First all grain: low OG

[molc]

Yeah at least it's just a low OG. If this beer turns out like it smells right now, it's going to be amazing. I'm having to keep fighting the urge to open the lid on the fermenter and take a big sniff of all that citra. I don't think any of my extracts ever smelled this good

[LordEoin]

I changed 2 things on this brew.
1 - Stirred the mash (twice, 20 min + 40 min)
2 - Fly sparged slower (about 90 minutes)

My usual efficiency is 65-70%, this run came out at 77% and very clear

[mcgrath]

@molc. I have some iodine I could give you if you want to test a future batch for starch. Just remind me before next meet..

[molc]

@mcgrath not a bad idea actually while I'm bedding in my process. Should be going to the one in January with this batch, assuming the bottles have carbed by then.
All this waiting before I can start a new batch is killing me. Want to apply what I've learned to see the improvements! Got a recipe for the nogne porter today that I'm dying to try...

[LordEoin]

ooh, please share

[molc]

I'll put up a separate nogne thread sure @lordeoin. The Jamil show shared the recipe for the porter and the #100 with the brewer interview broadcast in full. Really great stuff; the main guy is a pilot who was a homebrewer and now makes the beers in the spare time. Simple recipes and quality indegrients are the key for them.

[Qs]

I made a scaled down version of that Jamil cybi recipe. It turned out nice but nothing like the nogne. No where near the sweetness. FG was way too low.

[molc]

Did you use WLP007? I guess you could use 002 to keep some sweetness.

Here's my thread on their recipes:
http://www.nationalhomebrewclub.com/forum/index.php/topic,8537.0.html

[LordEoin]

haha, I was so focussed on what the brewer was saying  and trying to work out all the plato, hectoleters, ounces, pounds, etc into real measurements, that I didn't notice.
I'm going to continue on my calculations before looking at your recipe, to see how close we were off the same information 

[Qs]

Did you use WLP007? I guess you could use 002 to keep some sweetness.

Here's my thread on their recipes:
http://www.nationalhomebrewclub.com/forum/index.php/topic,8537.0.html

I just used s-04

[molc]

haha, I was so focussed on what the brewer was saying  and trying to work out all the plato, hectoleters, ounces, pounds, etc into real measurements, that I didn't notice.
I'm going to continue on my calculations before looking at your recipe, to see how close we were off the same information 

Yeah I was comparing against a forum post from somewhere for it, but there are a few errors in what I posted as well. I'll do the maths tomorrow and update the post and compare with your results.

[Qs]

HBT has a big list of all the cybi recipes.

[molc]

Yeah I found that but they don't seem to match the podcast for these at least.