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Basement temp... I'd say about 60 deg with the cold weather we've had (WI). Alcohol level is only 4.8%... Not high

So I have been having problems of over-carbonating my beers with using the same amount of table sugar for all styles. So recently I started using this website: http://hbd.org/cgi-bin/recipator/recipator/carbonation.html In the past I used the "temperature at bottling" as my temp, but later I...

Yeah, I did a D-Rest for 2 days at room temp (about 68-70) Sounds like this batch might just be low carbed. Damn. Third time brewing it, 3rd time made a mistake!!! Hopefully it will carb up a little more. It's drinkable, but it's definitely lower than it should be at this point. I'll give it a...

This might be a classic RDWHHB situation I bottled a Helles Munich 2 weeks ago. Fermentation was at 52 degrees Lagered at 32 degrees for 6 weeks This being my first lager, I was unsure what to use for temperature for priming sugar. The beer temperature was about 35 degrees after it...

If you want to dry hop, don't do an Irish red. Irish red has no hop aroma

Beuller Beuller

Apparently the groundhog was lying, or forgot about the upper Midwest this year in his forecast, because we have gotten a late start to our spring. I am hoping to brew a lager here in the next week or so. My fermentation chamber (fridge with a temp control) is my in garage, so naturally I...

Thank you! This sounds perfect I'll give this a try next weekend!:tank:

I am hoping someone can provide some insight here. Maybe some others use this same set up and might be able to offer advise. I built my own mash tun following these instructions: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/cheap-easy-10-gallon-rubbermaid-mlt-conversion-23008/ I've been using it for...

You will lose the flavor that the honey adds to the beer. Basically, that is equivalent to pouring pure sugar into the wort

Would this work with Chico yeast? Wlp001 What does this compare to for common reds?

I agree, seemed like the guy had a bigger beef with john Palmer than he had a desire to help this guy out. The guy above said he doesn't buy into aging beers... That's fine for ales, but for a lager it's required. Yes, you can leave it in your primary for several weeks or months and do...

I tried some of my sample as well at bottling. Ive never had a good experience with samples. My pumpkin tasted actually kind of bitter, and I didn't get any spice until more of an after taste. My carbed/fridges beers always taste better than my samples, but I'm always getting a more bitter...

Not really sure what rhino farts smell like. Lager yeast ferments with a sulfur/rotten egg smell. Very normal. This taste/smell goes away with lagering

If you've hit your OG and FG right on then that's the beer. I don't like kits for this reason, as you may have been given old grains or extract, and you are at the mercy of someone else's recipe. Not sure what would go well as far as flavoring with any spice. If its legged you could maybe...