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 Robobrew Ingredients 11 lbs. 0i0 1 lb. CaraMunich I 1 lb. Wheat 4 ozs. CaraRoma - 150 L 14 g Warrior at 60 min. 22 g Chinook at 30 min. 40 g Chinook at 15 min. 28.35 g Cascade Cryo LupulN2 - ( Hop Creep at 160 F holding for 20 min. then continue to cool. ) 15 g US-05 O.G. - 1.051 F.G. - % - SRM - 8.6 BU - 52 Water Profile - Amber Balanced CA - 49 MG - 10 S05 - 76 CI - 63 PH - 5.50 I am not sure how many more pilot brews I am going to do. Hell, they are all pilot brews. The higher I went with the sulphates, the worst the beer got. The very first one was kind of bland, but stayed good until the end of the keg. I can't say that for the previous 2 darker brews. If this sucks, I am going to make these beers with a SRM of 5 or lower. I have noticed that Mr. Robobrew beers seem to magnify the specialty malts compared to my big system. I guess I have to drastically lower the amount of specialty grains in future brews. Yea, but buy how much? I would say if the big system calls for 1 lb. of...

 Maggie Marzen - Robobrew Re-circulating Mash for 60 min. Drinking a beer of course Thinking on a Czech Amber lager, but could not find enough info on this style. Will keep researching and may give it a go this winter which will be mostly lagers. Ingredients 7 lbs. Floor Malted Pils 3 lbs. Munich I 2 lbs. Vienna 1 lb. CaraMunich III 12 g Magnum - 60 min. 56.70 g Saaz at 30 min. 28.35 g Saaz at 0 min. Escarpment Labs Isar Lager ( 3 L stepped starter,  37 days old ) Water Profile - Amber Full PH - 5.50 O.G. - 1.048 F.G. -  1.012 % -      4.8 SRM - 8.7 BU - 27.5 I made my first good one on Oct. 31, 2018 and did a couple after that which sucked. I do think it was my yeast washing or lack of. I now do an over build of yeast which is a game changer. I need 550 billion over build cells. I am using 454 g of DME instead of 500 g which is slightly over a pound. I am still way above that so I think I am good. Having problems with the stir bar falling to the side of th...

I have to re-mill my grains as it is too course. 17 year old mill is getting worn. Looked okay, but there were a lot of whole kernels along with a good crush. Notch 4 for now. Wort is a real nice colour.  Ingredients 11 lbs. 0i0 13.2 ozs. Wheat 11.6 ozs. Munich I 8 ozs. Victory - ( hope it isn't too low ) 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 Stand 5 min after cooling starts. 15 g US-05 O.G. - 1.054 - 82% F.G. - % - SRM - 7 BU - 42 CA - 82 MG - 18 S04 - 200 CI - 53 PH - 5.44 I want a slightly darker beer I think. Going for something around 7. Will use Special III to do it. Cooling at 8:30 am. Not bad, I think I can do better if I can get the heat right in the sparge tank. I have to set the dial to a lower setting earlier so so I have time to get it just right. Missed my hop stand by a lot. It cooled way faster than I thought. 101 F instead of 170 F. Oh well, what's done is done. ...