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Why are y'all throwing in dextrose?

I use spirals and cubes, here is my process: Boil a little bit of water, throw the cubes or the spiral into it for <5 min. Soak in bourbon in a glass mason jar for ~ 7-10 days Day 1: Room temp Day 2: Refrigerator Day 3: Room Temp Day 4: Refrigerator (get the pattern here?) The thought is that...

A hoppy blonde or a hoppy wheat? Only add a small 60 min addition, or do a FWH addition with no 60 min addition, then maybe add a flame out addition or dry hop - keep your IBU's low and just have fun with it.

I personally have only used it at flameout or <5 min left in the boil Let us know how it turns out, soak it, if it smells awful, don't pitch it. P.S. I wouldn't take a shot of the vodka afterwards ;)

Yeah, I wouldn't bother the bottles as they sleep either. If you really want to taste the brew as it ages, keg it up! Beer changes character so much as it carbonates, as it settles into it's new home, and as it ages. Varieties that will age better than others are those that are a little...

The "smack pack" is essentially making a small starter -- the yeast is in there, it just needs time to get going. As previously stated, just gently swirl your carboy or bucket some, and let it be. Make sure your fermentation temperature is within comfortable range for the yeast too. In the...

hiya all, I will be bottling this on Tuesday - it has been cold crashing for a week with a little gelatin, its looking beautiful! What is the typical dosage of corn sugar for this recipe? iBrewmaster is telling me the CO2 Range based on the recipe style is 2.40 - 2.80. I have chosen a...

Anyone else's strawberries look like this in secondary? This is after 3 days.

So the girlfriend loves her some Stout - she also loves chocolate and amaretto. When we went to our LHBS we found an amaretto extract I figure we will add to secondary or to the bottling bucket. This will be her first batch solo. Has anyone here used an amaretto extract and what do you all...

I doubt a dorm fridge will fit a 5 gal bucket. Do yourself right throw a cheap Craigslist fridge in your garage or a buddy's garage, slap on a Johnson controls a419 temp controller and ferment/cold crash away! Cheapest I've found: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00368D6JA/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

Congrats and welcome to home brewing! It's important to "sneak" tastes from your batches. It's the only way you will ever figure this hobby out.

I doubt you will get any lower. I only used 1 Wyeast smack pack to get my above mentioned numbers. Your brewhouse efficiency must have been lower or your measurements were off slightly. I wouldn't worry about it, the extra bourbon will bring the ABV up some for ya.

Typo im sitting at 11.5 brix - 1.022 SG

What kind of bourbon did everyone choose? I am using Jim Beam. I am sitting at 11.5 brix (1.046 SG) after 15 days in primary. I started at 20 Brix (1.083 SG). That puts me around 8% ABV. I assume after soaking the chips in Beam for a week, and then adding a few mL to the 5 gal batch before...

Bloomington area here, but I spend much of my time in the Plainfield/Camby area too

I'm subscribing to this thread in hopes someone will post this magical chart!

I brewed the recipe I posted above on Sunday 30 Sept 2012 and I got a OG of 1.083. I had to add some water to bring my total volume up to 5 gal... I think after boil I had like 4 gallons. Anyways, this brew tasted amazing, so I can't wait to see what comes of it. I didn't do a starter, just...

Found this Partial Mash from Denny himself on another thread: Bourbon Vanilla Imperial Porter partial mash A ProMash Recipe Report Recipe Specifics ---------------- Batch Size (Gal): 5.00 Wort Size (Gal): 5.00 Total Grain (Lbs): 13.25 Anticipated OG: 1.087 Plato: 20.83...

Okay guys, I have been searching this thread for awhile now. I want to make a partial mash of this recipe, I have found a couple recipes, but i have also read tales of poor head retention. Can someone throw me a bone here and write up what they have made successfully? It would be nice...

That was an extract recipe btw