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my stove top will only boil aboit 3 gallon brews my question is can i mash enough grain for a 5 gallon batch in that ammount of water and then just add top off water to bring it to 5 gallons after i boil?

Do i have to make a starter from washed yeast or can i just throw it into my next batch? The washed yeast will only be in the fridge for about a week before i brew again.

I dont have a cold enough place to do a Lager so can i do an Ale thats close?any recipes? Thoughts? I cant be the only person who likes Sam's .Im fermenting in a closet at about 68 degrees now.

i changed jobs and havent had time to brew like i was but i have enough leftovers to do a stovetop BIAB next week. I have 1.5 oz Williamette 4.9 alpha 1/2oz Crystal 2.8 alpha 1/2 oz Centennial 8.1 alpha 1.oz Chech Sazz 2.6 alpha 6.5 lbs pale malt 1 lb. CaraMunich 1 mash at 154 - 60...

I pitched a 3 gallon batch onto a yeast cake from a 5 gallon batch and in 5 days the fg was on target. also can i just throw another batch right on top of that yeast cake when i rack it off? How many times can i do this?

ok i wanted to make a pale ale like Yazoo Brewery. their site says this made with English pale Munich Vienna and Crystal malts. Hopped with Amarello,Perle,and cascade used english ale yeast. OG.14 Plato FG3.3 Plato IBU-55 SRM6 5.8 Abv. I did this 7lbs German Pilsner 2lbs german...

When i cold crash does it kill the yeast or just make it sleep till it warms back up?The reason im asking is if i bottle from my keg and then those bottles warm up will i make bottle bombs?

Hey anyone close to Georgia have any Rhizomes they would want to share? I just built a 8x10 koi pond and am planning to plant hops around the outside of the pond and use the fish water and waste for the plants. all organic that way.I will pay shipping cost.Also how many should i plant? there...

I read a couple of threads here but simply put does it work to make say a pint of hop tea from an ounce of hops and pour into the keg right before kegging?Or should i just put a couple of stainless tea balls with whole hops into the keg and leave them while i enjoy my beer? I made the Cream of...

I did a cream of three crops brew using 1/2oz of williamettes at 60mins and a 1/2 oz Crystal ay 60mins.My question is can i dry hop with Cascades? I just tried a friends light beer that he dry hopped with cascades and it was really good. But can i mix all these and still have a drinkable beer?

I did a light beer with all Williamette hops and one with all Cascade the IBU's were the same according to a beer recipe calculator. I was amazed at the taste difference in the two. has anyone else tried this yet?

i have a Light beer i made thats good A Stout that is awesome ! and an IPA thats fermenting. Also a lemon in the Keg Carbing. it is summer time approching so what to brew next??? Any Ideals? i dont have a place for lagers to ferment and have never done meads or ciders

The first time i went to a micro brewery all i could drink was the light beers!! fast foward 2 years and i push the light beers aside for darks and hops!! Yea Stouts and IPA's

What happens if i bake some pale 2 row a little? Burnt tasting beer? or caramel? coffee? Isnt that what some of the specialty grains are? just roasted more.

Well its been 10 weeks in the making and it was a so called kitchen sink brew with everything in it, and Damn its good! Its a double chocolate milk stout and still a little undercarbed but its awesome already. I cant wait to see how much better it gets with time.Thanks to everyone here for all...

the recipe calls for pilsner and i have a bag of 2 row pale can i substitute? what is the difference?

I have been reading alot of post that mention Mr.Beer kits and thats where i got my taste buds wet! So i was just wondering who else started there?

Tasty Brew .com has a beer calculator, i plugged in all the information i could with a recipe i found online and the OG ,FG,SRM,and ABV were off. Does this mean it will make a bad beer? the recipe calls for Bourbon and rasins in the secondary. the calculator doesnt have any place to input that...

i just kegged a batch 2 days ago and i am force carbing,i had to sneak a taste when kegging and it resembled a yazoo pale ale or even a boston lager. 2 days later i had another sneek taste and it seems to be less hoppy?? is this normal? if so next batch gets more hops

I'm new here and new to brewing. But just reading the threads i have learned ALOT!! Thanks to everyone here past and present for sharing their knowledge base. :drunk: