as it is quite hot outside and in the basement. Using the 27 L pail along with my short thermowell. Either this or leave it until Sept. Nope, bought it so ferment it. Leaving it for 14 days as per instructions inside. O.G. - 1.090 - Temp is around 23 C.  F.G. -  .0994 - Day 14 or so. % -      13 Took about an hour or so. Quite hot ( 84 F ) in the laundry room now. Used Spring water up to the 23 L mark. This is easier to brew than the Costco wine as you just leave it for 14 days, check the gravity, rack to another pail, add everything in their proper order and transfer to a carboy and wait another 14 days and then bottle.                                                                  FERMENTATION NOTES Next day - Going good, star san foam coming up through t...

Conical Got my Chinook hops on Sunday and ordered my grains the same day. I ordered them in February and it took this long to get them because of Covid 19. The worst year for bloody everything, they should wipe it from the history books. At least I don't have to scrimp on the hop additions, the sky is the limit. I ordered 5 lbs. but should of ordered 11 lbs. Next year.                                                               INGREDIENTS 22 lbs. 0i0. 1.5 lbs. Munich I 1.5 lbs. Victory 1.31 lbs. Wheat Chinook - 11.5 AA - 32 g at 60 min. Chinook - 11.5  AA - 30 g at 20 min. Chinook - 11.5 AA - 30 g at 15 min. Chinook - 11.5 AA - 30 g at 10 min. Chinook - 11.5 AA - 30 g at 5 min. Chinook - 11.5 AA - 113 g dry hop US-05 - 35 g PH - 5.50 Water Profile - Yellow Balanced   Will go to yellow dry if this doesn't agree with m...