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Hey all, As a birthday gift for my dad, I'm trying to put together a clone of his favorite lager that was discontinued a number of years ago. Sleeman's Silver Creek Lager was the first beer I tried that didn't make me gag (all those years ago), but ironically is something I'll avoid now that...

Hey all, As a birthday gift for my dad, I'm trying to put together a clone of his favorite lager that was discontinued a number of years ago. Sleeman's Silver Creek Lager was the first beer I tried that didn't make me gag (all those years ago), but ironically is something I'll avoid now that...

Hey all, Just a quick question regarding a starter. Brewing a 1.084 OG stout on next Wednesday and Mr. Malty tells me I need 3.5L of starter. Bit much, but I figured 3.5L of water (about a gallon) with 250g (about a half pound) each Light DME and Brown Sugar should both give me a starter...

Hey all, Just about to try making our first Extract/Speciality recipe from scratch. I've used the Recipator for all the calculations, but all the information is below. Units are in metric, but for all intents and purposes it's a 5 gallon batch (with about 0.5 gallons allowed for loss to...

Hey all; Just posted a topic in Recipes/Ingredients I'm not sure should be there. Since it's mostly questions about the recipe, I'll link it here before I ask about starters. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f12/high-gravity-baltic-porter-minor-variations-183996/ My question is about...

Hey all! Second batch is currently being consumed and is all kinds of delicious. A nice simple Traditional Brown Ale; our first attempt at extract brewing a resounding success. Thanks to all for the help! I'm posting because we're about to put batch 3 together this weekend. My two brewing...

Hey all, Thanks in no small part to the answers and help from this forum, we have our first batch bottled, conditioned and already drinkable. It's not bad at all; a simple lager from an all-wort kit that ended up a bit fruity. We all agree it's not going to win any awards, but it's nice to...

Hey all, One quick question before we bottle on Sunday. I'm noticing that, 5 days after adding gelatin for fining the beer, that there are still some noticeable chunks of krausen and what appear to be hops left floating on the surface of the beer. They're not anything that will likely be...

Hey all, I've pretty much made a topic for every other stage of our first batch, so I figured why not keep that tradition alive. Our batch has been in the secondary for roughly a week and a half and I'm seeing quite a marked difference in clarity. The trub has almost all settled (with a...

Hey, This is more an education sort of thing than an 'OMGOMGOMGPANIC MY BEER IS RUINED' question. My friend and I, as some of you may have read in other posts, are bumbling our way through our first batch of Brewers Spring Draft Lager. I just have a couple questions about Specific...

Hey all, My first post to this forum resulted in a couple really helpful answers, so I'm going to just go ahead and ask my next question. I'm in the midst of the primary stage of a draft beer (Brewers Spring Draft Lager), which seems to be going well enough. I had a bit of a muck-up where...

Hey all, First time brewer here. I did read the forums, but couldn't really get a solid 'yes' or 'no' answer to my question, so I figured I'd just add another thread to the many already on the topic. I've started my very first brew yesterday and kept a close eye on sanitizing everything...