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Thinking about doing a chocolate stout next. Only going to do a 2.5 gal batch since this is the first time using coffee or chocolate. I can post the whole recipe if needed, but I am shooting for an OG of 1.082, and 52 IBU. After looking at countless threads on adding coffee/choc I have...

Will be traveling to Booneville MO for work tomorrow, and was wondering if I would be able to find some beer that is not available to me here in Iowa along the way, such as Odell, Great Divide, Left Hand, and Lagunitas. I will be going through towns such as Trenton, Chillicothe, and Marshall...

So I am looking for a new brew kettle, I do extract batches now but plan on making the switch to all grain within the next year. I was wondering what peoples opinions are on this kettle. I would like a spigot, and only plan on doing 5 gal batches (even when I step up to all grain). Would I...

Just bottled NB's Hefe and was extremely please with how great is tasted and smelled already after two weeks primary. For some reason I just went by NB's recipe instructions where priming called for 2/3 cup dextrose. I normally check with a calculator of some kind and go by that, but it just...

Saw a good deal at a local Home Depot for 20' sections of 3/8" copper pipe. What is the possible downside to soldering the two 20' sections together and using that? Do I really need to do a 40' immersion cooler or would 20' work fine for 5 gal batches? Most of the smaller ones I have seen start...

Hello all, just got done a few days ago with my DIY PC fan stir plate. I have it working, but it seems a little underwhelming power wise and I need some advise on the potentiometer and rocker switched I used. I used a 12v pc fan, a 9v DC outlet which I have read work and feel confident about...

Hello all, just got done a few days ago with my DIY PC fan stir plate. I have it working, but it seems a little underwhelming power wise and I need some advise on the potentiometer and rocker switched I used. I used a 12v pc fan, a 9v DC outlet which I have read work and feel confident...

Going to order Northern's Dry Irish Stout extract kit in the next few days and am trying to decide on the yeast. You can get S-04 Ale Yeast (dry) for about $3, or Wyeast 1084 Irsih Ale (liquid) for about $6. Like to make a yeast starter so I am leaning towards the Wyeast. Anyone have...

Going to order Northern's Dry Irish Stout extract kit in the next few days and am trying to decide on the yeast. You can get S-04 Ale Yeast (dry) for about $3, or Wyeast 1084 Irsih Ale (liquid) for about $6. Like to make a yeast starter so I am leaning towards the Wyeast. Anyone have...

Thought I would do one last batch of Mr Beer before I move on to bigger and better things (literally, the girlfriend won't let me get 5 gal equipment before we move out of the apartment and into our house) and decided on the American Devil IPA. I have read a few places that this is Mr Beer's...

Just started my latest (3rd) batch of apple cider. First one turned out ok, but rather dry. Second one was terrible after backsweetening it with splenda, and ended up dumping the entire batch. This batch I have pretty high hopes for. 2 gallons Motts Apple Juice 1 compacted cup of brown...

I recently just just dumped my last 2 gal batch of bottled cider after realizing that non-fermentable sugars suck (in my opinion, and I used Splenda). I just can't get over that chemical flavored sweetness. So I have decided that this time I will try again and pasteurize after backsweetening...

Sorry if already discussed multiple times, I did a quick search in the sticky and didn't see anything about it. Thinking of pasteurizing my next cider after I back-sweeten with concentrate and brown sugar. I will do a couple plastic pop bottles to determine when it is carbonated without...

First off, hello! Great to be on the boards. My question is about cider abv after back-sweetening. I do Cider in 2 gal batches, and an abv of around 7%. I have used non-fermentable sugars before such as Splenda, but would like to try back-sweetening with apple juice concentrate and maybe...