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Brewing Great Fermentations “Big Little Guy” Session IPA

Great Fermentations Big Little Guy Session IPA is inspired by Founders Brewing Company’s All Day IPA. I brewed the extract version of this recipe. It features Crystal 20L, Crystal 60L, Dark Wheat Malt, Flaked Oats, 2 Row, and Light Dried Malt Extract. For hops it features Amarillo, Simcoe and Crystal. All hops are added at the 15 minute mark or later.

About Session IPAs. Session IPAs are lower gravity versions (Big LIttle Guy has a projected ABV of under 5%) of IPAs with the same level of hopping. Great if you love hops and hop flavor but want an easier drinking beer that you can have a couple more of.

This recipe is available in both all grain and extract versions.

A look at the recipe, excluding the hop additions. A grain bag is included.For this one, I left my Blichmann TopTier sitting alone by itself, awkwardly in the corner. I used my newer KAB4 for this brew. I did use my Blichmann G2 Kettle. I’m filling up the brew kettle here.Here’s a look at the boil hop additions in order. Crystal, Amarillo, and Simcoe are all joining the festivities. One once each of Amarillo and Simcoe (not pictured) are used for dry hopping.Just starting to heat up.Steeping grains are, well… steeping. This recipe only calls for a 20 minute boil. All the hops are late additions, so a full 60 minutes isn’t required. That time savings offsets the 30 minutes used for steeping grains. The recipe includes both Oats and 2 Row. That means this is essentially a mini mash kit.This is after the steeping/mini mash is done. I put the grain bag in a strainer to let most of the wort drip off.

That’s a boil guys!

Brewing this beer was straightforward. As mentioned previously this has a shortened boil along with a mini mash making this about the same as a regular extract boil. The mini mash is easy and explained in the directions. Fermentation calls for the chico strain. I used US-05. Yeast options also include WLP01, Wyeast 1056 and… A07 Flagship one of the new Imperial Organic Canned Yeast Strains.Kegging

cln_img_0248 Pouring a Big Little Guy Session IPA from my kegeratorThe finished beer in a Spiegelau IPA Glass A closer look. After a week or two in the keg, this beer has good clarity. This picture is with a bit of condensation on the glass.

This is an apt tribute to All Day IPA. Easy to brew and easy to drink. Great hop flavor and an easy to drink lower ABV. This was one of those beers that I was afraid I’d run out of before getting the in-the-glass picture. This recipe makes a great beer.

Check it out: Big LIttle Guy IPA – Extract and Big LIttle Guy IPA – All Grain

Also: Brewing “1 Hour” IPA | Brain Eater Pale Ale | Recipe Kits at Great Fermentations

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Your Purchase at Great Fermentations Helps Fight Breast Cancer + Recent GF Finds

When you purchase select items (“Thanks for the Mammaries” Milk Stout, Pink Moscato, Pink Bottle Caps, Pink Shrink Capsules) Great Fermentations will donate a generous 20% of the proceeds to help fight breast cancer!

Check out the selection and details – Breast Cancer Awareness Month of Pink

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Blichmann BoilerMaker SD Kettles & Conicals on Sale!

Great Fermentations has both G1 and G2 SD (slight cosmetic damage) BoilerMakers and non-SD (first quality) Blichmann conical fermenters on sale. This marks the first time I’ve ever seen conicals discounted… ever. With regards to that, Great Fermentations Says… “This has never happened, and it’s safe to say that this will probably be the last time you see prices like this! Get them while you can.”

Check out the complete sale… Blichmann Engineering Sale

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Blichmann Engineering Fermenator Conicals and Kettles…. On Sale!

I’ve been doing Homebrew Finds for a number of years (right around 5 years to be more specific) and I had been homebrewing for a few years before that. In that amount of time… I have never, a single time, seen Blichmann Conical Fermenters go on sale. That has been by policy. Generally Blichmann Gear is on a minimum pricing model. Retailers agree not to sell it below x.

I’m not exactly sure what’s going on, more details are supposed to follow, but what I can tell you is that Great Fermentations has all sizes of Blichmann Fermenator Conicals on sale. This applies to both NPT and Tri-Clamp models.

Blichmann Engineering Gear Sale

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15% Off Beer Kits – “1 Hour” IPA, Big Little Guy & More

Great Fermentations is offering 15% off your purchase of two or more extract beer kits when you buy one of their newest recipe kits.

Include at least one of these – along with any other extract kit(s)

Grab the full details – use coupon code BEERME15

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20% Off Hard Cider Kits at Great Fermentations!

Great Fermentations is discounting their entire lineup of Cider House Select Kits by 20%! No coupon code is necessary, check GF for current availability.

All varieties are eligible for GF’s Flat Rate Shipping. No promo code is necessary.

Check it out – 20% Off Hard Cider Kits at Great Fermentations

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Chillzilla Counterflow Wort Chiller – Save 20%

Chillzilla Counterflow Wort Chiller via Great Fermentations

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From the product description, check product page for current description, price and availability:

The Chillzilla counterflow wort chiller is one of the quickest, easiest and most effective wort chillers on the market today! It has several unique features that set it apart from lesser chillers. First is its compact, heavy-duty copper construction which equals one tough unit with excellent thermal qualities that allow heat to be easily exchanged from hot wort to cold water. A 5 gallon batch can be cooled to ale pitching temperatures in 10 minutes or less, depending on chilling water temperatures.

In addition to its tough copper construction, Chillzilla includes a tube-in-tube design, where cold water flows through the outer tube in one direction, while hot wort flows through a twisted inner copper tube in the opposite direction. The twisted inner tube creates more turbulence in the cold water, which maximizes chilling, and the shape increases hot wort surface area, allowing wort to be chilled faster.

The Chillzilla also uses very little water, yet is quite effective at doing its job! Compact in size, measuring just 10 inches from the top of the coil to bottom and having a diameter of 6 inches, means that the Chillzilla can be mounted practically anywhere that is convenient! The all metal construction allows sanitation to be accomplished by boiling, heating or use of traditional sanitizers such as Star-San. You’ve never truly chilled until you’ve chilled with the Chillzilla!

NOTE: While it is possible to gravity feed the Chillzilla, using a brew pump like a RipTide brewing pump is highly recommended.

PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS
Hot Wort Inlet: 1/2 in. male NPT
Hot Wort Outlet: 1/2 in. Barb
Cold Water Inlet/Outlet: 3/4 in. garden hose fitting
Construction: Copper

Great Fermentations has this marked down 20% as part of a limited time wort chiller sale. Shipping is a flat rate to most US addresses.

Chillzilla Counterflow Wort Chiller

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Juno Choi’s Patagonia IPA + Finding Patagonia Malts

Juno Choi With a PIle of Hops

One of the homebrews that stood out to me while attending a past Homebrewer’s Conference, homebrewcon in Grand Rapids, Michigan was an IPA that was served by Brewer’s Supply Group (BSG) at their booth at the Conference. It was… delicious. Roasty, great hop character and easy to drink. I swung by for two samples and shortly returned… for a third and it was gone. After the conference, I got a hold of BSG to ask about the beer. I learned that it was formulated and brewed by Juno Choi. Juno kindly shared the recipe with me and I’d like to share it with you. Thank you Juno!

The recipe features 100% Patagonia Malts from Chile. Those were new to me and I think relatively new to the homebrew market here in the US, because… I had a very difficult time sourcing the grain for this recipe. After looking around a bit, I contacted Bryan at Great Fermentations. They already carried Patagonia, just not not all three varieties that this recipe calls for. Bryan kindly sourced the remaining grains and has stocked them at Great Fermentations. Thank you Bryan!

Grab the recipe: Juno Choi’s Patagonia IPA

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Double Points at Great Fermentations – 10-ish% Back, Works w/Blichmann

Great Fermentations offers the equivalent of about 5% back through their rewards program. The program rounds down in some cases, so it’s not exactly 5%. They are doubling that right now, making it about 10% back. See this sale page for more info on the rewards program.

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Juno Choi’s Patagonia IPA + Finding Patagonia Malts

Juno Choi With a PIle of Hops

Grab the recipe: Juno Choi’s Patagonia IPA

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20% Off Wine Ingredients and Kits

Great Fermentations is taking a generous 20% Off All Wine Kits and Ingredients (as well as beer kits and ingredient kits) to celebrate their 20th anniversary.

Check out the Full Sale Details – Wine Kits – Wine Ingredients – use coupon code BIRTHDAY20

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20% Off Ingredients at Great Fermentations!

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To celebrate their 20th anniversary Great Fermentations is taking 20% Off their entire lineup of ingredients. That’s right… every single ingredient. That includes beer recipe kits and wine making kits!

Check out the sale details – make sure and use promo code BIRTHDAY20

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Big Little Guy IPA – Session IPA, Inspired by Founder’s All Day IPA

Big Little Guy Session IPA is available in both Extract and All Grain. It is a session IPA inspired by Founder’s All Day IPA.

Session IPAs are generally lower gravity beers that are hopped to the same level as a typical IPA. Great for warmer weather. The extract version is also set up for a quick and easy 20 minute boil.

Features – Pale Malt, Crystal 20L and 60L, Dark wheat malt, flaked oats along wit Amarillo, Simcoe and Crystal Hops.

Check out the product pages for more information including full instructions and recipes on the product documentation tab.

Check it out: Extract and All Grain

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Blichmann BoilerMaker G1 “Slight Cosmetic Defect” Kettles

If you’ve looked for discounted Blichmann BoilerMaker kettles for very long, you’ll soon learn that they… are few and far between. Prices on Blichmann gear are standardized.

Great Fermentations has access to a supply of “Slight Cosmetic Damage” BoilerMaker Kettles.

These are a great pickup if you’re looking to get a high quality Boilermaker at a discount and it’s also nice to be able to pick up a matching kettle (if you already have one) while they’re still available.

7.5 and 10 gallon sizes are available.

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Brewing Great Fermentation’s Brain Eater Pale Ale – modeled after Zombie Dust

Great Fermentations “Brain Eater” Pale Ale (Extract – All Grain) is modeled after 3 Floyds Zombie Dust. It features Citra, Citra, Citra and more… Citra. Most of those hops come at the end through hop-bursting and as dry hops. In all Brain Eater uses nearly a half pound of Citra.

A look at part of the grain bill. I brewed the all grain version. That grain bill features 2 row malt, Munich, Crystal 60, Melanoidin and Carapils. In all it’s a 13.5 lb malt bill.Here’s a closer look at the milled grain.I brewed this BIAB style using The Brew Bag. With that, I heat up the total volume of my strike and sparge water to nearly the mash temp I’m going for, add the grain bill and bring it up the last couple degrees with direct heat, while stirring.After thoroughly mixing the grainHop additions measured out. From top to bottom – Citra, Citra, Citra, Citra and CitraA took this kind of a hero-pose photo of the Blichmann G2 boil kettle while waiting for things to come to a boil. The G2 is a great kettle – check out my review. Grab one of these at GF when you pick up a Brain Eater kit. Great Fermentations offers same day shipping (vs longer drop ship from most sources) on most sizes of BoilerMaker kettles. They also have a full line of Blichmann replacement parts.The boil is up and going with the first of 5 Citra additions. A 6th (3 oz) portion of Citra is used for dry hopping. In all nearly a half lb (7.5 ounces) of Citra is used to make Brain Eater.Near the end of the boil. I have my 24″ whisk sitting in the boil kettle to sanitize. I use this to stir while chilling and to whirlpool after chilling is complete.I fermented Brain Eater Pale Ale for about two weeks including 6 or 7 days of dry hopping. Here it is getting kegged.Finished beer

Of Citra, Hop Union says “Strong citrus and tropical tones of grapefruit, melon, lime, gooseberry, passion fruit and lychee” I don’t know what gooseberry tastes like, but most of the rest of these flavors came through strongly. After warming up a couple degrees out of my kegerator I get lots of tropical fruit, passion fruit and citrus flavors. Mild bitterness, a firm malt backbone, but dry and drinkable. The star of this beer is Citra. If you like Citra, this recipe is for you. If you haven’t tried Citra… I think you should.

I can’t get the commercial example, but if it’s close to Brain Eater, Zombie Dust is a delicious beer.

One great thing about Great Fermentations kits is that they offer a rundown of the recipe including step by step directions on the additional information tab of each recipe.

Brain Eater is available in both Extract and All Grain versions. Both are eligible for GF’s $8.99 Flat Rate Shipping.

Brain Eater Pale Ale All-Grain Kit

Brain Eater Pale Ale Extract Kit

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Blichmann BoilerMaker SCD Kettles – On Sale for Father’s Day

If you’ve looked for discounted Blichmann BoilerMaker kettles for very long, you’ll soon learn that they… are few and far between. Prices on Blichmann gear are generally standardized minimum pricing requirements. One exception to that are SCD – Slight Cosmetic Damage gear.

Great Fermentations has access to a supply of “Slight Cosmetic Damage” BoilerMaker Kettles. Current stock includes 7.5, 10 and 30 gallon sizes. They qualify for flat rate shipping.

These kettles are marked down as part of GF’s Father’s Day Sale. Also worth noting… SCD BrewEasy Systems are also part of that sale.

From the description the slight cosmetic damage is… slight. I have two G1 Boilermaker kettles and I love them.

Great Fermentations has just discounted 10 Gallon G1 Kettle another $20 to $289.99. That’s 18% savings as compared to the 10 Gallon G2. Supply is limited.

Check them out – Here – Full Father’s Day Sale

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Pro Quality AMCYL Brew Kettles on Sale – 10 and 15 Gallons

AMCYL Stainless Brew Pot with 1/2 in. Ball Valve

AMCYL Brew Kettles

Great Fermentations has a Father’s Day Sale going on right now. AMCYL Stainless Brew Kettles are included in this sale.

Heavy Duty Handles

AMCYL Kettles feature professional grade stainless steel construction, Tri-Clad bottom, Optimal height ratio for brewing beer, heavy duty riveted handles, lid and kettle handles are covered in heat resistant silicone for easier handling. Lid can be hung from either handle. Laser etched volume measurements. The setup also includes a three piece stainless 1/2 ball valve and an additional pre installed port for future upgrades.

The 10 gallon size is marked down $30 to $179.99 and the 15 gallon size is marked down $40 to $219.99.

Check them out – Here – Full Father’s Day Sale

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Up to 20% Off at GF for Father’s Day – Includes SD Blichmann BrewEasy Systems!

Father’s Day Sale at Great Fermentations

Great Fermentations Father’s Day Sale is live the selection includes quite a bit of gear including kettles, growlers, CO2 manifolds, pH Meter, SCD (slight cosmetic damage) Blichmann BoilerMaker Kettles and… SCD BrewEasy Systems. This marks the first time I’ve seen a discounted BrewEasy System. Discounts are up to 20%.

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20% Off Propane Burners and Wort Chillers for Memorial Day!

Great Fermentations is discounting wort chillers and propane burners by 20% for Memorial Day. Wort Chillers include both a 25′ Copper Immersion Chiller and the highly rated Chillzilla Counterflow Wort Chiller. Two models of propane burner including a banjo style burner are marked down by 20%. This is a limited time sale. No coupon code is required. Discounts should be reflected on the sale landing page. Note that this does bundle with GF’s $8.99 Flat Rate Shipping.

Also on sale… the 64 oz EcoGrowler is marked down 50% to $3.99.

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10 Gallon Blichmann BoilerMaker Kettles w/Slight Cosmetic Damage On Sale

If you’ve looked for discounted Blichmann BoilerMaker kettles for very long, you’ll soon learn that they… are few and far between. Prices on Blichmann gear are standardized.

Great Fermentations has access to a supply of “Slight Cosmetic Damage” BoilerMaker Kettles. Current stock includes 7.5, 10, 15 and 30 gallon sizes. These kettles have been marked down 10% vs the standard offering (which are no longer available).

From the description the slight cosmetic damage is… slight. I have two G1 Boilermaker kettles and I love them.

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