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I'm brewing up an ale this coming weekend. I'm inspired by the Aprihop beer from DFH. This isn't a clone by any means. This is my grain bill: 10 gallon batch: 20# Marris Otter 8 oz Thomas Faucet Amber Hops: 1oz Warrior 2oz Simcoe 2oz Amarillo I have more Amarillo for possible dry hop. I...

I'm getting ready to make a spring beer and want to know if I can use this apricot purée in the secondary. The list of ingredients seem ok to me but I've never used fruit before. Anybody that has used fruit purée in a beer, I would appreciate any feedback. Thanks. Sent from my iPhone using...

I've been all grain for years now and I started out as an extract brewer. I realized that I have 6# Golden Light DME and 3# dextrose laying around. I also have a few pounds of hops too. I want to use up these ingredients. My question is if I use 6# DME and maybe 2# of dextrose will the beer come...

Well since my basement runs in the 72-75*F I decided to make a swamp cooler out of my sink. I make 10 gal batches and I can only ferment one at a time. So I pitched the yeast in one and let it go. The other 5 gal I put my lid on with airlock and hoped for the best for four days. This morning I...

I'm brewing my first SMaSH tomorrow and would like some advice on my hop schedule. It's a 10 gallon batch and using S-05 for my yeast. Mash @ 152*F for 60mins to get some body on the brew 20# Marris Otter 2oz Amarillo 10.4% @ 60min .25oz Amarillo 10.4% @ 30min .25oz Amarillo 10.4% @ 20min...

10# 2-Row 83% 1# Crystal 80L 8% 8oz Victory 4% 4oz Special Roast 2% 4oz Belgian Biscuit 2% 1oz Northern Brewer 8.6% AA (30min) 1oz Hallertau 4.1% AA (10min) 1T Irish Moss (10min) .75oz Fuggles 4.4% AA (5min) Yeast: 1028 1.6L starter OG:1.062 FG: 1.014 SRM: 14* IBU: 25.3 Mash temp: 153*F for...

I have a bunch of stuff laying around and want to use some up for my next brew. Here is what I came up with but wanted some advice to help formulate a good outcome. I really dont want to buy anything at this point just trying to get rid of my inventory to start fresh. It looks like a stout is...

The other day I had a bottle of Ommegang Abbey Ale. I saw some "yeast" in the bottom of the bottle, so I decided to harvest it. Its been 6 days and it's really taken off. I've stepped it up once and thought about stepping it up once more. I posted a pic in the thread "A Starter is a beautiful...

Im planning on brewing this next Saturday. I've never used rye malt before. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. 9# 2 Row 4# Rye Malt 8oz Crystal 80L 2oz Chocolate Malt 1oz Bravo 14% AA (30min) 1oz Chinook 12% AA (15min) 1oz Cascade 4.4% AA (1min) 1056 starter OG: 1.067 FG: 1.017...

Just curious if anybody changes there grain to water ratio from winter to summer? I've realized I have a difference in my boil-off. I'm getting an average of 80% efficiency with my set up. I also change my ratios based upon the style of beer and it seems to be fine so far. I don't think I'm...

They come twice a year to one of my local pubs. Once in February and another in the summer. The summer party is great. The brewers come and talk about the beers, have tastings and lots of live music and great food! How many of these have you guys tried?

I've been thinking about this idea for sometime now and I have no idea if it could work. This all stems from a conversation I had with this guy at my lhbs. I read the book Yeast and didn't see anything about blending two yeast (different strains) other than using (same style) one for the...

Ive been brewing for a year or so now and never had any troubles with my brews. I ve never seen this before so im gonna give you the run down and hope to get some good advice. Bock 2206 Bavarian Lager Yeast 10.5# Grain Mash in at 153*F for 60mins Iodine test confirmed conversion Mash...