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I got water heating to mash and trying to clean house. I'm moving soon. Here is what I have to work with. Help me come up with a 10 gallon batch. 2 row Pilsen 6# red wheat 6# flaked oats 1# special B Centinneal Cluster Nelson I'm going to have my wife pick up some yeast on the way home.

I currently live in GA and brew with some great city water. I am in the process of purchasing 47 acres in Alabama and plan on building a home there in the next couple of years. It is in a rural area and I will more than likely be digging a well for water. How many of you are brewing on well...

I purchase hops by the 4 oz vacuum sealed package and store them in the freezer. They seem to store very well in the vacuum package that they come in but once opened I transfer to a zip lock bag and continue to keep in the freezer. So can I tell when hops get too old to use? Does the smell or...

I brew all grain with a 10 gallon water cooler mash tun mostly 5 gallon batches. This morning I decided to do a 10 gallon batch and two questions were raised. The first one I have had for some time. I batch sparge and brewsmith advises to wash with a water temp of 168 so my first question is...

I have a 4 keg setup and am about to empty all 4. I just found out that I only have 3 beers in fermenters ready to go: imperial stout, IPA, & Hefe. I like to fill all 4 kegs at once. What is a beer or style that I can brew and have in the keg in a short period of time? The only yeast that I have...

Making my first cream ale tomorrow. Recipe: Cream Ale TYPE: All Grain Style: Cream Ale ---RECIPE SPECIFICATIONS----------------------------------------------- SRM: 3.1 SRM SRM RANGE: 2.5-5.0 SRM IBU: 18.1 IBUs Tinseth IBU RANGE: 15.0-20.0 IBUs OG: 1.050 SG OG RANGE: 1.042-1.055 SG...

I am an all grain brewer that has about 50-60 beers under my belt. I have recently had several boil overs 20 30 even 40 minutes into a boil. What is up with this. Is it particular styles that this is more common with? Is it too much heat? (my guess cause my home made burner can get hotter...

Ok, I am still a noob at funky beers. I brewed my first about 20 months ago (Consecration Clone). I recently bottled the Consecration and racked a stout that was about 14 days old into the carboy that the Consecration was in. I also added WLP 644 Brettanomyces Bruxellensis Trois. My question is...

I made a Belgian golden on 3/13 and pitched about a 750ml starter. OG was 1.092 and temp was 70-72. It has been about 5-6 days and it seems that it may be stuck at 1.024 and temp about 73, so i moved it to an area of the house and am trying to warm it up. Beersmith has the final gravity at...

Brewed my first all grain barley wine today with: 22 lbs of grain 1 lb of dextrose .5 lb of DME Planned OG was 1.110 Actual OG was 1.085 I am fermenting with 2 packs of re hydrated SA-05. If it ferments down to around 1.012 it will be close to 10% abv I was hoping to get it closer to...

First of all happy new year. I am planning my first big barley wine and have a couple questions before tackling this beast. Here is the recipe that I have come up with. Please feel free to make recommendations. Recipe Specifications -------------------------- Boil Size: 7.94 gal Post Boil...

Has anyone ever used the canned Oregon fruit in mead?

I have only did one kit and it was the Vintners Reserve Mezza Luna Red. http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/vr-mezza-luna-red.html I am really happy with how it turned out. How many kits have you done and what was your favorite?

I was wondering if anyone had brewed the Jack and Ken's Ale Sierra Nevada 30th Anniversary Ale clone in September BYO? I was thinking about doing a barley wine and was considering this recipe. Recipe Specifications -------------------------- Boil Size: 7.37 gal Post Boil Volume: 6.24 gal...

I am trying to stock up on some bottles for my next Belgian beer. I have acquired about 15 750ml cork bottles and about 10 smaller cap bottles or so. It is easily noticeable that the small chimay bottles are thicker than normal ones (meaning they could hold the 3.5+ volumes that I plan on...

I am still new to home brewing about 15 batches under my belt (3 all grain). I have brewed a wide variety of styles but am considering an experiment with small batch IPA's. I have about 4 oz each of: Simco, Summit, Columbus, Magnum & Cascade on hand. I am considering doing an all grain mash and...

I brewed a Saison a couple weeks ago and it is done fermenting. I am planning on brewing a Wit tomorrow. My idea is to rack the saison and put my wit in the bucket that my saison came out of. I have never done this. Is it as simple as draining the cooled wort out of the kettle onto the cake into...

I travel every week for business and would like to bring some homebrew along. Glass bottles are to heavy and bulky. I have thought about using a Gatorade bottle or other plastic bottle but would prefer not to carry the bulk after it is empty. This has led to to consider the plastic bladders that...

Have purchased several kits from my local shop. I have noticed that all the recipes call to add half of the DME 15 min prior to the end of the boil. I asked them what's the reason? They claim that it improves the clarity of he beer? Is this true and how can it be?

I brewed an imperial IPA on 5/7, racked on 5/23. I tasted it this morning and am pretty satisfied but would like a little stronger hop character. Is it to late to dry hop? I have never done this before. How long do the hops need to be in there? I was planning on bottling this week.