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Hey all, I took the basic frame of a recipe, changed amounts of the grain to have more, changed the hops around completely. Looking for opinions (like if the hallertau addition is a waste, which I kind of suspect) Any refinements I should make? Kind of want to just make it and see what...

Ok, so I wanna brew an English pale ale and I found a recipe on this site for Honkers ale and added some biscuit malt to it. I've never created a recipe before or modified a recipe so not sure what things taste like looking at them on paper. The recipe is for a 4 gallon batch 5lb British...

Anyone use one of these? It's a temperature controlled conical fermenter. I'm dreaming of a major equipment upgrade and saw this. Reasonably priced. I am using the most basic of basic equipment. Only 6 beers into brewing. What say you people? Disclaimer: I have done zero research beyond seeing...

So here's the sitch. Everything was going along great for my 3rd batch of beer ever. I sanitized like crazy, I hit all my temps and even got within 4 points of my target OG. The problem started when I forgot to put the damn immersion chiller into the boil 15 min before like I always have. For...

Ok, noob question. The "boil size" in the recipe is 8.48 gallons. I assume this means that I have to either get that much wort or top up the kettle to that amount with water to make that much wort? If that is correct why is that? Why is it so much more than other recipes? Will my kettle boil...

Hey, I'm a noob thinking about brewing my second batch of all grain. I've never done any brewing before first batch, except for Mr Beer in college (which tasted a lot like vinegar but we drank it anyway). I found a recipe I want to try but the grain bill is just in percentages. How do I...

Ok here's the situation. A buddy of mine and myself were talking about brewing beer forever. We made plans to split on equipment to make it cheaper. Over time I ended up buying or making everything required to brew except the mash tun. He made the mash tun (which broke during our first brew day...