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I was planning an IPA. I realized too late that I had only 1 oz of German Polaris 18%. Brew day had already started, grains milled, water and mash tun ready. Propane out and kettle in place. I opened the freezer and forgot that I had used the last of my hops, save the last 1 oz of GP. I...

My friend and I did a side by side comparison of an IPA we both made; my recipe, all grain. We used the same type of water. Our equipment and process differs. Bottom line I lost and I'm soul searching. His was clear and crisp, no aftertaste. Mine was cloudy, sweeter, with a lingering almost...

I have some ingredients to use up. I’m gonna make a partial mash IPA tomorrow. Mashed Grains: 4.5 American 2 row pale .75 Crystal 20 .5 Carapils .0625 Acid Malt Extract: 3 lbs light liquid malt extract The hops are what I would like some input on. I like a very hoppy beer but...

I'm making a pale/IPA today. I have 4 oz hops and was curious for input about how I should schedule the additions and/or dry hop. Recipe: Partial Mash 4.5 lbs 2 row 1 lb Crystal 40 .5 lb Flaked Barley 3 lbs DME Hops: 2 oz Simcoe 1 oz Chinook 1 oz Cascade Any...

I made a barley wine back in Jan. its been in secondary for seven months or so. So I forgot about it in the corner. I came to it last month with the airlock almost dry. I smelled Vinegar when I smelled the airlock. I assumed I had ruined it and went to dump it. I poured the first bit...

I'm new to BeerSmith and very frustrated trying to get the right numbers for my Partial Mash. I use 6 lbs @ 1.00 - 1.25 lbs/qt. I mash with about 6qts water. I fly sparge with 3 gallons. I end up with about 4 gallons of 1.054 wort. Beer smith tells me my measured mash eff is 0%. On...

After 2 years and 34 great 5 gallon batches, I've fallen in a rut. I've had 4 beers with this same infection. I've always used star san and been very careful to soak and sanitize equip and surfaces. My process has always been the same: Boil and primary in bucket for 2 weeks, then...

This is my first attempt at Pineapple wine. I read online a bunch of recipes and ended up just doing my own thing. Call it an experiment. 1 gallon ingredients: I had a 108 oz, 6 lb can of Pineapple chunks in Juice. - Strained Juice from chunks I used about 3/4 of the total amount of...

I'm just trying my first gallon of Grape Juice Wine. After 2 weeks of primary, I racked to secondary. Tasting it was like a sweet tart. ingredients: almost 1 gal Newman's Own 100% Grape Juice - Kirkland (purple) 2 cups of sugar, cup of water. Added till gravity was 1.09 Red star yeast -...

I just brewed the Belgian Strong Golden Ale from NorthernBrewer. It was an Extract kit with wyeast 1388. OG - 1.071 I made a starter the night before (18 hrs) of 3 cups water and 6 tblsp DME. I notice that my starter never really took off, no real ring or krausen. I agitated it...

I'm a noob. I put the 1 lb of crystal malt grains in the pot @ 140F, I turned my back for a few minutes and it was boiling. I killed the heat but I wonder if I should dump this 3 gallons, wait till Monday till the HBS opens and get another lb of grains. Or do I go forward today? Any...