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Hey everyone! I'm getting incredibly frustrated with a recurring problem where my beers are all stalling out way early, usually somewhere around the 1.020 mark. I've had a beer with an OG of 1.060 stall around there, a beer around 1.044 stall there, and several others. Some background to help...

In my never ending quest to perfect my New England Style DIPA, I'm dialing in some of the fine points of my recipe. I posted a thread about hopstand vs dry hop additions and quantities, and I think I have that where I want it. My last question before I brew what I hope is the final version...

So I've brewed a number of New England/Northeast pale ales and my DIPA specifically I've brewed 6 times prior. Each time I feel like I'm getting closer and closer to achieving exactly what I'm looking for. I feel like I finally have the malt bill and types of hops locked in, I'm just toying...

Hello All! I have an Imperial Stout that I brewed back in the early spring. This beer was a beauty, I flavored it with espresso and all natural maple extract, then aged it on some bourbon and oak. The final ABV was 12.5% The beer came out great, but this thing will just not carbonate. In...

I moved into my house last year and this is the first full summer we have been in the house. It turns out that we have an apple tree in the back yard that yielded a pretty nice crop of medium sized green apples. Being a homebrewer, I naturally feel obligated to make these apples into booze...

I wanted to kick myself yesterday! I'm brewing a big DIPA that I was very excited about, and my recipe included a big hop addition at five minutes, followed by a big addition after I cooled it to 180. I was then going to do a hop stand for 30 minutes. I hit my five minute addition of 1.25...

I'm just wondering what experiences others have had subbing these two yeasts with one another. In the yeast comparison charts I've seen, these are listed as the same or at least comparable strands. I'm a big fan of WLP 007, and use it in several of my beers. When fermented in the mid 60's, I...

Hi all! I posted this in the want to trade section as well, but it looks like this section gets more views so here we go: So I've been DESPERATELY wanting to get my hands on some Heady Topper. Ideally I'd like a 4 pack or two, reasonably fresh. In addition, any of the other big Vermont IPA's...

Hi all! So I've been DESPERATELY wanting to get my hands on some Heady Topper. Ideally I'd like a 4 pack or two, reasonably fresh. In addition, any of the other big Vermont IPA's like Abner and Double Sunshine would be welcome, but Heady is the main goal. For trade, I have Three Floyd's...

Hi everyone! This weekend I'm planning on brewing a hopped up golden ale for the summer. I'm shooting for it to be between 4.5 and 5 % abv. and about 35 to 40 IBU. The grain bill is just 2-row, a bit of crystal 10, and a bit of white wheat for head/body. Here's where I need some ideas...

Sorry for another one of these threads, but I'm trying to dial in my IPA recipe and I'm looking for suggestions. I've brewed several variations on this recipe, and all have been really good, just not perfect yet. About my setup: I do BIAB with normal mash volumes, but with a batch/dunk...

OK, sorry to make a new thread on this, but I couldn't find an answer for this with someone with a similar set up. I do a BIAB with a sparge. Here's my process. I have an 8 gallon kettle, which I mash in. I heat my sparge water in another kettle to about 165. I remove the grains from the 8...

So, I just had a birthday and got money from my brothers/sisters/parents for brewing stuff. All in all its in the neighborhood of $200. I'm debating using that money to buy a chest freezer, then my own money for the temp controller to make a ferm chamber. Up until this point I've just done a...

*Edited so updated recipe appears here for easier reference. Plus I updated my setup info Ok, so I'm currently obsessed with building my perfect IPA recipe. I've brewed quite a few in the past, but while they have been good, none have been quite right where I want them. I've looked at...

Hey everyone! I'm trying to put together a fall ale to brew in the next couple weeks. I've looked at a couple clone recipes of some beers and have a couple ideas, but I've never basically put a recipe together from almost scratch before so I wanted to post my ideas here. I had though to do...

So, I had a two and a half gallon batch of DIPA I did in a Mr Beer keg, mostly grain with a pound of extract and some corn sugar. I was really excited for this one. It was in the bottle for about 4 weeks or so when I cracked one open. It was pretty bad. The taste is hard to describe, but its...

Hey everyone, So last weekend I brewed a mostly grain 2.5 gal batch of a Double IPA. The recipe had about 7 pounds of grain and a pound of DME. I basically do BIAB, exept I do a batch sparge because I lacked a pot big enough to have the whole BIAB volume. With a grian bill this size, the...

So I'm brewing a double/imperial ipa based off of a Firestone Walker Double Jack recipe I saw. Its going to be about a 2.3 to 2.5 gal recipe going into a MR Beer keg that I use for small batches. I'm doing a partial mash, about 6.5 pounds of grain and a pound of DME. I follow...

So here's my situation. I've got a five gallon batch of IPA going already, but I have a mr. beer keg open, and that means wasted opportunity. I usually use the thing for small/test batches. I'm in the mood to brew a lighter oktoberfest/slightly darker helles, but I've never done a proper...

Hey everyone, I'm looking to brew an IPA here in the next couple weeks, and I picked up some ingredients today. Here's what I got. 2 containers of Briess Golden light LME, 3 pounds of light DME, 1 pound crystal 20L, and two oz each of Centennial, Cascage, Citra, Amarillo, and 1 oz columbus...