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Looking for someone with some experience brewing NZ pale ales here... I'm thinking a relatively pale/blonde grist. MO and a bit of light munich. Maybe a touch of honey malt. 30 IBUish, 1.045-1.050ish. Probably re-pitch some Imperial Juicy although I'm not really going for an NEIPA type thing...

I've been on a bit of a British kick of late and although I've brewed plenty of bitters in the past I've usually tended to stick with 1968 London ESB or1469 West Yorkshire. Recently I picked up a pack of 1028 London Ale and am a bit surprised by Wyeast's style recommendations for it. They're...

I got a request to post my recipe for Black Forest Cake Imperial Porter so here it is. This is a fantastic holiday sipper. Medium heavy with lots of dark malt and chocolate flavour but nicely balanced with some acidity from the cherries. Dangerously drinkable despite its high ABV. It calculates...

Just finished harvesting a bumper crop of sour cherries. I have more than enough set aside for eating/baking etc. so I saved the last 4 kg to meet a boozy demise. Here's what I'm thinking if anyone has done something similar and has any suggestions, fire away. I'm going for something slightly...

Well... trying to do too many things at once and I froze my starter by forgetting to put the STC thermo probe inside my freezer while I was cold crashing my starter. I'm sure the safe bet would be to just brew something else and order some new yeast but I really wanted to have a weissbier on the...

I'm just about to get myself a scoby and give kombucha brewing a shot. Brewing the sweet tea and the primary fermentation seem pretty straightforward but I wonder about bottling and secondary fermentation. Most of the recipes I see online recommend adding flavourings (juices, fruits, etc.) at...

Hi Folks, Maybe a dumb question here but... I've kegged for a number of years but my kegs have always been ball lock cornies without the plastic guarding on top so I've always just used a wrench or vice grips to remove the posts. Recently I bought a couple more kegs but they were the...

Hi folks I recently switched from a 3v batch sparge system to BIAB no-sparge. Yesterday I brewer an APA and was way off my mash pH as predicted by Brun Water (on my old system I found Brun Water to be pretty accurate although I have changed many variables since then). Used RO water, full...

Hey folks, Just did my first brew on a recirculating eBIAB system. In that case I used a mesh basket but I don't love it for a few reasons so I want to try it out using my original (but yet untested) plan which is a bag and false bottom. Who's successful with this sort of setup and what...

I put my new eBIAB system through its first brew yesterday and everything went smooth. Hit all my numbers except the OG, which is what I don't understand. Est Mash Eff = 74.5% Meas Mash Eff = 72.2% Est Pre-Boil Vol = 7.38 gal Measured Boil vol = 7.4 gal Est Pre-Boil Gravity = 1.043...

Well I am finally taking the plunge to eBIAB. I've been brewing for about 15 years, most of that on some form of propane fired 3 vessel system (currently a converted keggle/cooler system). While it's been a great system for me, I would like to be able to brew in the basement (nasty climate in...

Hi folks, I'm in the process of putting together an eBIAB setup and am wondering about peoples experiences with whirlpool port positions. Right now the plan is to use a side pickup for the outlet (at the bottom of the kettle) and to also position the whirlpool port at the same height as the...

So it's probably inevitable that I will switch over to electric at some point in the next year or two. I'm thinking something like these: http://www.ontariobeerkegs.com/Tri_Clamp_Heating_Element_10_Gallon_SS_p/10gal-mashking-wtc-kettle.htm...

First time using YB Saison Blend here and it looks to have stalled out around 1.030. OG was 1.058. Mashed at 150. Nothing unusual about the grain bill - I've done slight variants of this beer a number of times. Well oxygenated and pitched an estimated 230 B cells of healthy yeast from a starter...

AKA Red Betty IPA (in the US I think). NOT aka Racer 5. Anyone had any luck cloning this beer? It's easily my favourite IPA produced in Canada and one of my top overall. Specifications and malt/hops are on their website so it was fairly easy reverse engineering this in BeerSmith. From...

Hi folks, I'm going to brew a saison on Thursday and have about 200 billion cells of WLP565 on the stir plate right now. I plan to co-pitch with YB Amalgamation but despite brewing many saisons I have never done this before. Any thoughts as to how many cells to target for the Amalgamation...

Hi Folks, Been brewing for >10 years and I currently have a pretty typical 3 vessel keggle setup but am thinking of going eBIAB (not ready to get rid of my current brewery - just thinking about a 2nd one for the fleet!) for a number of reasons: - Brew in the basement instead of the...

Hard to find funky saisons where I live so I thought I'd try my hand at fermenting with Brett. It will be a pitch onto WLP565 saison yeast cake. Question for the Brett portion of the fermentation: would I be best pitching at start of primary or pitching when racking to secondary? I was...