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So I have been brewing for a over a year now. I have been doing some of my own beers with great out comes. I repeatedly get asked if I can lighten up my light beer anymore. aka Lagers, and Kollech. I just tell them to go grab a coors light if thats what you want. Then I did a Wheat Beer, but...

I have all the stuff to do two 5 gallon beers at one time. To do a 10g batch with one boil, what would i need to know? anyone seen a thread simalar to this? I have a 7 gallon pot for the boil.

So i went to my local HBS to get stuff for a recipe i got on a wheat pale ale. sounded different so i wanted to try it. Well I got home, and relized i had grabed hallertau instead of Warrior hops. The rest of the recipe called for amarillo hops. I just used the Hallertau hops instead of...

I recently did a IPA that was suppossed to be in the secondary fermenter for 6 week total. Some how i missed that part and bottled the beer after a total of two weeks instead of 7 weeks it suggested. Will i be ok if I just leave it in the bottle for 6 weeks before putting in the fridge for...

Has anyone used german ale yeast instead of bohemian lager yeast. Looking for a way around lagering a dark beer. I think it will be cleaner with the lager yeast, but willing to try a new way. :rockin: :mug:

I was really getting a lot of pressure from some buddies of mine who have matured to all-grain, that i need to start think of my own recipes. so went out on limb and put my first together. I was really happy with it. here is the link of my recipe. I called it O Honey. It was really honey...

I am thinking of doing my own recipe. Think it will be good or bad? 4.25 lbs. Muntons Extra light DME 1 lbs. Corn sugar (Dextrose) 3.3 lbs. Briess Dark Unhopped Liquid Malt Extract 60 min boil 60 min 1 oz Hallertau Pellet Hops 5 min 1oz. Czech Saaz Pellet Hops wyeast American Lager...

I have a really nice light lager I do, and was wondering if I substitute Blue Agave syrup for the sugar, would this be a big change or not noticable. Plus I also wonder how much i should use to substitute for 1 pound corn sugar? :ban::ban::ban::ban::ban:

So just got my first corni keg in the mail. It is only a 2.5 gal. I want to try it out on my next batch. It is going to be a copper ale by midwest. From all the reading i have been doing on this web pages, and other books it seem i do not need priming sugar for kegging if i force carb. So...

I just bottled my first Stout. It is a night cap cherry stout. The Destruction for the kit say you can enjoy after 4 weeks in the bottle. Fast forward two weeks, and I am have a beer with a buddy, and he mentions that he has kept some stout in the carboy for up to 7-9 months. Would leaving...

Bottled and waited 3 weeks to try a summer shandy i wanted to try. First it did not carb, and second it taste horible. not sure where i went wrong. It taste like unsweetened lemon aid. This is the recipe i followed. :confused::mad::off: Extract: Boil 3.3lbs of Briess Wheat Liquid...

I had a lot of success with my first Lager. It turned out really well, but now I do not have access to the fridge I used. I was thinking of try a California Lager Yeast instead. They say they need to be at around 60-65 degrees. which would perfect for the area i ferment in. I know there...

So I bottled my American pale ale 2 1/2 weeks ago. Tried my first one after 24 hours in the fridge. It tasted flat, no carbonation. I stored on top of my beer fridge. Temps average around 65-70 degrees. What am doing wrong? Have done 6 other brews this same way. No issues with all them. Any...

Looking to Bottle my Dunkel weizen soon. just woundering how long i need to keep it in the bottle till I get a good true flavor out of it, and how long can i keep it in the bottle till it looses it true flavors. Any help you would be great.