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I am going to brew a smash tonight; using pale malt and German opal hops. I have a pound of hops, so what would be a good hops schedule (note, I know I will not be using the entire pound of hops).

I have a Coleman xtreme cooler and I cannot get it to not leak...thus I need your help. I just need help with the bulkhead, I plan on making the 1/2 copper manifold. I pay in beer

I guys, I am moving to an all grain set up, and I would like to get a gently used or new mash tun and a propane burner. I know I could make it myself, but maybe there is one you are getting rid of that you wanted to go to a new home. I am only going to be doing 5 gallon batches, so the tun...

I have to travel this week, and I won't have time to bottle tomorrow. I currently have a saison which is "dry hopping" on lemon rind and ginger, and it has been on those flavors for a week. Should I transfer to another carboy or can it sit on the fruit for another week (2 weeks in total)?

Not mine, but I did buy the kettle: http://milwaukee.craigslist.org/for/2882443927.html

I have a beer in a 82* water bath, and my sg is 1.012. I think it is getting close to finishing but then what? I want it to clear a bit and and some ginger and lemon flavoring. Do I leave it in the hot water bath, or do I pull it out and let it sit in my 62* basement?

I have a beer hot fermenting (80 degrees) using 6# Pilsen dme, 1oz of hops, and wyeast 3726. It has been in a tub since Saturday in a hot water bath and I had really active fermentation or three days, but now there is no activity coming out of the airlock. I know, I know take a gravity...

I have a beer in fermentation, I used the following in preparing the wort. 6# dme, Pilsen style 1oz of amarillo hops 1oz of ginger I pitched in the low 70s with wyeast 3726. I placed the carboy in the hot water bath because this strain likes heat. 24 hours in i noticed I had a thin...

Hi guys, Let me know what you think: 5# of Pilsen DME Specialty Grains:20 minute steep. .5# Honey malt .5# Belgium biscuit .5oz of glacier hops 60 minutes .5oz of glacier 10 minutes 1 oz of crushed/sliced ginger at the last 5 minutes of boil The zest of three lemons soaked in...

I am looking to make a partial mash, 5 gallon batch (3 gallon boil volume) with kind of a bland ale as a base, with steeped ginger and lemon flavors. What would be a good, neutral ale recipe (I don't have beer smith or other conversion software)? I would really like to use my wyeast 3726...

I have searching around the threads but I can't seem to find the answer to two questions for BIAB. 1) I have a 5 gallon brew kettle, can I do a 3 to 4 gallon boil and then top off with water, like I do for extract or partial mash beers? 2) if so, do I adjust an all grain recipe for a 5...

Hi guys, and gals Today at my lbhs I was offered the option to purchase some wyeast 3726 for one cent. I know this is a Saison strain, so I am looking for a Saison partial mash reciepe to use the three packs I got. Suggestions? A bit more info: I have a 5 gallon kettle and do my brewing on...

Hi fellow brewers, I have a batch of cider in the carboy on day 3 of fermentation. It is a batch of 5 gallons with 4# of brown sugar, on Nottingham yeast. Help me make sure I have my next steps correct. SG was 1080 1. Wait until the fg is where I want it to be, then prime and bottle. 2...

I had a question about not hitting my og, and came here and read several posts and found my answer that it is normal for top off brewers to not have an accurate reading. Aren't I a good noob!?!:) Thanks for all the info HBT.