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It's a little late, but I want to brew a stout to pop on Halloween. I've made Belgian Dark Strongs the last 4 years, but I have a great, hoppy, stout recipe (along the lines of Yeti) that I want to make, and pitch a Belgian yeast on it this year. I'll modify the grain bill to 8-10% alcohol and...

I went through an entire brewday yesterday thinking that my 5 gallon bucket of sanitizer had Starsan in it, only to realize this morning, that the Starsan was never added. The lack of foam should have given me a clue, but I didn't notice until this morning when I went to clean up a few odd and...

Brewed a BIAB hef on Monday, about 65% wheat to 35% pils. Single infusion, 151 F ,60 minutes, then boiled 90 minutes for a final volume of around 6.5 gallons. Added a clover honey at flameout. Beer Smith calculated 1071 OG, I got 1048. Normally, my numbers don't match Beer Smith, but I don't...

Brewing a Belgian strong dark ale and I want to split it and add dates to one half. I was thinking of chopping dried dates, freezing, thawing, and then adding for several weeks after primary had finished up (I do this with pineapple in a hef recipe and it comes out really nice). Has anyone...

Has anyone ever had first wort hops in the wort for 24 hours before boiling? A little background: I switched over to first wort hopping about a year or two ago, and use this method almost exclusively. I've alos been experimenting with ways to cut back on brew day time; I have young children and...

Need some advice from the group here. I've been brewing all grain beer for years, but a complete newb to mead. I got a wild hair in April and mixed about a quart of honey to 1/2 gallon of water, mashed up a handful of strawberries, pitched a pack of Safale 05 on it (about .75 gallons), and...