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I've got a batch of Addicted Coffee Stout from American Homebrew Assoc. in it's second week of primary. I've been leaning towards just adding a cold brew coffee toddy to the bottling bucket right before bottling and was curious how pronounced the coffee flavor will be given the recipe below...

When adjusting AG recipes for my poor newbie efficiency, do I need to up only the 2-row, or the specialty grains as well? For example, the recipe I'll be brewing this weekend was based on 85% mash efficiency, grain bill is as follows: 6 oz Amber Malt (english) 13lb 2 row I was going to...

My wife and I are moving out of the country on friday, potentially for up to a year. There is tons that we need to do, and unfortunately one of those is to bottle 15gal of apfelwein that has been in primary for 3 months or so. If we rack it into secondary, will it still be alive when we come...

Due to work being extremely busy, and a touch of pure laziness I have a graf that has been sitting in primary for close to 3 months. I'm bottling it today, and I was wondering if there are any tricks I can use to help it carbonate faster. I'm throwing a party in 3 weeks, and this batch will...

If I am doing a large partial mash, how do I calculate IBU if I'm using a late extract addition? If I'm using beersmith, should I calculate it based on my boil volume, and only the gravity from the 8.5 lbs of mashed grains? I typically mash my grains, sparge up to 4 gal, then add all my LME...

With 78% efficiency! The whole process was thoroughly smooth from start to finish, and I was able to quickly troubleshoot the couple issues I ran into (missed strike temp, and ended up a little short on my pre-boil volume). I had planned on 70%, and expected to see low 60s after missing my...

How do I calculate how much corn sugar to add to 1 gal. of juice at 1.048 to bring the S.G. up to 1.068? I dont have beersmith on this computer, and my internet is being too fussy to use beercalculus. I'm sure this has been asked before, but all the search brought up for me was 1,000,000...

I started doing big partial mashes (6lbs) in a 3 gal cooler with stainless steel braid a couple months ago, and have dialed my process in to the point that I am getting 75%+ efficiency. I've been mashing at 1.25 qts/lb, then doing 2 1.5 gallon sparges, which gets me to about 4 gallons total...

I made yooper's 60 minute ipa clone last week that called for a .5 oz addition of simco, and a .5 oz addition of amarillo. I didn't have a scale so I just threw the whole oz's on a clean plate and split them up with a credit card. I was planning on using the remaining .5 oz's to dryhop, but...

I have an IPA (1 week old) in my swamp heater that I need to take out to make room for an ESB I brewed last night. The ambient temperature in my house is 60 deg, will the yeast be able to clean up after themselves and continue conditioning the beer? I used Nottingham... O.G. = 1.071, and it...

I'm going to be building a 3gal mash tun this weekend to start doing some big partial mashes in my apartment and I was wondering if a dip tube was necessary. None of the threads I've seen have one in the design... Will the braid pull the wort off of the bottom without a tube?

Looking back at my logs, every single brew I've done has been higher than the estimated OG in beersmith... Is this normal? I'm pretty confident that I'm mixing well and taking accurate readings with my hydrometer so I'm not sure whats up. I want to start formulating PM recipes in beersmith...

Brewed Ed's Porter on 11/14/09 O.G.=1.067... It started with a massive blowoff, and continued fermenting at 68 deg for almost 2 weeks. To my surprise when I checked the SG 13 days later it was only down to 1.030. I warmed it up to 71, roused the yeast (several times) and let it sit for a...

I tried my pale ale today (PM version of Ed's Haus Ale) and it was absolutely fantastic. It fermented much drier than my previous beers and already tastes better after 7 days than the rest did at 5-6 weeks after brewing. I feel that a little more hoppiness would kick it up another level and...

When is the ideal time to boost up the temperature of fermentation to get those last few SG points down? I have a 12 day old 1.067 porter, and a 4 day old 1.059 pale ale, but only 1 water bath so I need to boost up the temperature on both at the same time. I checked the porter yesterday, and...

I made a batch of Ed's House Pale today as my first PM, the recipe is as follows: 5 lbs DME 2 lbs Vienna .5 lbs Caramel 10L I ended up with an O.G. of 1.059 when beersmith predicted an O.G. of 1.052 at 75% brewhouse efficiency. I made sure I topped off to 5.5 gal, stirred vigorously for...

I'll start... I'm 23 and have been brewing for exactly 30 days.

I had an IPA I made recently stall out at 1.020 (OG 1.060). Its been in primary for 3 weeks now, and the last week I boosted the temp up to 70 degrees and roused the yeast to try and squeek out those last few SG points. The people at my LHBS said to use less priming sugar if the gravity...

I now have 2 batches under my belt, and they both taste great, but finished way too high. I read a ton before attempting my first batch, and followed every direction to a T. I monitered all my temperatures during the process, pitched when I should have, and kept the fermentation temperature...

Which one of these caps should I buy for a 6 gallon better bottle? https://morebeer.com/view_product/16657/102269/Rubber_Carboy_Hood_w_White_Caps5_Gallon https://morebeer.com/view_product/16658/102269/Carboy_Hood_Orange_w_Blue_Caps_-_6.5_Gallon I'm aware that these caps can fit poorly...