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[3rd party JKor]

8 of my 13 kegs are empty and a 9th will be empty in a few pints.

[Mashman]

You should perscribe to my mantra. "Brew early Brew often"Mashman

[3rd party JKor]

Thankfully, I have two batches planned in the next three days. Whew!

[ncbeerbrewer]

You should perscribe to my mantra. "Brew early Brew often"Mashman

+1Good Luck on the planned batches JK. What do you have in the works? R u doing extract again too?

[3rd party JKor]

I definitely won't be doing another extract batch any time soon. I'm still trying to figure what went wrong with it. At this point it's undrinkable and headed for the drain. My latest theory is that I got tannin extraction from the husks due to the long, very dilute steep (even though the temp was controlled at 150).Anyway. I think my plan for the next few days is a munich dunkel and a pale ale (see my thread in the recipe forum). I want to get the PA out for the swap, so that one will go first. For the dunkel I'm just going to go with the classic munich/carafa special/hallertau/WLP833 route. Nothing fancy. I just want me a nice malty, toasty lager.

[ThroatwobblerMangrove]

I definitely won't be doing another extract batch any time soon. I'm still trying to figure what went wrong with it. At this point it's undrinkable and headed for the drain. My latest theory is that I got tannin extraction from the husks due to the long, very dilute steep (even though the temp was controlled at 150).Anyway. I think my plan for the next few days is a munich dunkel and a pale ale (see my thread in the recipe forum). I want to get the PA out for the swap, so that one will go first. For the dunkel I'm just going to go with the classic munich/carafa special/hallertau/WLP833 route. Nothing fancy. I just want me a nice malty, toasty lager.

How much carafa are you putting in your dunkel? I'm putting 6.4oz of debittered black malt (it's dehusked so hopefully it's similar to carafa special). This is about 3.8% of my grain bill.

[3rd party JKor]

How much carafa are you putting in your dunkel? I'm putting 6.4oz of debittered black malt (it's dehusked so hopefully it's similar to carafa special). This is about 3.8% of my grain bill.

Using Jamil's dunkel as the example, I think around 4% Carafa Special II (430°L) is about right (his recipe is 4.2%). His recipe is going for an Ayinger-like dunkel, but I think his IBUs fall short from what I've experienced with the Ayinger Altbairisch Dunkel. He's at 22 IBU (Rager). From what I tasted, it's more like 25-27. Although, I think it would actually be a litter better with a few less IBUs, which might be why he's at 22.

[ThroatwobblerMangrove]

Using Jamil's dunkel as the example, I think around 4% Carafa Special II (430°L) is about right (his recipe is 4.2%). His recipe is going for an Ayinger-like dunkel, but I think his IBUs fall short from what I've experienced with the Ayinger Altbairisch Dunkel. He's at 22 IBU (Rager). From what I tasted, it's more like 25-27. Although, I think it would actually be a litter better with a few less IBUs, which might be why he's at 22.

I'm actually shooting for 27 IBUs but the majority of this is coming from magnum which I find so smooth that it seems like a little less IBUs than it really is.

[al_bob]

8 of my 13 kegs are empty and a 9th will be empty in a few pints.

Keep things in perspective, JK. I don't have a keg with anything but sanitizer in it. But, the good news is, I have a new imperial stout that's getting ready to go into one, and I'm brewing an IPA in a few days for the next keg. Then I have to find more kegs to buy. I had to sell off some of my brew stuff last year as times got incredibly bad.So, it could always be worse.