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All-Grain - O'Neill's IIPA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Recipe Type: All Grain Yeast: safale us-05 Additional Yeast or Yeast Starter: tiny bit of yeast from previous ipa addes at bottling to help carbonation Batch Size (Gallons): 5...

Question for the vets out there. I'm about to bottle my IIPA, right around 10% abv. I know higher gravity brews sometimes take a bit longer to carbonate. I'm impatient, and would like to start drinking these within a week/week and a half after bottling (mainly cuz I have people coming over...

I've looked through several threads on here and other homebrew sites and the general consensus is to sanitize the caps. W/ that being said, is it ok to put a cap on a bottle that's still wet/damp w/ sanitizer water? Will residual sani water have any negative effects on my brew? Also, if...

I just made my 3rd ag batch. It's a 10 gallon batch of an American style brown ale.. sorta. Usually it's not accurate to style to have nut flavor in an American Brown.. More common in English Browns/Milds. Whatever though, I'm putting a small amount of organic hazelnut extract into my batch...

Somewhat of a novice still, only my 3rd all grain batch. I made a 10 gallon batch of hazelnut brown ale but also put 4 oz of organic quick rolled oats in the mash to get a little oatmeal touch to it. I was thinking of using brown sugar to prime at bottling. Thought it may add a nice touch to...

So, this is my 3rd all grain mash batch. I'd never taken a hydrometer reading before. Basically, I was clumsy as **** and as I was attempting to siphon a sample of my wort to get a hydrometer reading, I accidentally dumped part of it out of the hydrometer flask into one of my 5 gallon...

I just posted this same thread on the beginner forum, since I am a beginner.. But I figured it made sense to post it on the all grain forum as well. So, I'm making a 10 gal batch of an American Brown Ale, but w/ hazelnut. I wanted to try fresh roasted hazelnuts in the boil vs an extract...

Hi. This is my 1st post/thread! So, I'm making a 10 gal batch of an American Brown Ale, but w/ hazelnut. I wanted to try fresh roasted hazelnuts in the boil vs an extract. Anyone out there used roasted hazelnuts in a brew before and have an opinion on how much I should use?