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So I am going to make a wee heavy scotch ale. I am thinking of doing a 5 gal batch, but I have two 2.5 gal fermenters and was thinking of doing half of the batch with an additive or variant. Has anyone experimented with a Wee Heavy scotch ale before? I am open to any ideas. Vanilla? Coffee...

I am making a Honey Cream Ale for late summer. I do not want a super dry beer so I wondering if anyone has any experience with using corn maize and/or honey with a cream ale? For now I am using both honey and corn maize but because they both tend to dry out the beer I wasn't sure if mix well...

So I bought two yeast tube for my scotch ale (thinking I would need two becasue of the high starting gravity, 1.089). This time around though I want to do a yeast starter, so can I use both yeast tubes in my yeast starter or just stick with just using just one yeast tube?? I realize its kinda...

This is my second time making a strong scotch ale. The first time I added in a lot of chocolate grains, but this time I want it to be less sweet so I am using Roasted Barley instead, but I still want to have a little sweetness (hence the honey I put in). This recipe is costing me some money so I...

The standard for boiling time is 60 min. But occasionally I see people with 90 min and 120 min boils. Whats the difference/ benefits of a longer boiling times?

i cant find a striaght answer, so i decided just to ask. I want to clean my beer bottles, will my method work. I always rinse my bottles out after pouring, can I just rinse them in a bucket of cold water with a little bleach, and then run them through the dishwasher the next day (without...

I am just wondering how long is too long to leave a beer in the primary fermentation stage?

How do you tell if your beer is contaminated? I am 2 weeks into fermentation, and just took the gravity which was a little less than 1.03. My beer seems very thick and the clarity is awful. it tasted very strong but definetly not the taste I was expecting. Would adding brown sugar to my boil...

I have Weyermann Smoked malt and briess victory that needs some use. I would prefer to use these items together but does anyone have good recipies involving any of them?

This question may sound idiotic but I spent a lot of money and I really do not want to mess my beer up. After I steep my grains, what do I do???? Do I pour it immediately in cauldron before I start the boiling process with the malt extract and hops. Or do I add the steeped liquid after the...

Heres the deal, I have a lot of roasted barley, chocolate, speciality smoked, and victory grains that i want to use up. So I think I am going to make a stout. I also have 6 lbs of unused amber malt extract sitting around. Would it make a difference if I use amber malt extract instead of a more...

Strange question, but I have a bunch of old brown bananas and i want to brew in the next week. so does anyone know of any recipes that use bananas?

So I am new to brewing (only four batches ). This time I created my own recipe, based off help from Beersmith software. i was wondering if a beer can ever have too much flavor or if i am putting too much flavor into my recipe? Should I use some ingredients that wont have too much effect on...