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Ive followed the all grain recipe for westmalle from BYO online. The recipe uses belgian trappist yeast and calls for 3 weeks of secondary at 50 degrees. The question is why. Is there a special component to the beer that it needs to sit in the cold for so long other than clearing out? It looks...

Im making a westmalle tripel. It also calls for 4lbs extra light. I forgot to get the extra light but have plenty of 2 row. Is the grain going to affect the flavour significantly? Im thinking 6-7 lbs 2 row for this.

Im making a russian imperial stout. Im adding another 3 pounds of fermentables at the end of primary. The first strain is a british ale which is not tolerant above 10%. The second strain is california ale which is highly tolerant and will produce a more complete fermentation. Does anyone see a...

I got nip of some really old henry mckenna bourbon and Im trying to age some dark roast wood chips for a darker habanero ipa im working on. I had a couple of concepts I was trying to understand. For one some people say you dont taste the bourbon when you mix it with the chips, which I think is...

So I recently inherited a box of "sierra pale ale" as a bonus from a craigslist purchase. Unfortunately the box is from 2003. The yeast is dead, the hops are sealed but messed up and the grains may be questionable. However, Im reluctant to throw away a 6 lb bottle of gold liquid extract. Is the...

Anyone else use buckets like these? I have a 6.5 gallon true brew bucket thats fermenting but is letting out air through the sides of the lid and not bubbling through the top. Its really annoying. Anyone have this same problem or a fix. Also, can this cause problems down the road?

So I was going to bottle my first ipa later today but I came home and the beer is fermenting again with a small layer of foam over my dry hops. Its gone from 63 to 73 degrees in my basement in the past few days due to the weather. I dont think its contaminated since I dry hopped 2 weeks ago...

Hey all. I just got into home brewing since I love beer and I really spend a lot of my time and money getting and drinking the good stuff. Ive started 3 beers so far, but theyre clones or other peoples recipes. Anyways, since I love pale ales so much and I have a lot of time at work to research...