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I have 3 pounds of Munich LME and 5 pounds of Marris Otter grain, as well as some other assorted specialty malts. Can anyone suggest a recipe? This would be a partial mash. I was thinking about a bock beer but I am not sure this is to style. Thanks! TPH

They do make super light beer VERY consistently... and they do make good commercials, IMO. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siHU_9ec94c&feature=youtu.be Cheers!:mug:

What is the best way to ship bottles to a competition? I mean what is the best packaging and which is the best shipper? Thanks! TPH

WoodlandBrew shared some interesting information in a recent article regarding a time saving technique with hop bittering at https://www.homebrewtalk.com/bittering-hops-in-15-minutes.html. There was also a previous article on "brewing beer in 15 minutes at...

I plan to brew the Mirror Pond clone hear on HBT, but will be doing a partial mash. Given that there are 4 hop additions from boil through flameout, and that I only have whole leaf hops, how much additional water should I plan so that I yield 5 gals in the carboy? Thanks! TPH

This morning on the today show Matt Lauer interviewed Adam Rappaport about the hottest food trends in 2015. He showed a kegorater serving ice coffee on nitro He said it was less bitter and more smoother than other coffees with a creamy feel from the nitro. I think he said it costs about 50...

So I brewed an American Brown but the OG came out to 1.065, so a little high. I pitched plenty of yeast (probably a little too much) at about 65 degrees. In about 6 hours I had a rigorous fermentation going and put on a blow off tube. I then put a wet towel on the carboy to help cool the...

So I have been brewing for a few years. I have 81 batches and feel like a slow learner. I keep track of all beers and the process on a spreadsheet. I also check them in Beer Smith. 4 gal boil. 1 gal near freezing RO top off water. BIAB, Partial Mash, ferment 60-66... mostly US05...

Does it matter what bittering hop I use if I achieve the correct IBU level? I recently picked up a few pounds of Cascade (7.5AA) whole hops at the annual AB hop give-away, and would like to use them for bittering. I use BeerSmith and can adjust the amount used to achieve the right IBU...

So if I underpitch and stress the yeast, or ferment at too high a temp, producing a poor tasting beer, should I harvest and reuse the yeast in this cake, or throw it out? In other words, is the yeast still good? Cheers, TPH

About a year ago, I was brewing a porter and fermenting it with lager yeast Safale 34/70. I was near the end of my brew day, chilling the wort in an ice bath, and the laundry tub sink in which I was doing this filled to the point that it was higher than the wort. The pot then lifted and...

Have you ever tasted the beer from the top of a captured yeast cake? See attached pic. I am on batch 81 and this has always been GREAT tasting beer. :rockin: Your experience? I am going to bottle this and prime it to see if it stays as good carbonated. Thanks! TPH

The attached is captured Wyeast London Ale 1082 yeast captured from an American Brown Ale in the following manner. After primary fermentation, I moved the beer to a secondary. Caution: This is not about primaries versus secondaries. It was nice small yeast cake, and I have enjoyed this...

So its been a great evening...beerwise and otherwise...and I noted something between the second-to-last.. and the last beer. :mug: First of all, I just used the word "beerwise" without evening a hyphen (beer-wise). And unless you are as weird as me you won't understand what I just said. How...

So I purchased a Coopers Irish Stout extract kit. I also purchased some DME to boost the alcohol and flavor. The BEST BEFORE date on the bottom of the can was 2 months ago, so I called the vendor and they said the prehopped LME is most likely fine, but that it's the yeast that gets old...

So I have a Coopers Irish Stout kit. I am planning to add DME to the prehopped kit, and plugged it into BeerSmith. I had to plug in the kit as just dark LME. When I plug in 2# addition of golden DME, the color shows as more copper than black. I have a bag of dark DME. When I add this to...

This forum goes back to 2005. I imagine that it would be an interesting study. We should mine the data for posterity. There is likely 10 times the wisdom here as on Facebook. How should we categorize it? mmm The Chronicles of Wisdom: 1. Love 2. Money 3. Culture 4. The Sciences...

So today I thought I would throw together a quick brew, doing and extract with steeping grains. I ran it through Beersmith as below which predicted 1.061, but it came out with a OG of 1.070 according to my hydrometer. Granted, either is higher than desired. I have been concerned about...

I searched on the subject above and could not find an answer,, so here goes. I brewed a hefeweizen yesterday from a kit, and realized that there was no hops in the kit after I was already boiling. I called my LHBS and they said not to worry. The kit called for less than an ounce of saaz hops...

So I brewed a Mild 2 days ago. It should have come in near 1036 or so but came in at 1070. Its in the primary now and krausen has settled. Can I just add distilled (boiled and cooled) water to reduce the OG? Or should I brew a 1020 beer and then blend the two? Thanks TPH