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    Adding Honey to a Pale Ale ??

    Hello, I going to brew a Pale Ale / Blonde Ale on Sat. The recipe seems good, I pulled it from HBT. Can I add 1/2 - 1 pound of honey? I like the flavor and smoothness it gives a beer (my Brown Ales). I don't want to mess up the flavors, and I'm not trying to match any styles or anything. I'm...
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    Conditioning Beer

    Hello, what is the rule of thumb for contitioning beer? I have a 6.1% ABV beer. I used 6lbs LME, 2lbs honey, about 1lb grains, hops, ect. I fermented it for 3 weeks and it ended at 1.014. I racked it for 1 week to clear, and racked to a keg. I hit it with co2 for 2 weeks. The beer is carbed...
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    Question about adding honey

    Hello, I have a brown ale in the keg. Its about 1 day till its ready to drink. I'm force carbing, in my kegerator. When I brewed it, I added 2 pounds of honey at the end of the boil. The brew tastes good, but I added a spoon full of raw honey in my glass and filled it with the beer, it tastes...
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    Samuel Adams Boston Lager Clone

    Hello, I have a strange request. I really enjoy drinking Samuel Adams Boston Lager and would like to make it at home. The problems are, I don't have a place to make a lager, and I'm not really set up for all grain. So, is there a clone close-enough for a Samuel Adams Boston Lager (Ale)...
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    Yeast Starters ?????

    Hello, I just made my first yeast starter. I read and watched a lot of videos on You-Tube & I think I did everything right. Now I'm just sitting here wondering if all the work was worth it. Did I do something wrong, did I sanitize everything, did I put enough yeast in?????? I don't want to brew...
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    Low OG on first all grain ???

    Hello, I brewed my first all grain last night, it's a blonde ale. Everything went as planed, and I hit all temp's but after the cool down I pulled a reading and it was 1.041 @ 70 degrees. Its should have been around 1.068. I will be adding strawberry's in secondary, to make it a strawberry...
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    All Grain to Partial Mash

    Hello, I am looking for a good Strawberry Blonde Ale:tank:, and I found this one. Its all grain & I was hoping someone could convert this to a Partial or extract. Posted By: brewchez So we tapped into that strawberry blonde Saturday at 2PM. At 5PM people were yelling at me; "Hey, I...
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    Taps are hard to open

    I have a new double tap tower. When there is water or cleaner in the lines it opens great. When I first run beer through the lines and pour a draft, it also works good. When it sits for a day or so, the taps are real hard to open, you have to really pull on them (it feels like its frozen shut...
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