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Hey all, I have a punkin ale getting ready to bottle, I'd like to increase the spice accents. I have heard of making a "spice tea" -- how do you do that? Thanks and HAPPY FALL!!

I brewed a punkin ale, used the puree, and like many here have said, holy trub loss!! I lost close to 1 gallon when I racked to 2dy (normally I don't but I do find a 2dy gets a little clearer beer and this one needed some serious clearing). Anyway, I was worried about toom much head space and...

I have a pumpkin in the primary I want to rack to 2dy to clear it up a bit, my hydro sample shows one murky brew. I heard panty hose with a couple marbles over the racking cane will help filter, but how do you keep the panty hose from coming off? Do you just use long ones and hang on? Thanks

Promised kids to make root beer tonight, we're doing a 2 1/2 gallon batch, carbing with bread yeast but....... HOW MUCH DO I USE? Like 1 packet? Some measured amount? THANKS

I promised kids making root beer tonight, I am going to use bread yeast to carb -- for a 2 1/2 gallon batch, how much do I use?????? Thanks

I assume it is, I was bottling last night a black IPA when the power went out (hence I have named it "Blackout") Anyway racking cane got jammed on last two bottles so through alt methods I bottled them and in the light of morning see there is no head space, I assume there has to be a little...

Good response on previous thread by saying put "pumpkin" in title ..LOL Doing a partial mash punkin ale, I've read a ton here now and cant make up my mind -- punkin go in partial mash/steep or boil?? Recipe says mash, I've seen many say boil but prepare for one tall trub. I've read that adding...

Doing a partial mash punkin ale, I've read a ton here now and cant make up my mind -- punkin go in partial mash/steep or boil?? Recipe says mash, I've seen many say boil but prepare for one tall trub. I've read that adding punkin doesn't add much by way of flavor (spices do that) just...

I am migrating to all grain and started looking into equipment and wow what luck, 2 free kegs in the course of a week!! I know I will take one and make into a boil pot, cut top off, have a drain valve welded to bottom and done? What should I do with the second? Am I better off using a...

First time dry hopping, my beer is in secondary in a carboy, I have pellets. Do you just dump them in? Will that make a mess of the beer? Or do they settle to the bottom? I have a LARGE strainer bag I could use I suppose, wish I had a small one, if I went the bag route just tie some fishing...

I brewed an IPA, partial mash -- after 3 weeks at 70 in bottles I cracked one, delightful taste, truly a great tasting beer but I named it "Post-Wedding IPA" because, er, eh, there was none of that foam on the top :D A week later same, another week, same ... no head. One more week and WOW! This...

Through a series of mis-haps (very long story) I was in a position yesterday where I had to brew or toss my yeast, so I brewed (naturally), only I needed to free up a fermenter, so I racked a belgian blonde (that is not remotely blonde, by the way) to a carboy to 2dy, it was in the primary a...

I culled this recipe from earlier posts -- few questions below it, all thoughts appreciated... Boil Size: 3.10 gal Post Boil Volume: 2.60 gal Batch Size (fermenter): 5.00 gal Bottling Volume: 4.60 gal Estimated OG: 1.055 SG Estimated Color: 36.7 SRM Estimated IBU: 35.5 IBUs...

I'm trying to decide what to brew this weekend and feel awfully wishy washy. Was thinking of maybe letting my yeast decide for me -- I have a vial of WLP 530 Abbey, was wondering are there particular styles that WLP 530 yeast is BEST suited for (obviously would be a belgian). I'm doing partial...

7 th batch, first starter. I followed the sticky, used 1/3 DME to 2 cups water (following the guidance about not creating alcohol, just getting the yeasties going), dumped yeast and let it rip 24 hours, then ptiched. I pitched 1 a.m. monday mornign and 5 hours later little activity. After 18...

I posted a bazillion questions about converting an all grain to partial mash on beersmith. It is definitely not just as simple as hitting the "convert" button. Anyway, I stressed about it for a week and dialed in numbers to adjust for many modifications I made and the equipment/set up I have...

Only on this site would that subject not sound dirty (I know I'm 43 with the mind oif a 7th grader). Anyway, I did one 6 lbs pale LME, 2 lbs pilsner 2 row, 1 lb carapils 1 lb corn sugar - partial mash -- hopped in boil with 1 oz willamette for the whole boil. Went off the reservation and added...

Want to brew one soon let it sit til October, but I dont have equipment capacity to lager. All the recipes I'm seeing are lagers. Am I just searching recipes poorly or is this style lager, period?

I have posted several noob q's on using beersmith and converting an AG recipe and have to say I have learned quite a bit (I hope). I was way off target numbers at first and extremely concerned because the same recipe in BS v. hopville was giving wildly different results. The long and short...

This is a continuation in the saga of some previous posts that have been very helpful but I'm still having a major discrepency between estimated OG for an identical recipe plugged into beersmith v. hopville. I have my process in beersmith dialed in (I think) and after converting a recipe...