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So I came up with an idea last night for an American India Brown Ale. Basically, an American brown ale with an OG of 1.070, 70 IBU's (using American hops), and SRM of 30-36. Here is a recipe I tossed together in Promash: ------------------------------------------- American 2-row: 11.5 lbs...

Hey guys - I just transferred by amber ale to secondary, but I missed by final gravity by 2 or 4 points. That is certainly nothing to worry about, but now technically I am outside of the style guidelines, and this makes me wonder about attenuation. Does anyone have any good links to...

Hey guys - I use bleach for cleanliness in my carboys. I use iodophor for sanitation in all points of my brewing technique (I am not kegging, and I haven't had to use acid cleaners yet). I went to the local homebrew club meeting, and I said I used bleach for cleanliness. I was bombarded by...

Hey guys - With all of the barelywines making it onto the shelves now, I've gotten around to trying a few of them. One of the ones I tried, Anchor's Old Foghorn, is just awful! It has an organic solvent smell/taste to it, which seems to fade after allowing the beer to breathe for 10 minutes...

YES! So me and a buddy went in together on a pound of fresh Cascade, a pound of fresh EKG, and a pound of fresh Fuggles. We got 28 ounces of fresh Cascade, 36 ounces of fresh Fuggles, and 34 ounces of fresh EKG. That is 204% of what we ordered! Needless to say, we reformulate the pale...

Hey guys - I really want to try some Dogfish Head IPA's, but they aren't available here. Is there someone out there who I could work something out with?

I have done a few searches, but I'm not turning up many results. I'm looking for a typical American Amber/Red AG recipe, that uses mainly Cascade for hops and 2-row as the base. I found a few on BYO. If you've got a favorite, please let me know.

So I did my first mini-mash at a brew-in with the local club Sunday morning. This was my third batch, and it is an oatmeal stout kit from Austin Homebrew. I made a mistake and used twice as much mash water as I should have, so I went into overdrive to drop the temperature. Still had starch...

Hey there - Does anyone use Iodophor for their starch conversion testing? It has iodine in it, right?

Hello everyone - I want to make a hop purchase, 4 or 5 pounds from hopsdirect, but I'm not sure which strains to get. For what its worth, I plan to make a red ale, amber ale, and wheat ale in my next few batches. How long will fresh hops keep if they are put in mason jars and kept out of...

Hello everyone - I started a cider project last night. I have two 1-gallon batches. In one of the batches, I just poured the juice from the bottle into the jug, added the starter, and airlocked it. I was a bit more ambitious with the second. I added cloves, pumpkin pie spice, and about...

Ok, I just brewed by second batch up last night, and I'm too excited about all of these different types of beers to pick the third one! I won't be able to brew this for another 2.5 weeks, and I'll probably wait until I get a wort chiller to start it. Anyway... I really like hops. I really...

I have a plethora of wine bottles that I would like to use as gifts. They have no lip, so they are uncappable. Is there anything I need to be aware of when using corks? Can I get away without waxing them?

Hello everyone, great forum here. I started my first batch last night, and in my excitement, I added the yeast to the cooling wort, instead of waiting for it to reach 75 degrees. I checked the temperature, and it was around 150. I didn't see any activity this morning, and the local brew...