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One of my local breweries was nice enough to tell me what they use in one of my all time favorite APAs. They use 2-row, wheat, caramalt and carafoam and finish it all off with cascade, centennial and citra hops. I want to try to re-create this but my local shop doesn't carry caramalt or...

In my past few batches I always seems to be a few points low when looking at my predicted gravity. Today, I was 9 points low. I had a predicted OG of 1.063 and ended up at 1.054. I can't figure out what else to do or try at this point. My recipe and methods are below. This was supposed to be a...

I am driving myself crazy over figuring out what happened/what I need to do to get a lower mash pH when mashing, especially lighter beers. I know the obvious answer is add acid or remove alkalinity. Here is the recipe I made 3 lbs Briess 2-Row (1.8L) 3 lbs Dingeman's Pale ale (3.9L) 10 oz...

I did a few searches on here and couldn't find anything about this. Has anyone heard of colomafrozen.com? They offer a plethora of fruit concentrates, and list what Brix it was concentrated too. Seems like everything is 100% fruit, no preservatives. It is a bit on the pricy side, looks like...

I was perusing facebook, something that's increased exponentially since the quarantine and came across an advertisement for brewbrandz.com. Apparently they are a homebrewe testing and review site, where if you sign up you get free stuff to use and paid for your reviews. So anyone hear of this...

My next batch will be the Grapefruit Pulpin 5 gallon extract kit from NB. I need some help making some decisions based on the hopping schedule and whether or not to use a secondary for this one. I know it's not necessary but I want to maximize the grapefruit peel slurry and hop flavors. The...

I have only used this carboy 1x so far. I turned it upside down to drain after cleaning and noticed this -see pic. It feels like a scratch and doesn't look like a crack. I have some uv glue from my fly tying hobby I might put in there to help reinforce it. Is it too sketchy to use? BTW it is a...

I brewed an American Wheat Ale, 1 gallon extract kit. 1lb Briess Wheat DME 7g Cascade at 45 Mins 3.5g Cascade 5 min steep before cooling. *boil was not overly vigorous as the stove was old. I re-hydrated dry yeast (American Ale, exact strain was not given) First 4 days fermented between 62...

I am not sure if anyone will have insight into this however last time I brewed I was looking up details on a the yeast I was using and it stated then attenuation was around 65%. I understand what that means. However is it theoretically possible to get all yeast strains to attenuate to 100% if...

Hey all, I just finished brewing my 2nd batch - a brown ale using Danstar Windsor Ale Yeast. The recommended range is 64 - 70. I originally set my temp controller to 65.5 knowing I lose about .5 degrees. However during peak fermentation and when the krausen was going crazy my controller was...

Hey all, new to this form and homebrewing. I got brewing equiptment as a gift. It came with an 8gal kettle and outdoor burner-at some point I'll switch to AG. I have read John Palmers how to brew book cover to cover and made a 1 gal batch that I'm planning to bottle this weekend. I understand...