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I am planning to brew a pale ale this weekend and I am looking for suggestions on what yeast I should use. My current basement temp is around 57 or 58 degrees and I have no good way to raise the temp of my fermentation. I don't think my wife will allow the beer into the upstairs for the initial...

Stopped at Toppling Goliath over the weekend and had both pseudoSue and Golden Nugget. I absolutely love both. There is already and extensive thread about cloning Sue, but I can't find much on cloning Golden Nugget. Malt should be pretty easy, the recipe says it is a Golden Promise malt. I...

I had a fun idea to do a Christmas brew each year for family and friends. Part of my idea is to create the recipe myself. I'm thinking of brewing an imperial version of a stout I recently brewed and had a few questions about formulating the recipe. 1- Does "imperializing" a recipe seem like...

I posted this in the all-grain thread and didn't get a response. So I'm thinking of trying to clone (or at least come close to) New Glarus Apple ale. I had a bottle left over from last year and when tasting it, it seems like a brown ale that has sweet cider added. The sweetness is definitely...

So I'm thinking of trying to clone (or at least come close to) New Glarus Apple ale. I had a bottle left over from last year and when tasting it, it seems like a brown ale that has sweet cider added. The sweetness is definitely unfermented cider not residual unfermented sugars. My idea is to...

What is the best way to retrieve a hop bag from a corny keg after dry hopping? I use a weight (4oz mason jar) to sink the hop bag to the bottom. I also keep the keg on gas while dry hopping. I just want to be able to pull the hop bag out easily. Thanks.

I brewed Jamil's 60 Shilling Scotch Ale and it is a little bit underattenuated. The final calculated abv is around 2.2%. I think the taste is pretty decent from the samples I have pulled, but I am concerned about the extremely low alcohol content. Should I attempt to add another .5% alcohol...

I have done three All-Grain batches so far- one Centennial Blonde, one of Jamil's Ordinary Bitter, and one of Jamil's 60 Schilling Scotch Ale. The first batch I had a yield of a little over 70%, but for the Ordinary Bitter and 60 Shilling I have been around 60%. I'm not quite sure what is...

I am just starting to gather supplies to go all-grain. I asked my local water utility for a water report. It is missing a few important levels- sodium, bicarbonate- but I'm on a budget and I don't want to drop an extra $40 on a full Ward Labs test. Here are my important levels: Total...

I'm looking for ways to optimize some of my brewing processes and I'm not sure if I need to look at regulating brewing temperatures. My basement temperature is a pretty consistent 59-62 degrees, however, we recently purchased our house and haven't spent a summer in it, so I'm not sure how the...

I'm planning on brewing a Vienna Lager and here is my proposed recipe. Any input is appreciated as I am trying to create my own recipe based off many others I have seen. Extract 3.15 lb NB Pilsen Extract 3.15 lb NB Munich Extract Specialty Grains 16 oz Briess Munich 12 oz Vienna Malt...

I inadvertently grabbed the Wyeast 2633 Oktoberfest yeast at Northern Brewer instead of the 2565 Kolsch yeast. Now I am looking for a recipe to brew with the Oktoberfest yeast. I don't really want to brew an Oktoberfest for drinking in midsummer, so I checked out the Wyeast website and...

I'm planning on making the Northern Brewer Kolsch <http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/kolsch-extract-kit.html> kit in a couple of weeks and I have a few questions: 1) Should I add a specialty grain to the kit? I was thinking 12oz of CaraPils. How much of a difference will the specialty...