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Hey y'all. I'm experimenting with recipes again, and it's been pointed out to me that I could always just brew small batches instead of big ones, thus reducing the risk inherent in having something turn out bad. Anyway, my brew setup right now is a set of 30 gallon blichmann boilermakers...

I'm circling around a recipe for a Dark Mild - I want something that's low-alcohol, reasonably malty, low-hop, but also interesting and drinkable. I've had some homebrew milds that tasted pretty watery (as if they just watered down a brown after brewing). Here is a grain bill - I target 18...

Yep. It's another DIPA. Feedback is welcome, I'm trying to specifically target a friend of mine who tasted my Pliny the Elder clone and liked it, but thought it was a bit on the thin side. I like the centennial, simcoe, amarillo combination; I think it's the right note of citrus and pine...

I'm in the process of figuring out an upgrade to a 10 gal brewery. It seems most of the stuff I see online uses kettle-based MLTs (a 15-20 gal pot with a false bottom, rims/herms, etc) rather than a cooler-based MLT such as the one I'm using right now in my 5-gal setup. Any insights into...

I want to name this beer "Forum Troll Ale", because it seems that nothing can touch off a flame war quite like peat-smoked malt in a wee heavy. Let's assume that what I want is a smoky, oaky, heavy scotch ale and go from there. I'm not worried about brewing to style, except to the point where...

This is an attempt at an american brown ale. I want something that's darker than amber, and has some good malt roundness, but is a good bit more hoppy than an english brown. While I like Dogfish Head's Indian Brown Ale, this is not an attempt to clone it, as I am not wild about the FG on that...

All-Grain - Really Amber for Vicky -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Recipe Type: All Grain Yeast: Neutral Ale Yeast Starter: Maybe Batch Size (Gallons): 5.0 Original Gravity: 1.069 Final Gravity: 1.015 IBU: 100+ Boiling Time...

I've seen a lot of discussion about increasing the "body" and "mouthfeel" of beer, and a fair bit just talking about the FG of the beer (and making sure it's high enough). As I understand it, there are a number of things that contribute to FG, and FG may or may not relate to body (body seems to...

I had this wild idea: brew up a large (4 ~ 8) number of one-gallon batches of very similar beer, and use a different hop variety in each batch. Get them all going at about the same time, and then throw a drinking / tasting party for friends who are interested (as I am) in tasting the differences...

I don't know if this has come up in the past, but I posted a thread about it in the beginner forum and received minimal responses. I thought I'd try it here and see if this is one of those "yeah, we all do that", or "no, that's a terrible idea" ideas. Anyway- my understanding of boilover is...

I'm getting four activator packs of Pacman in the mail the first week of January (I was going to order some right away, but I luckily remembered that I'll be away from my home for half of December, so it is best to wait a bit). What I would like to do is grow one up into a fairly large...

I read a few articles that indicate that the main cause of boilover is hot break proteins; when you first approach 212 F, those proteins start to coagulate and form a pretty sturdy foam that will cause a spectacular boil-over. Things smooth out after a little while because the proteins end up...

Hi HBT. The situation: I'm trying to make something similar to Skotrat's Traquair clone, but in 5 gallons instead of 10. I've been having some efficiency problems; one thing both How To Brew and my local HB store recommended to improve efficiency is a dough-in rest at 104 degrees. Considering...

Hi board. My wife recently said to me: "you should do a Beer CSA". The brilliance of this suggestion struck a chord with me. Do any of you have any insight or advice about doing small-scale commercial brewing? I imagine that there's a fair bit of regulation and oversight, and this probably...

I've been reading through a LOT of threads lately, so I apologize if I'm duplicating questions asked. I'm converting from extract to AG brewing, and I have some questions. I feel pretty comfortable with the process and the science behind it, and my experience with extract brewing has helped a...

Hi Forum- I've been poking around, trying to figure out the solution to my problem, searches of many types are being frustrating. Anyway, I built a MLT out of a 10 gallon victory cooler, and wanted to be fancy, so I made the ring braid manifold out of How To Brew. The problem I'm running into...