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Maybe this should be in the beginner forum, however every time I keg and I sample after 4-5 days I get that carbonic acid bite. Usually after about 2 weeks it’s gone. Is that normal or am I doing something wrong? I usually put it under 20psi for 24 hours or so and then turn it down to serving...

I had a bunch of left over malts from different batches that I wanted to use up. So i used and AI program to make a recipe based on the available ingredients. Ill put the recipe below. It doesn't fit into any BJCP category though, other then Experimental, so where do you think it fits best...

I've been brewing for a while now. Almost 10 years now,sheesh. Time flies. Half of that was in S Florida where apparently the tap water is great for brewing. I always made decent beer. Moved to Wisconsin and my tap water sucks, took me a while to figure that out 🙃. So now I build my brewing...

So I brewed a Belgian Dubbel. Everything went great on brew day. Put 5.5 gallons of wort at 1.076. Pitched Wyeast 1214 Belgian Abbey Style yeast. After 3 weeks I had a stable gravity of 1.015. Beer tasted awesome. I wanted to keg condition for another month or so, so I added 3.5 Oz of table...

I'm trying to build a single vessel EBIAB setup. However I don't have the skill or the patience to build a control panel/box. What are some of the prebuilt units available for a 220v element? I'm having a difficult time tracking down what I want. So far iv run across the Brew Commander, and one...

Well scary to me. I made a version of Yoopers Fizzy Yellow beer, I started with 8 gallons because I had a 2 gallon boil off with my last batch. This time I onlly had a little more then a gallon boil off, so since 7 gallons wont fit in my bucket, I put the remaining gallon into my...

I made a beer with 9 lbs. of Marris Otter and 4 lbs. of Munich I mashed at 158, I wanted it to be really malty. The OG was 1.072 and I pitched 1 rehydrated packet of t-58 In 5 days in dropped to 1.032, 4 days later it was at 1.030 and thats as far as it went. I gave it 2 more weeks and it...

I have and oppurtunity to enter a BJCP judged competition, however my entry was only bottled today 1-24-15. It needs to be submitted by the 31st. That is only 8 days of bottle conditioning. I am leaning towards submitting if it is carbonated by then, but for those that have entered...

5 lbs. 2 Row Pale Malt 1 lbs. Biscuit Malt 1 lbs. Crystal 20 .5 oz. Amarillo Gold 60 min. .5 oz. Amarillo Gold 35 min. .5 oz. Tettnang 10 min 1 Packet US-05 1.5 oz. Amarillo Gold -Dry Hop 3 days .5 oz. Fuggles -Dry Hop 3 days 60 Min. Boil Mash in at 154 My favorite beer that I have made so...

I am making a Belgian style ale today, and a recipe I found called for Caravienne, but the LHBS didn't have any and I didn't want to put Crystal 20 in yet another beer,(seems like it's been in almost all of mine), so I subbed in Honey Malt. What am I in for as far as flavor? I have never used...

About 3 or 4 months ago I made a batch of Yooper's DFH 60 Min. Clone. It turned out good. I didn't get good efficiency, so it a little light in color, and not as sweet. I put a bunch of them in the fridge a month ago, and after cracking some this weekend I had super clear beer, and a much...

I bottled my first Belgian, and put some in 1 Liter Bottles, and some in 16oz. PET plastic bottles. First it carbed up in 9 days, which seemed really fast to me. (I squeezed the bottles, they were hard as a rock) After 2 weeks I sampled the partial bottle I had, it tasted great was nicely...

I made a continually hopped IPA, using Amarillo and Simcoe for the continuous blend (equal parts a few pellets at a time). My 60 Min. was Warrior. I'm still learning my hops flavors, so any feed back would be helpful. :D The beer has a very slight "funk" right at the begining, but it doesn't...

I took an idea from a podcast, the person wanted to know if he could drill hundreds of holes in a bucket and use that as a " brew bag". I took a bucket and drilled lots of holes in the bottom, when you set into another bucket it leaves abou 3 inches for your grain bag to drain. ThEn I used a...

I made a 5 gallon batch of a IPA, and pitched 1 pack of dry S-04. Later I was putting the recipe into Beer Smith and it said I should have used 2. It has been in primary for 10 days and initial fermentation (bubbling) has stopped. So should I pitch another, or just leave it be?

I have a handful of batches under my belt, and I want to do a Belgian for a friends anniversary. Please let me know what you think of this recipe, and any suggestions are more than welcome. Thanks much. :mug: 5.0 gallon BIAB 12 lbs. Pilsner 2 Row 1.5 lbs. Belgian Candy Sugar (amber)...