Recent content by dabull25

I'm in the boil process of a home brew and the recipe I got online called for 8lbs extract. I bought dme extract but I think the recipe was intended for lme. I put in around 7 lbs of dme extract before realizing my mistake. Is there anyway of fixing it? I'm still doing the boil right now. Thanks!

Hey guys, So im getting married in August and I wanna do a beer for the wedding favors. Im thinking of a pale ale. My fiance and I love citra hops so we are thinking of a citra pale ale(maybe a blend of other hops even in with citra) Does anyone have a great extract recipe for a citra pale...

how much water do I need to steep the 8.75 lb of grain?

Im about to attempt a BIAB(brew in a bag) of a the centennial blonde recipe as my first all grain beer(5 gallon batch). I have some questions about the technique to doing this. I have a 7.5 gallon turkey fryer pot Ive been using to brew. The recipe calls for 8.75 lbs of grains. How much water...

Has anyone done a partial mash of this? Or have the recipe for it?

Im about to brew this today, extract version. Do I need to steep the cara-pils, if so how long and in how much water? Is this only a 45 minute boil since the first hops are added at 45 minutes?

Im looking to get into kegging my beer. What size mini fridge would I need for a 5 gallon corny keg?

can anyone tell me what a first wort hop is? Do I put in 1.75 ounces at 60 minutes? Im a bit confused! Thanks

Will they go away with time? If so how long? I added about .75 oz. to a 5 gallon batch.

I made an IPA with less than 1 ounce of medium toast oak chips. After 3 weeks in the bottle I can kinda taste a dry bitter flavor at the back of my tongue. Could it be the oak chips giving this unwanted bittering flavor?

Should I be worried about bottle bombs?

I brewed a stout 3 weeks ago with chocolate and coffee. I had an OG of 1.070. I did use a secondary for the final week to add some oak chips. I forgot to check the gravity before I bottled the beer and it FG is 1.026. Is it okay that I bottled at that gravity? I know it is a bit high. Is...

Last night i brewed a partial mash recipe for a stout. I mashed at 155 for 30 minutes. My O.G. was 1.070 and it was supposed to be 1.078. What happened? Is it a big problem or a way to fix it? I did mix the water in well since it was a partial boil. Here is the recipe.. 7 lbs. (0.77 kg)...

How long did you leave the oak chips in the primary? is 16 days of fermentation enough? Ive always read to let it ferment for at least 3 weeks. Also how did you sanitize the oak chips?

I want to convert this to a 5 gallon partial mash. Any help? Recipe Type: All Grain Yeast: US-05 Yeast Starter: Rehydrated Dry Additional Yeast or Yeast Starter: N/A Batch Size (Gallons): 6 Original Gravity: 1070 Final Gravity: 1016 IBU: 98 Boiling Time (Minutes): 90 Color: 9.6...