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9 lbs. Pale Liquid Extract 16 oz Munich Malt 16 oz Carafa II (dehusked) 12 oz Carmel/Crystal 10L .5 oz Hallertauer @ 60 minutes .25 oz Cascade @ 30 minutes .25 oz Cascade @ 15 minutes White Labs WLP001 California Ale Yeast I’m going for something dark and high in alcohol but not...

My bad, I forgot to add balance water to make an even gallon (I used straight juice and honey). I just added enough water to make about 3/4 gallon. Hope it comes out well.

I just made this and have an OG of 1.146 at room tempeture. That seems really high, no? This is my 1st mead and I couldn't figure out from the receipe if I should boil the juice and honey or not. I ended up heating it to 160 degrees for 15 minutes.

Is Humulus lupulus an invasive species? If I plant these will they eventually spread and start to take out the native plant life? I love home brewing but I also love keeping an ecosystem running properly. I'm not talking about the Japanese Hops, I asking about the hops rhizomes you can buy on...

Is Humulus lupulus an invasive species? If I plant these will they eventually spread and start to take out the native plant life? I love home brewing but I also love keeping an ecosystem running properly. I'm not talking about the Japanese Hops, I asking about the hops rhizomes you can buy...

I am thinking of running some clothesline up diagonally to attaching to a nearby tree. I would like to do three tiers of chothesline/hops vine per tree. Has anyone ever tried this? My concern is that the vines will start to choke the tree when it reaches the end of the clothesline...

* Saferew WB-06 yeast

I have an ounce of Spalt pellets that I would like to add to my Heffeweizen I'm brewing tonight. Not sure how to use them but I've read they are finishing hops. I'm thinking 1/4 oz at 10 minutes, 1/4 oz at 5 minutes and 1/2 oz dry hop in the secondary. The kit is from Red Beaver and they...

I'm thinking of adding 1/2 lb of 100% maple syrup to this to up the ABV some. Making a sort of Maple Weizen. Is this a good idea or am I crazy and going to end up with a beer that's too sweet?

Thanks. There is only one packet of hops and it says 45 min boil. Do I still need to do a 60 minute boil and add the hops at 45 mins or can I just do a 45 min boil? Sorry if this is a stupid question but again I'm new at this and am learning as I go along. Thanks again!

I just ordered this kit and it cam with out any grains. It came with 2 huge bags of Malt which don't have any label/name or measurements on them. Is it possible that this recipe doesn't have any grains? Or maybe the grains are smashed up with the malt? Excuse me but I'm new to this...

Would you use the same recipe for a 3 gallon boil, then add 2 gallons at fermentation?

I've never bought outside of a kit and would like to try this as my first. I'm having trouble getting exactly what I need from Brew Builder. http://www.brewmasterswarehouse.com/brew-builder This is as close as I can get. How does it look? Also will the cara-pils come as grains? Can I just...

Thanks, I'm just working on my second brew right now so I think this might be a little over my head. I don't know if I'm ready to try using Bret just yet. I'm going to save the recipe and try this once I have a few more batches under my belt. Thanks for the help!

http://www.newbelgium.com/beer/detail.aspx?id=1a853953-7295-4a79-811f-655b79b7d31d From New Belgium, one of my favorite beers of all time...