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O.k. I'm brewing a pumpkin beer today. This recipe calls for adding 5 pounds of canned pumpkin to the boil. I am thinking that is gonna cause quite a mess. Thinking about putting the pumpkin in my hop stopper that is made from the PVC pipe and a paint strainer. My question to some of you...

Anyone have one something close to a clone of this recipe? I've scoured the net and come up with nothing. My sister is absolutely in love with this brew and I'm looking to make one close to it for the holidays. If noone has one does anyone have a very good holiday type ale that they would...

Thinking about trying the barleywine recipe from page 54 of this month's zymurgy... Put the thing in beersmith with a couple of tweaks to match my equipment though and was rather shocked to see that it only calculated out to about 53 ibus.. Do i have something messed up? Seems this might be a...

Anyone have one that is proven that they would be willing to share?? I'm an all grain brewer. Could you pm it to me or post it here? Would love to give one of these a go for the holidays but not real sure of the best way to get that chocolate in there! Thanks!

I figure I might as well post this here and see if anyone can help. So for teach a friend to homebrew day on 11/1 I offered to teach my daughter's boyfriend to brew. I told him you pick the style and I'll put together a recipe to do it. Of course he picks.. of all things a colonial porter...

What would be the best sub for Kent Goldings? I have both Willamette and Fuggles... Both I think are close but not sure which would be closer for a flavor add?

O.k. Freshhops has some Zeus up (Columbus type) It says. Can anyone tell me the difference between Zeus and Columbus? I see the Zeus is around 16.4 AA and the Columbus pellets I was previously using were 12.2AA is that the only real difference? Do they flavor and bitter the same? What is...

Ryeght on Pale Ale Style: American Pale Ale Brewer: Ohiodad Batch Size: 11.00 gal Assistant Brewer: Boil Volume: 14.07 gal Boil Time: 60 min Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.00 % Equipment: Brew Pot (15 Gal) and Igloo/Gott Cooler (10 Gal) Actual Efficiency: 75.00 % Taste Rating (50 possible...

Dude's Lake walk pale ale calls for 2lbs of toasted 2 row malt. No time to toast tonight. Anyone see a problem with subbing Victory?

O.k. I'll be honest I'm kind of lazy when it comes to harvesting yeast.. Not much trub makes it into my primary so I sanitize up a mason jar and pour in the sludge off the bottom of the previous batch usually between 4 and 8 ounces of it. Close up the mason jar label it and toss it in the...

What do you all think of this one... Came up with it after happy hour tonight so well maybe I can use some more sober advice... Thanks! Rye Pale Ale Brew Type: All Grain Date: 6/14/2008 Style: American Pale Ale Brewer: Scott Brandewie Batch Size: 5.50 gal Assistant Brewer: Boil...

Mad Hatter A clone of the New Holland Brew Brew Type: All Grain Style: American IPA Brewer: OhioDad Batch Size: 5.00 gal Boil Volume: 6.41 gal Boil Time: 60 min Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.00 % Equipment: Brew Pot (7.5 gal) and Cooler (48 qt) Taste Rating (50 possible points): 35.0...

Can someone please help me out? I recently moved up to a Keggle with a dip tube in an attempt to do 10 gallon batches. First batch I made was a scottish ale went off without a hitch when draining the keggle. Moved onto a pale ale using nothing but whole hops and I was using a copper scrunchy...

I mistakenly ordered White Wheat instead of the normal German Wheat. I've researched and can't seem to figure out the difference other than color. Can anyone tell me if there is a big difference? Can you use white wheat in place of red wheat in a hefe or kolsch with no difference other than...

Hi everyone, I'm brewing tomorrow my first 10 gallon batch in my new keggle complete with diptube and ball valve! Pretty excited to give it a whirl. I had my old 8 gallon brewpot pretty dialed in for 5 gallon batches and I'm a little nervous. Along with my new keggle I also got a new burner...

What size ID tubing should I order online if I want to buy tubing to attach to the valve of my keggle? 1/2 inch is what I'm thinking but not sure... Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks!

I have another question for some of you pros out there... A recipe that I'm considering making this weekend calls for Magnum bittering hops. I cannot get magnums. I do have a good supply of Columbus and a few Warrior right now. Both high alpha. Those magnum are a 60 minute addition. Would...

Thinking about oaking an IIPA I'm making. Have put chips in a secondary before but always when putting bourbon in as well and soaked the chips in bourbon. I'm a little cautious of this one because I'm not planning to put the chips in bourbon first since I only want oak flavor and not bourbon...

Alright Monday.. yeah the day after the superbowl! I took the day off of work!! :ban: :ban: I'm brewing Papazian's recipe! Silver Dollar Porter! 8lb pale 1lb munich .5 Black Patent .5 Crystal 80 .5 Chocolate .5 Roasted Barley And best of all I'm going to throw in that Cry Havoc...

O.k. so as I sit here sipping on a Stone IPA (Edwort's recipe!) I'm cooking up a batch of Edwort's Kolsh (smells fantastic cooking!)... Last weekend I made another batch of the fine Haus Pale which was my first AG batch about 10 batches ago. Ed I just wanna thank you for sharing all these...