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I'm looking to make a batch of mead for my wife. I mostly brew beer and haven't tried a mead yet. She tends to like a sweeter mead, so I'm thinking about steeping some honey malt to make it sweeter. This is for a 3 gallon batch. 5 lbs honey 1 lbs honey malt 3 oranges (thinly sliced) 3...

I brewed a batch of a wheat beer about 3 weeks ago. It started at 1.042 OG and I use windsor yeast. The airlock bubbled good for a couple of days, then slowed significantly to a bubble every couple of minutes or so, maybe even slower. I let it sit for a few weeks and last night I took a SG...

I found the following recipe at byo.com. Anyone ever try it? Was thinking about trying a small batch of it. Had someone suggest adding tomato paste to it, but I'm not a fan of tomato in beer. If I get brave and try it, I may split the secondary and add the tomato paste. Ingredients: 2...

I recently judged a Chili beer in a homebrew contest and am looking to turn it into an IPA. One of the few problems was the lack of the hoppy bitterness and the malt sweetness. Therefore, I'm shooting for an Imperial IPA recipe, with the thoughts that it will turn out tasting more like an...

I currently have a batch of porter going with 4 lbs of blueberries in the secondary. The blueberries I put in have swelled up and look pretty good. I am wondering if anyone has then used the blueberries (or any fruit) after they used it in their beer? I'm hoping most of their flavor and...

I brewed this about a month ago and just started sampling it last weekend. 3.3 lb Muntons Wheat Extract 1.5 cups Dry Dark Malt extract (Muntons) 0.75 oz Chinook hops (60 min) 1 oz Tettnang hops (15 min) 4 oz Brewers Best Raspberry Extract 1 pkg Muntons Brewing Yeast 3/4 cup priming...