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I was originally planning on brewing this for some non-craft beer drinking friends. However, they seemed to really like my last APA so now I'm thinking I might throw .5oz of Amarillo in at flame out (instead of the tett) or maybe at around 5-10min. Can anyone tell me if this might be a bad idea...

Hi, I'm going to be brewing a summer blonde ale for some non craft beer drinkers. Malt bill so far is 95% Vienna malt 5% CaraRed Using Wyeast 1272 American Ale II For the hops I'm thinking of a noble like hop for bittering (Hersbrucker). But I'm wondering about later flavour and aroma...

Hi, I just brewed an imperial stout for my 8th batch. I don't really feel like a beginner any more but this situation has me a little puzzled. This was the first time I brewed a beer this dark (~60srm) and with such a high gravity (1.086). It ended up being a 3.7gal batch because I expected a...

Thanks, and yes, perhaps i should have been clearer on my method. I did indeed make a sugar solution which was in a seperate bottling bucked that i racked onto. I was suggesting that the low flowrate caused less mixing in the bottling bucket. I have done the same for 2 beers in the past which...

Ok, so here's the problem. I made my first all grain brew mashing in my 5gal boil kettle using a BIAB method. Only made a half batch because wanted to do a full boil and test boil off and other things like that. After 3 weeks in primary (plastic bucket) I go to bottle with bulk priming like I...

Hi, I downloaded yesterday no problem and had a quick look. I don't have the book so I cant check them but most look good and the ones like the pale and amber ales match what I have already found on the net. I didn't look through every single one of them though. After reading some of these...

I never even thought about water chemistry. What can I add to reduce harsh bitterness in something like an APA? I use pretty much 100% rain water (only barrier filtered). All I have tested it for is pH and it is surprisingly neutral. Sometimes I use a small proportion of unfiltered tap water...

So they are similar in taste and bitterness just Warrior packs a bigger punch in the sense it has higher AA? To be honest it could be a number of my procedures that are causing the bitterness such as over-sparging and extracting tannins or fermentation issues (my palate isn't good enough to...

Hi, I have been bittering with AU Galaxy and US Cascade for the past few beers and been finding the bitterness too harsh. I'm going to invest in 100 grams of a high alpha hop to use only for bittering. At the moment I'm torn between Warrior or Magnum. Does anyone have any experience on which...

Thanks for the reply mate. I agree with you but I'm torn between that and wanting a nice deep red colour and complex malt profile. After this I plan on doing a series of pale ales to do just that (as well as try out different hops). It is only a small batch though and want to jump straight...

I have always wanted to do this too! I'm not really sure how to do it. I was thinking to take an IIPA recipe and keep the IBU/SG ratio the same while using the same amount of crystal and just drop the base malt so there will be heaps of unfermentables. Mashing warm is a good call. I'd like to...

Hey, can you guys who know a lot more than me please have a look and give me some thoughts... be as harsh as you like :) only my 3rd ever batch. small batch of 12L in a 19L (5gal) pot, full boil Grist: 2.3kg Pale malt (76.7%) 0.3kg Carared (10%) 0.2kg Caramunich II (6.7%) 0.15kg...

:) Thanks mate, been doing heaps of reading. That's exactly what I wanted to hear, I'll be sure to post on how it goes. I wasn't really sure about the Special B but you have convinced me it has its place. Not sure why I waited so long to start home brewing.

Hi, I was just wondering if you could check my first ever recipe. This will be my second batch and my first with steeping grain. I will steep the grains as if I were doing a mini-BIAB as a practice run for my next batch which will be partial mash. With this rich Brown Ale I'm attempting to get...

Ok cool, thanks everyone. This is my first batch (from a kit thrown in when I bought my gear) so for my next one I will do bulk priming to get more control. Maybe I did exaggerate slightly about how fizzy it was (it is slightly different from a bottle of beer carbonation) but I was still a bit...