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If I had a sensible thought to articulate, I would place it here. Instead I offer to you, with mouth agape.... "The crushable American lager features Minnesota Pilsner barley malt and flaked corn," Hormel writes. "With this delicious corn chip-flavored base, Modist Brewing Co. added a...

Would anyone care to share their opinion on the idea that Vienna malt is made by maltsters by just combining 85% Pils or Pale and 15% Munich malts? Has anyone tried to DIY this Vienna malt mixture, and do you think it's comparable to regular Vienna malt? Thanks for sharing

Ukrainian brewery Pravda released their recipes and stopped making beer when the war started. Relevant link: https://beerstreetjournal.com/ukrainan-brewery-pravada-starts-international-collab/ I was interested in the golden ale recipe, "Putin is a dick," but the OG is above 1.070 and the...

My LHBS closed down in February. :( I've been exploring the world of online grain suppliers and see that I'll be paying much more than I once was, especially for German and other European malts. I think we all know about the global grain shortage on top of the general price increases for...

Hello, I found a fun book in my library, titled "Wines and Beers of Old New England" by Sanborn C. Brown. Very fun. Published 1978, so it's not exactly ancient. On page 57, the author has just explained how malt was made historically, and in a section called "Modern Equivalents," he...

Have you ever used cider yeast for beer? If so, how did it go? Pardon the silly question, I only have cider yeast on hand at the moment, and a friend is in town who wants to learn a bit about brewing. We are sort of improvising on a pale wheat ale. There's a winter storm here as well...

I just tried this citrus wheat ale, it's quite delicious! It tastes like a blank palette: no fermentation aroma, no aftertaste, no hop floral notes. Very easy to drink. 4% abv. I love the style. I found the brewers discussing the beer here: ====== ====== Notes for my future attempts: Low...

Is it ok to clean a bottle with a cap (swing tops or plastic bottles), then spray a few blasts of Starsan, cap them, and store till next brew day? My thinking is that this is ok with a bottle of sanitizer, so why not with a beer bottle with a few ml of sanitizer too? Or do I need to dry all...

Hello, Has anyone found that adding orange peel zest to the boil results in an oily film on the top of the fermenter? I'm curious if this is normal or if I did it wrong. I washed 1 Walmart navel orange with soap in hot water briefly. Then grated just the orange colored outer peel. 5 min boil...

I am trying to make a fluid transfer tool using a plastic Y connector and some lengths of hose. My hose is 8mm ID. I see connectors listed with 7.2mm or 8.8mm ID. My fear is that going from 8mm to 8.8mm tube, even for a couple inches, might create a frothy chamber that oxidizes or agitates...

This is my go to recipe. Great for cheap and lazy brewers like me. I am posting the recipe after 15+ brews across several variations. If you want to try something easy and a bit different, this one is dead simple. I add Hibiscus for some floral notes and perceived sweetness/tartness, and...

Just a curious question here. Made a hoppy brown ale with extract and a little steeping grains, using some random "US Ale" yeast (I think it's comparable to US-05). OG 12.8 Bx/ 1.052. Took some gravity readings and got a steady 5.5 brix for three days. Decided to bottle at day 16. That day...

Hi, I think I may have made my amber ale much more bitter than I intended. Can anyone shed light on what I am going to get? My plan was to steep some grains and add LME to make a quick brew day instead of doing a mash. My steeping grains were a very small addition of pale malt and carapils...

I am interested in creating a sweet wine or hooch by pushing yeast past its alcohol tolerance so that some sugars are left unfermented. I do not want to make something that is 15-20% alcohol if I can help it. Are there any yeast strains that crap out around 5-10%? Ideally something fairly...

Hi, I got some pH strips to test that my Star San solution stays under 3. I find the strips a little difficult to read (is that orangish color 3 or 4?) I won't be buying a very expensive meter but I might buy a cheaper one. I am curious if anyone has experience with these $10 Amazon "pen"...

Hi everybody, I wanted to post this as it's a little different. If you are a curious person, this is a very low-effort, low-risk experiment that could fit on your kitchen countertop. The recipe is dead simple, and I found it to be the tastiest thing I had ever made. And the season is coming...

Sorry for another post about this, but I wanted to collect and share some of my records to help paint a picture... Basically my ciders are typically rather low carbonation, especially compared to my beers. They are more like a lightly sparkling wine. This isn't so bad but I'm just so curious...

This past year I tried a few lagers and liked them quite a bit. I was afraid lager required a special setup, but it's been OK in a lazy, ambient temperature situation like mine (50-65 F). I thought the yeast was a delicate little flower but it is tougher than it's reputation implies! I...

I have an app with beer recipes called DIY dog. Under the recipe for "77 lager" they include a brewing tip: "Watch out for collecting too much wort. Collecting too much liquid from run off (under 1008) may impart massive and undesired 'grainy' flavours into the beer." I've never encountered...

Hello, I was wondering if anyone had tips for maximizing head and foam. This is especially hard for me in extract recipes. I've been doing some research before posting. Looks like adding wheat helps (does this include wheat extract?) and "cara" type steeping grains. I'm seeing mixed...