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I absolutely love me some Surly Bitter Brewer in the Summertime! I found a recipe online which is the following: 4# thomas fawcett optic 3# canada malting pale ale malt .75# simpsons golden naked oats 0.38# english medium crystal 0.05 english roasted barley Sacch Rest: 153 deg for 60...

Has anyone tried watering down like 6 gals of really high gravity wort into 10 gals of a light beer? I have a party coming up, I need 10 gals, my capacity is 5 gals, but would like to try to knock it out in one brew. Is this a terrible idea?

My biggest problem is my basement is too cold (55-65 throughout the year). I want to make a cart where the bottom half is an insulated SOF hybrid. I want to use a fermwrap to heat, and I'd like to use two computer fans to cool, one blowing in, one blowing out, and and stc-1000 to control it all...

I've read everywhere that temperature control makes a huge difference in your beer quality. My problem is I'm lazy and cheap, so I do not wish to build a device to control the temperature of my fermentation. However, I do have a basement, which stays pretty constant in temperature, fluctuating...

I would appreciate any expertise, especially if it makes me feel better! I made a barleywine (5 gals, 22# grain bill, and 13 oz of citra hops) and was taking a reading of the gravity, and the smell made my nose tingle, kinda like how vinegar does, but it had a weird smell, kind of sour, but I...

Has anyone aged a mead on lees? If so, how long and how did it turn out? Is it really as bad as some people make it out to be? Thanks Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Does anyone know how hops fair with wind burn? I have a pontoon with no canopy. I want to build a pergola on it and zip tie some pots to the base with vines growing up it to provide some shade and give it a fun look, naturally I thought of hops first to give it a dual purpose. My boat only goes...

Made a session IPA w about 15% rye in it 2 weeks ago, I think I'm going to bottle 3 of the 5 gals this weekend, and play around with the other 2 by making 2 different flavored 1 gallon variants. Any suggestions what flavored pair well with rye? I'm very open to any crazy suggestions and will...

Just wondering if anyone who wants a smokey beer just uses a little bit of liquid smoke, say at the end of the boil, instead of buying smoked malt? Is there any reason not to? I'm kicking around the idea of using some in the barleywine portion of a parti gyle this weekend.

MY WATER (WELL) IS TERRIBLE, SUPER RUSTY. MY PARENTS LIVE ABOUT 15 MINS AWAY, AND THEIR WATER (WELL) IS FANTASTIC, SLIGHTLY HARD. SO I BROUGHT 2EA 5GAL WATER JUGS AND FILLED THEM UP IN THEIR KITCHEN SINK B/C MY DAD TOLD ME HE WAS 100% SURE THE KITCHEN SINK BYPASSED THE WATER SOFTENER. I MADE MY...

I made a mead a little over 2 months ago. It was 20 lbs of honey, water to get it to 5 gals (about 3.3 gals) and lavlin ec-118 yeast. I had a brown out (all night drinking) and didn't remember or write down the og, but using a calculator, i was able to approximate it at 1.142. It has been in my...