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Hello, I want to brew a modification of Bee Cave Hefe. I have Northern Brewer and Saaz on hand. One thing that I want to do is to use 3/8 oz of NB for bittering. 1/4 oz of Saaz at 20 minutes 1/4 oz of Saaz at 5 minutes I have read that Hefe style do not have hop flavor. Has...

Anyone had Kona Brewery's IPA? I wonder what kind of hops do they use in their IPA. The only thing that I can find online is: Castaway IPA is a bronze ale that's dry-hopped (aged with whole hop flowers after fermentation) for a strong, hoppy flavor, balanced with a nice maltiness...

Ok... I'm stingy or frugal. I want to work with what I have now... I have 3 gallons and 4 gallons pots and I would like to do a full boil and divide the wort between 2 pots. What's the best way to have consistent SG between the 2 pots?

Hello, I'm planning to brew a modified PM version of Bee Cave IPA. I have been playing with BeerSmith to get an optimal recipe that would have the same IBU. Here's the recipe: 3.00 lb Extra Light Dry Extract (3.0 SRM) - Flame out addition 1.00 lb Extra Light Dry Extract (3.0 SRM) - At...

I just started my partial mash journey in homebrewing. I noticed that AG recipes call about .5-1# of carapils for body and head. Is it necessary for me to add that into my grains? I mash about 7-8# of base grains with about 2-3# of DME. I guess the real question is: Does 2-3# of Briess...

Anyone have experience with the juicer attachment? I know it has enough power with the juicer.. I wonder if the attachment is worthwhile for grain crushing..

Today, SWMBO and I went one of our favorite German restaurant at Plano - Bavarian Grill. A couple days ago, I emailed the restaurant to inquire empties from them. They replied to me and told me to come by around 10pm. So we decided to dine in first. They carried great selection of bier for...

Would American/English Ale tastes very different if I use pilsen malt as base malt? Even if I use the same speciality grains to change the flavor profile? I read that pilsen has a maltier taste than 2-rows. Would this enhance the maltiness any american or english ale? I know the bottom...

I'm planning to get some bulk DME. Briess makes 2 base malt DME: pilsen and golden light. If you have use them before, which one do you like? Thanks

I read a paper from the AG to Extra brewing on the web. It says that one trick of having a good efficiency during mash is to add 1 tablespoon of DME to each gallon of water (RO, distilled) to stabilize pH. I'm thinking about doing a PM soon, but I want to see if this is valid or if I...

Hello, I'm planning to get some bulk hops soon. I would like to see what's a good balance of hop stocking between Bittering and aroma? I think cascade and amarillo are good to keep on hand as they can serve as bitter and aroma hops. Thus, there consumption is high. I guess bittering...

I have been using the same Pacman yeast cake for 3 batches on different brew... IBU from light to bitter.... I know it is getting thick, about 1" in a 6.5G plastic ferm. How many times have you pitch on top of yeast cake? I'm a bit lazy to do the whole washing right now.

I'm culturing more pacman from a dead guy ale with malta mix. It is starting to bubble well right now, but I notice a tiny ant floating on top of the krausen bubbles... Is this ok? or is it just additional food for my yeast.... I searched the forum, but I didn't see too many people have ant...

I think DME is the way to go now... it seems that my LHBS sells around $4-5 # in small batch. I don't know if they sell 50# bag or not... I checked with Northern Brewer... with shipping, it'll run around $150... that's $3/#... pretty good.. convert to LME by X1.25 yields $2.42/#... So I...

Hello fellas, About 1 month ago, I used half of my 3.3# JB hopped dark extract for my oatmeal stout. THus, I still have 1.6# of dark hopped LME around. I wonder if anyone has recommendation on how to use this up? I think I'm going to pitch on top of my dunkleweizen yeast cake next week...

Hi, My dead guy ale clone (Yoop's recipe) has been in primary for 11 days. Data for SG is: OG = 1.080 (higher than expected) Current G = 1.038 Attenuation is only 50% :mad:... I used my cultured pacman from shakespeare stout. This is lower than expected for sure... I wonder if...

I was browsing ebay for some Hops stuff. One thing that interests me is growing hops... THere are eBay vendors that sell Humulus lupulus seeds. What type of hop is this? Is there any way I can know? it says it is for beer making...i would assume it is something like cascade.

Hello all, I've cultured a good amount of pacman from Malta Goya starter. I have boiled some water last night and let them cooled at room temp in mason jars. I'm planning to wash the yeast before I pitch tonight. I guess I have several options to remove dark malta in the starter. Do I...

Well, Today, I stocked up more homebrew equipments from another LBHS. In the big bag of goodies, one of them is a 5G glass carboy and figure that I would put my 2.5G Oatmeal stout from my Mr.Beer into the BIG glass to free up some containers for bottling my Hefe... Well.. I read threads...

I have 2 different batches (oatmeal stout, hefe) going right now in primary for 1 weeks. I don't want to open the lid to check it out yet, but I see some krausen on the hefe (in 5 gal HDPE). Oatmeal just have some huge bubbles (in Mr Beer keg). I wonder if there is a "taste" test that can...