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Well I went down today to take a gravity reading and perhaps perform the dry hopping. Take the lid off the fermentor and the krausen hasn't dropped at all yet. Didn't even bother with the reading, put the lid back on and walked away. Figure this experiment needs at least a few more days before I...

Well I had better come clean with you guys, this is already in the fermenter as is. Last week I started playing around with this recipe on brewers friend and ended up running to my LHBS on the way home from work one evening and getting the supplies, brewed it on Saturday. As is usually the...

First I am hearing of this procedure, but that is no surprise as I am still a bit of a newbie. Sounds like it might work well and I'd be interested to give it a try, but as I only have one keg at the moment... Definitely something worth trying down the road though.

Very interesting, I guess I didn't take into account the residual sweetness that all that Amber LME might leave behind. I was trying to boost the OG to around 1.065-1.070, hopefully end up around the 7% abv range. I realize I did get a bit carried away with the carafoam/flaked wheat, but I...

I have created this IPA recipe and was hoping some of you fine brewers could have a look and let me know what you think, things you would change etc. Recipe is as follows: 3.3lbs Amber LME (late addition @ 15 min) 3.3lbs Maris Otter LME (late addition @ 15 min) 2.5 lbs Light DME 1lb Crystal 20...

Checked the gravity on my Belgian golden tonight, down to 1.020 from 1.070. Been in primary for four weeks now. This was a partial mash recipe so now I'm debating bottling this weekend or waiting a while longer to see if it gets any lower. Used wyeast 1388. Think it may be done due to the...

Have a Belgian style Golden Ale in primary right now, once that hits the right gravity, straight into bottles. When the primary is finally freed up, I have an IPA recipe I came up with and hope to brew by the last week in October.

Well I tried an experiment last night, per the discussions above, I added a tiny amount of baking soda dissolved in water to a glass before tapping a pint of this porter. I have come to the conclusion that my issue here is twofold. The baking soda did help with head retention, but only...

I'm not that far down I78 from you Coal Cracker.

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone. I'm already starting to learn a lot from you fellas. Think I'm going to enjoy it here.

Excellent read Denny, thank you. I did not use a yeast starter, simply re-hydrated the yeast per the packet instructions and pitched. I wonder if that might be a big part of my issue since this beer had an OG of 1.061. I must admit though, I am a bit intrigued by the calcium carbonate which...

Hey guys, I recently put together this recipe and so far I am pretty pleased, with the exception of the fact that the head retention for this beer is pretty much non-existent. 2-3 minutes after tapping a glass from the keg, the head is completely gone. I was thinking of adding about a half...

Hey everyone, just wanted to introduce myself. I'm John, from Eastern PA. Just getting back into homebrewing after a long hiatus. At this point I am a partial mash brewer, but I would love to take the leap to all grain once the funds are available (I have two wonderful little girls so I don't...