I want to carb a beer before I chill and serve it I have an extra tank and a regulator (that is currently stuck at 20 psi) can find a lot of information on this can anyone help?
10 lbs German pale malt
1lbs midnight wheat
1 lbs chocolate malt
1 oz Amarillo @60min
Thinking about this as a base for a stout with oak and cherry
Thoughts?
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I just sparged and an emergency came up and I have to quit for the night am I screwed or can I refrigerate and boil tomorrow?
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I want to make my own mulling spice mixture, orange zest will be used. My question now do I avoid or embrace the pith, I know when cooking you want to avoid it.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/10171509/Synthetic-yeast-could-make-beer-cheaper-and-stronger.html
I will be staying away from this as long as I can
so two weeks ago i started a Belgium apple ale (graff), o.g.was 1.134 and i used white labs Belgium wit, fermentation is still not done, am i surporessing or slowing down fermentation some ow or is this time normal for a beer of this gravity?
i have a five gallon batch, and a five gallon keg, and no co2 system to speak of. my question is what would be the harm in treating this as a big bottle and using priming sugar? also if i can do this should i use extra sugar since it will be used as a carbing method and a propellent
*tried to post in events but did not have permission*
The brew mentor is hold an event in their parking lot, on may 4th, people are bringing their setups/brew rigs and brewing, from 8 to 2.
I was forced to buy a pound of Amarillo hops at my lhbs, due to lack of 1 oz bags. I used what I needed and put the rest of the pound in a freezer bag, and placed it in the freezer. i have been told that those hops will be unusable come next brew day ( a week later), ruling?
I need to dry hop two beers I have in carboys today, and I not sure if I can just drop the hop pellets in whole or if I need to use the tea bag method, so my question is will the hops settle out if I just put them in the carboys?
Well I messed up and waited too long to pasteurize and I opened one today and it foamed up, and rolled down the outside of the bottle. So besides just throwing them in the fridge, any other options?
I want to use sliced ginger in a batch of cider, I don't want it to be too mild or too strong, when would I add it and how long would I want to leave it in. I've never work with fresh before.