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So I brewed a all grain batch of heather ale, loosely based on the AHS fraoch clone free of hops, and what I got was a bit unexpected. I think I know where the strangeness is coming from, and this is tasting a sample as I was kegging - it had a bit of sweetness to it, and yet a sour bite. It...

I have just gotten 4 20# tanks from a restaurant, interested to see if anyone is in need of them. These are the large heavy duty tanks, with fitted collars. If anyone in the Austin area is interested, please let me know. Some still have gas in them. Cheers! Sorry, put steel earlier, they...

Grain Bill 5.00 lbs 2 Row (US) 3.00 lbs Vienaa 2.25 Flaked Corn Hop Schedule 1 oz Brewers Gold @ 60 min boil 1 oz Willamette @ 5 min boil Mash 60 minute mash using 12.81 qts of water at 161.4 F to bring the mash temp to 150 F. Batch sparged, first sparge was 1.4 gallons at 168 F...

So what is the longest any of you have let a starter just kind of hang out until you pitched it? I just had one that I used today that I prepared last Saturday. Smelled ok to me, drained off most of the starter beer on top, and pitched the yeast, aside from a strong yeast smell, there was...

Grains 14.75 lbs 2 Row (US) 1.00 lbs Munich .25 lbs Crystal 20L Adjuncts 1.00 lbs Corn Sugar added at boil start Whirlfloc tablet added @ 15 min Hops 2 oz Centennial (10% Alpha) @ 60 min 2 oz Chinook (13% Alpha) @ 60 min 1 oz Centennial (10% Alpha) @ 15 min 1 oz Galena (13% Alpha) @ 5 min * 2...

Had been wanting to do a nice dry cider, with noticeable apple notes to it, but not too much sweetness. This was a very simple recipe to put together, the key is to give this time to age, it can be less than pleasant the first month in the bottles. If you give it time, and wait 3 to 4 months...

Trying my hand at putting a Coffee and cream stout together. This is just something I threw together on BeerSmith. Any feedback would be appreciated. All Grain 5 gal batch Grain Bill 9.00 lbs 2 Row 2.00 lbs Black Patent 2.00 Crystal 30 Hop Schedule 1 oz Golding @ 60 min 1 oz...

So I decided to use a Whirlfloc tablet in my latest batch. This was the first time, so I was not sure what to expect with it. I must say I was very VERY surprised at how much material was separated out. Now here is the issue. I have a Blichmann boil kettle, and I find that the downspout for...

So I am thinking about using a water bath to try and cut down on temperature variations in my fermenters. It really wouldn't be that hard for me to do, since all of them sit in a bath tub in my unused downstairs bathroom. Now the thing is, I am not sure if it is something I should add ice...

Chuck em in the trash? Compost pile? Just wondering what everyone else does with the grains the use.

So I brewed a Blonde Ale back on the 10th, pitched a 1000ml starter into it, and the fermentation has been going strong from the start. Strange things is that the krauzen just wont seem to go away. It has diminished in size - several inches at least, but there is a very thick heavy layer on top...

I am using Beer Smith, and when I go to the efficiency details screen, it lists the efficiency based on target volume, into boiler and into fermenter. So which number is the one that is most important to consider? I just did my first all grain batch, it went smooth, no issues, but I didn't...

Just got into my nut brown again. Had tried it yesterday, noticed a bit of a bite on the back end, nothing too bad, just, strange. SWMBO tried, she liked it, said it tastes like a mash up of Newcastle and Fat Tire. Did some force carbonating on it last night, nothing over 20 psi, just to try...

So how big of a MLT do I need to shoot for if I want to do 10 gal batches of all grain? I realized the grain bill has an impact, but is a 5gal cooler enough? Or should I just step up to the 10gal round cooler?

Now I understand, and have done forced carbonation, just haven't really been happy with it every time. I think it is a matter of getting the pressure just so, and time. Now I have a keg that a "naturally" carbonated with priming sugar, let it hang out for 8 or 9 days now, and would like to...

I am sure that the reason I am puzzled by the change in the color is simply that I have switched to a glass primary, and actually get to see what is going on in there, but... About 24 hrs into the primary, my braggot took off, starting blowing off a lot of CO2 and developed a nice krausen on...

So has anyone ever brewed using out of date yeast, and if so, what were the results? I have a braggot that I did yesterday, and pitched some yeast from the LHBS that was about 2 weeks past the expire date. Used 3 tubes and some Fermax nutrient, but I was wondering if anyone else has used old...

I am brewing a partial grain braggot today. Going to be a pretty big one, and I am not sure if I am going the right way on the yeast. I took an all grain recipe into my LHBS, talked it over with the group there to convert it to a mini mash. Pretty happy with that part. I was going to go with...

I am trying to figure out how to convert an all grain braggot recipe to a mini mash, since I am not yet set up for all grain brewing. The grain bill isn't huge on this, but I figure that the easiest thing to do would be to convert the 2 row pale malt to a liquid extract and leave the rest of the...

So I have a batch of stout in my secondary at the moment. I noticed on the top of the beer, some pale circles floating there. It doesn't seem that they have have increased in size, they are just kind of there. Very small, from .5 to maybe 1.5 mm in diameter, and not covering the entire surface...