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Just had a quick question for everyone: I'm brewing a partial mash rye pale this weekend, and wanted to make more than my usual 2 gallon batch. Unfortunately, I can probably only boil around 2 1/4 to 2 1/2 gallons of wort on my stove. Would my beer turn out all right with 1 gallon of wort/1...

So I brewed up a pumpkin ale about a month ago, and when I went to bottle, added a significant amount of lactose to half of the batch. Fast forward to this week, and both of the bottles which had the lactose had very little carbonation, while the bottles without were carbed fine. Is there...

So I bottled a milk stout about two months ago, and I was planning on saving the last bottle for when I met up with some friends in a couple of weeks. I went to check on the stout today and found the entire bottom of my 32 oz swing top bottle had shorn off. I'm really glad I kept them all in...

So I'm attempting a orange/honey wheat this weekend and wanted to get some feedback on my 2 gallon extract recipe. 1/2 lb Wheat Malt 1/2 lb Honey Malt 1/2 Crystal 10L 3lbs Wheat DME 1/2 oz Sterling (30 minutes) 1/2 Falconer's Flight (5 minutes) 1/2 oz Sweet Orange Peel (5 minutes)...

So, I'm bottling a blonde ale in the next week or so and I wanted to do a half batch with raspberry extract. I was just wondering how much extract to add to each bottle when each bottle is approximately 32 oz's.

So I'm heading out to Springfield, IL to visit some friends in about a month or so and I was looking for a beer that would be good to drink whilst sitting outside on the porch, possible smoking a good cigar and likely shooting the breeze. My friends aren't too partial to wheat beers, so I was...

So, Illiana Mayfest is coming up in a couple of weeks; anyone here going? I went last year and had a blast, bought my tickets early so an entire day of tasting cost me $25. :mug: This year the breweries attending are: Crown Brewing, Limestone, Harrison's, Half Moon, Backroads, Rock...

So I'm planning on visiting some friends out in Springfield (really Jacksonville, IL) in a couple of weeks. We all love good beer, so I was wondering if anyone had some suggestions for any places we should hit up?

So I was planning on brewing a partial mash Rye PA this week and wanted to get some critiques of my recipe. Batch Size: 2 gallons 1 lb Amber DME 1 lb Light DME 1 lb 2-row 1/2 lb Rye Malt 1/2 lb Crystal 60L 1/2 oz. Northern Brewer: 60 1/2 oz. Northern Brewer: 30 1/2 oz. Falconers...

So I was considering doing a Rye Pale Ale in the next few days and had a quick question: Do you need to use base malts and a mash in order to convert rye malt? Or can you simply steep it like you would other specialty grains? I'm not really averse to trying a partial mash, but I just wanted to...

So, I have a friend of mine who is coming down to Indy for the 500, and I would like to brew up a batch of homebrew for him and his wife. Unfortunately, he is more of a whiskey drinker (think jack and coke) so I'm having a hard time thinking of a style that he and the missus would like. I figure...

So I'm brewing up Yuri's Thunderstruck Pumpkin Ale tomorrow as a gift for my brother's 21st and had a question for anyone who has brewed a pumpkin ale. How much does using actual pumpkin add as opposed to simply using the spices? If I were to leave out the pumpkin, how much would I have to...

So after getting a few decent batches done, I wanted to try and brew a Saison. After extensive googling I was unable to find an answer to how long a Saison should condition for; getting answers that ranged from two weeks to six months. Any ideas? Thanks in advance!:mug:

So here goes: I have a friend of mine who has steadfastly hated on every beer I've made. (mostly pale ales, a couple of wheat beers) However, his favorite beer is New Castle. What I'm looking for is a good brown ale recipe that I can use to silence my most ardent critic. Any good honey brown...