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I've been thinking that it would be a lot of fun to brew something that could win over someone that "doesn't like" beer. In my own experience, I didn't really like most beers I tried at first. It wasn't until I got introduced to wheat beers and Chimay that I really started appreciating beer...

So I'm going to be brewing my first sour beer. It's a Berliner Weisse. Here's the recipe I'll be using. 2.5 lbs German Pilsener 2.5 lbs German Wheat 0.75 Flaked Wheat 0.5 German Hallertau 30 min Yeast: WL 630 Question. What mash temperature should I use? I understand lacto likes...

I just thought of this this morning. This is more applicable to wine making than, beer brewing. 1 Step no rinse sanitizer is a peroxide based sanitizer. In wine making, usually metabisulphite is added to the must. Peroxide is an oxidizor; metabisulphite is a reducer. This means they should...

I know that some people add Beno or amalase enzyme to the beer to help dry it out. My first all grain finished pretty dry. OG 1.044 FG 1.004 This was with 2 lbs of Crystol 40L. It wasn't exactly what I was going for, but I learned some things. First, I need to cover the cooler with a...

I added Cascade, not just once, but three times. I just thought that hops go in all beer. So here's the story. My wife and I go to a local bar called Mad Anthony's last night that's part of a local micro brew. The seasonal beer is the Summer Wheat. We both order it. It had a lot of citrus...

I got a 5 gal Rubbermaid cooler. I've been browsing the hardware stores to decide what kinds of pipes / fittings to use. Questions? 1) Is there any problems with drilling a bigger hole in the tap for the cooler? Has anyone run into problems. Cracking, etc. 2) Pipes for the straining...

It works great. I can keep my fermenting temp. in the mid 60s. It has an additional bonus of cooling the living room. A blow out would be bad though.

We brewed a Magic Hat #9 clone. Out first partial mash. Last night my wife and I did our first side by side tasting next to the real thing. It was a match! :rockin: It was so hard to taste the difference, even when comparing side by side. The color was off, but the taste was dead on. Any...

As I already posted: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f14/grrr-i-cant-brew-124363/ I wasn't able to brew Wednesday night, because I didn't have enough hops. So I'm trying to slip in a batch before work today. It's and extract with steeping grains, so it shouldn't take as long as my last batch...

I was about to brew a beer tonight after work. (It's 11:00pm here). I know it's late, but I'll work fast. I got my steeping grains ready. I started checking my recipe. I needed two oz of Willamette and I only bought one. Nothing anyone can do about it I just wanted to vent a little. So...

Do any of you guys like beer? I'm not asking if you like IPAs or Stouts. I said beer. It just seems that most people will say they like beer, but when you talk to them further they really only like a few different kinds of beer. Not only do I see people on this forum bashing the american...

I'm getting into using some more specialty yeast. I'm wondering if it's critical to control your fermentation temperature for the entire duration of the fermentation. My thinking is that off flavors from high fermentation temps must come from one of two sources: 1) reproduction of yeast 2)...

do commercial breweries use sugar to cut costs? I keep wondering this. My first batch of beer was a kit that used a can of malt and 1kg of corn sugar. I learned that I can make a much better tasting beer, if I use all malt. But that first batch wasn't too bad of a beer. It certainly had...

It's late and I have church tomorrow. I just finished my first all grain boil. I'm trying to get to pitching temperature as soon as possible. I don't have a wort chiller, so I'm giving the brew pot an ice bath in the sink. I've been wanting to try this for a while, but I've been thinking...

I decided to try my first all grain batch. I was going to do a partial mash, but then I figured I could save about $5 if I made it all grain. I've got two basic problems. First, I don't have a pot large enough for a full boil. Second, I don't have a mash tun. I figured what I'd do is...

I'm thinking of doing a partial mash this weekend and I'm trying to decide what temperature to use. This will be my third partial mash. It will be a stove top mash. How do I choose the temperature? I want it to be on the malty side, but with enough fermentable sugars to get a decent ABV...

I bought a pack of Super-KLEER and I'm debating whether to use it in beer. It says it's for wine and beer on the package. I was hoping that this would allow me to get my beer into bottles quicker. My main concern is that it might cause the yeast from carbonation to gel at the bottom of the...

My wife and I just saw the movie Bottle Shock this Sunday. I put up a little post on my blog about it: Home Brew and Wine: Bottle Shock It's based on a true story about a California winery that beat the French in a blind taste test by an expert panel of judges. The real life winery...

I've got a blackberry wine that is in the secondary. I'd like to clarify it quickly to make room in the better bottle. What can I use?

I just finished putting the kit together. I put some pictures on my blog: Home Brew and Wine: Just finished putting together the Pinot Noir My wife and I have been making beer since last summer. We just got started making wine. This Pinot will be are 4th batch. We've already bottled a...