Thank you very much for the reply. I'll read through the links in just a minute, but wanted to post this in case it's helpful. Pale 2-Row - 5 lb Rye - 2 lb C-60 - .38 lb Flaked Rye - .5 lb Vienna - .38 lb Rice Hulls - .25 lb (I realize rice should change the outcome, but posted in case it...

Yes, sorry, I was assuming 70% efficiency with the recipe builder (based on recommendations; as this was only my second all-grain and I completely messed up the first), but the conversion efficiency tool calculated my actual conversion efficiency at slightly above 50%. I did a batch sparge that...

Brewed a small (2.5 gallon) batch on Saturday and definitely think I got a vegetable taste. I'll have to play around with some of the other suggestions and see what I can improve. Still hoping the taste improves after aging. I can't blame everything on the hops; I ended up with downright...

I sometimes like to scale my recipes, but I'm not able to print them unless I save the recipes after scaling. Since some numbers aren't easily scaled (e.g., .75 cut in half is ~.38 after rounding), I don't want to save the scaled recipe before printing. As a result, I've been saving multiple...

You must have read my mind on the hops. I was trying to appease the IPA style Gods and was a little concerned with the batch getting too bitter, but then had the exact same thought in regard to rye. I agree; it blends very well. I doubled the amount of hops and added another pound of 2-row to...

I'm thinking about brewing this recipe this weekend. It's my first attempt at a custom recipe, so please feel free to critique away. Batch Size - 5 Gallons 9 lb Pale 2-Row - 57.1% 4 lb Rye - 25.4% 0.75 lb Caramel / Crystal 60L- 4.8% 1 lb Flaked Rye - 6.3% 0.5 lb Vienna - 3.2% 0.5 lb Rice Hulls...