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Hey everyone! I've been making mead for several years, beer for about a year, and have a pretty strong understanding of fermentation in general. I recently acquired a press that was mostly rotted out on the bottom and have started repairing it - it's freestanding again and just needs a couple...

I would like to make a pumpkin ale but am not trying for the traditional "Pumpkin Pie" ale - I want to taste a bit more of the pumpkin than the cloves, nutmeg, allspice, etc. cover up a bit. I was thinking along the lines of a somewhat nutty, pumpkin ale with a bit of fresh ginger spice. I...

Hey there, So a friend of mine brewed a golden ale with oats recently. He put it in the keg without taking any gravity readings, and I personally think he kegged it too early (this may or may not matter, I'll get to that in a second...) as it had a pretty heavy mouthfeel initially. After...

Smokey the Beer (Smoked IPA) Extract w/ Specialty Grains ----------------------------- Batch Size: 5.5 gallons Boil Size: 4 gallons OG: 1.049 FG: 1.012 ABV: 4.96% IBU: 78 SRM: 9.20 ----------------------------- Fermentables: 2 lb Light LME 4 lb Light LME (Late Addition) 1 lb...

Smokey the Beer (Smoked IPA) Extract w/ Specialty Grains ----------------------------- Batch Size: 5.5 gallons Boil Size: 4 gallons OG: 1.049 FG: 1.012 ABV: 4.96% IBU: 78 SRM: 9.20 ----------------------------- Fermentables: 2 lb Light LME 4 lb Light LME (Late Addition) 1 lb...

I brewed up a summer ale with light LME and Agave syrup. Pitched Safale S-04 directly into wort. It fermeted out pretty quickly then slowed way down, which didn't seem too odd so far... But now it's slowed way way down but I'm still getting bubbles every 20-30 seconds. OG was 1.057 3...

So my SWMBO just asked me if I could brew a beer for her Alaskan party a week from Sunday. I can pick up ingredients tomorrow and brew tomorrow night. I'd like to make something similar to an ale from Alaskan Brewing Company - they're based in Juneau, AK which my wife spent part of her childhood...

I'm new to brewing beer, and I don't think I'm quite ready equipment-wise for all grain, but I'm happy to do partial mash or just use specialty malts with extracts. I know it's a little early in the season to start thinking about summer ales, but I've currently got a Sierra Nevada Porter...

Hey everyone! So I've been making mead with a buddy for several years with no formal research/knowledge and am finally doing some research and trying to improve our process and get better, more reliable results in a shorter time. So far, our 5 gallon batches of mead with 10-12 lbs of honey...