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    Bourbon extract recipe

    I'm experimenting with this, hoping it turns out good...... 4 oz coffee malt 12 oz caramel 10 12 oz chocolate malt Steep for 30 minutes Add 1 can golden light lme at 45 minutes Add 2nd can at 15 minutes 1 oz fuggle at 15 minutes 1 oz northern brewer at 10 minutes and 1 whirlflock tablet London...
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    not just another wheat beer

    I am planning on brewing this weekend and have been kicking around the idea of adding more to a wheat beer than just extract and hops. I am looking for feedback on what I have come up with: 6.6 lbs. Wheat Malt extract 1.0 lbs. Carapils 1.1 lbs. Local Honey 1.0 oz. Tettnang hops 1.0 oz. Saaz hops...
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    First Caramel Cider

    I used the Wal Mart apple juice, and mixed one cup juice and one cup sugar before yeast. Wyeast 4766 for cider. I let it sit for three weeks and added a bottle of Starbucks Caramel syrup, also purchased at Wal Mart and kegged. After CO2 for a few days, it's ready to drink and has a great flavor...
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    Yeast for warmer temps

    I would like to make a caramel cider this year using store bought apple juice and frozen concentrate and my own homemade caramel sauce. My question is, what is a good yeast I can use that will perform at average room temp of 75°? I was thinking of using S04, but don't know if it will ferment...
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    Caramel apple cider

    I am wondering if there is a way to make a caramel apple cider using the store bought apple juice. My thought was to make the cider as described using the juice, and toss in a handful of charred oak chips to impart the caramel flavor. Then when I back sweeten, use a brown sugar simple syrup.
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    Easy drinking spring extract.

    So, I wanted to brew something for the warmer days that are coming. I started off with one pound Caramel 10, steeped for 20 minutes and then added one container of Extra Light LME. I was planning on a 60 minute boil. At 45 minutes I added 1oz Huell Melon hops, at 10 minutes I added another ounce...
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    Anyone have experience with.....

    Today I was in my LHBS, and noticed a few items that I had not noticed before and was wandering if anyone has experience using any of these. The first was Huell Melon hops, second was Mandarina Bavaria hops, and last was White Sorghum LME. What types of flavors do the hops provide or are they...
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    Unpasteurized cider

    I had a neighbor give me four and a half gallons of fresh pressed juice/cider. I strained it through cheese cloth to get the pulp out. I used white labs WLP775 yeast and about a tablespoon of yeast energizer, as per the guy at the LHBS. After four hours, it is already bubbling pretty steady. I'm...
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    Autumn Ale critique

    I am thinking of brewing this, this weekend and would like some feedback on it. 6 lbs Pilsner DME 8 oz Vienna 8 oz Crystal 10 or a wheat 1/2 oz Mangum - 60 mins 1/2 Willamette - 10 mins 1/2 Willamette - flameout WLP 060 Steep grains for 25 minutes, add 3 lbs DME, and start 60 minute boil. Add...
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    Plastic taste

    I noticed that in the last couple of bottles I've opened, it has what I'd describe aa a plastic taste. It's hard to compare it to any other type of taste. When the beer was in the keg, it was good. But, I bottled some of it, and now it seems to have a very bad off taste. Has anyone else had...
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    Moving from extract to all grain

    I have been doing extract brews for a couple of years now, and wandering about the costs of going from extract to all grain. I have an outside burner, and large pot. What are the necessities of being able to make the transition? Also, how long did others do extract before making the move?
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    Uh-oh, fingers crossed

    Today was brew day. As I was getting things started, I was trying to do too many things at once. Long story short, the grain bag stuck to the bottom of the pot, and Shen I lifted up on it, it ripped. I did not notice the rip till I started taking the bag out after 20 minutes and noticed how much...
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    Possible changes to good recipe

    So, last brew was from a recipe that I found on here. It turned out really well, and am thinking of sticking to the recipe but modifying it. Does anyone have any suggestions for changing this brew? I was contemplating changing the hops and using two different varieties, but I don't know which...
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    Great America malt beer

    I saw this in the c-store over the weekend and was curious as to what it may be and how it may be made. I don't know if anyone else has seen this product from Stout Brewing Co. or not, but its called GREAT AMERICA and it comes in quart jars in flavors of Carolina Clear, Peach, Apple Pie, and...
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    NB's Irish Red tweak

    Planning on brewing the Irish Red and wandering if anyone has made any additions to this kit. The last kit I made was the Nut Brown, and I added 1/2 lb brown sugar at flame out but it is still not as flavorful as I would like. I was wandering if changing or adding to the hops would add to the...
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    FG off...

    A couple of weeks ago I made the NB nut brown ale, and added 1/2 lb brown sugar at flame out, in hopes of raising the content in the end. But today I took the second reading in three days, and the FG is lower than what I thought. I'm looking to get a second opinion if this is correct. I was...
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    Recipe wanted

    I am looking to see if anyone has a recipe for Great White Beer from Lost Coast Brewery. The description is: ABV 4.8% A Crisp beer with a hint of citrus, made with two-row malted barley, unmalted wheat, a secret blend of Humboldt herbs, crystal clear mountain water and ale yeast. I...
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    Newcastle werewolf Blood Red Ale

    So, I just came across this beer, and was wandering if anyone has tried to come up with a recipe for it. http://heinekenusa.com/press-releases/newcastle-werewolf-blood-red-ale-haunts-bars-liquor-stores-fall/ Rye malts, fuggle and goldings is all I could fine about it.
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    Aging in kegerator

    I have not aged a beer before, and am working on a bourbon barrel porter style beer. I am wandering if it is ok for me to transfer from the primary into a keg, and put it in the keezer to age for a few more weeks, after I add the bourbon to it. I have been soaking oak chips in bourbon while the...
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    1st attempt at a bourbon barrel brew

    Today was brew day!! Using 1/2 lb chocolate and 3/4 lb caramel 10, steeped for 25 minutes, full 60 minute boil with one container golden light LME at 45 minutes and the other at 10 minutes. I used northern brewer at 40 minutes and Hallertau at 5 minutes. American ale yeast, and the finished...
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