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My lbhs is a 2.5 hour drive each way, so when I shop there I usually get the ingredients for a couple of batches at a time. So a little over a month and a half ago I ordered 2 batches of ingredients. When I got them home I noticed the pack of hornindal kveik yeast I bought was pretty full of...

So I have gotten a wild hair to brew my first barleywine. I have chosen an NHC medal winning recipe for the attempt, so I don't have to think about recipe creation. I have attached a copy of the recipe below. So far my strongest beer has been about 7.5% abv. That beer went well and was very...

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Yesterday, I listened to a back episode of experimental brewing podcast (ep. 130). In the episode, Denny and Drew interview a couple of fellas from the Grainfather community app about a new hop utilization formula being used in the app that is supposed to be more representative of actual IBU's...

This is my first ground up recipe creation, so I'm a little unsure of what to expect from it, and would appreciate the hive mind's input please.:) I really enjoy rye beers and wanted to create a nice rye PA that was flavorful but not too complex, with a good balance between the malt and hops...

I'm brewing a partial mash/steeping grain with extract version of one of my favorite AG recipes tomorrow. Wondering if I should add minerals to the water for the partial mash/steep portion or if I should just roll with the water as is? Recipe : 3G batch, OG 1.057, 70% eff 2# Golden Light DME...

I have an all grain recipe that I am trying to convert to extract. Am wondering if I put rye malt grain in with the specialty grains and steep, will it convert and yield similar results as in the all grain recipe? I know I can get rye extract, but don't need the volume and would rather not...

I brewed a 3G batch of Yoopers oatmeal stout on Sunday. Pitched a pack of Wyeast british ale II @ 3:15, 64*. Checked this morning, no activity and the fermenter still @ 64*. I decided to raise the temp up to 67 and swirled the wort to try and rouse the yeast. Still nothing. I've ramped the...

My municipal water is no good, so I brew with distilled water. Ordered some di water for my next brew day from my local Wally world. Picked it up and got it home, only to discover that they had substituted my usual water brand for a brand made for baby formula that has stuff added to the...

I brewed a batch of Denny's Rye smile IPA on 10/4. I pitched the yeast, wy1450, a little cool 61*. Fermentation progressed very slowly for the next 5 days, in the mid to low 60's and then I let the temp rise to 73-74*, where it has sat for the last 15 days. The air lock activity never got...

I brewed a batch of @Denny rye smile IPA today. Brew day went really smooth and the hydrometer sample tastes amazing. I brought the wort down to about 80* with my chiller and then dropped the fermenter into an ice water bath to take it the rest of the way to pitch temp (63*). Well life happened...

So I'm fermenting a tropical pale ale with wyeast 1318. It's been going now for about 48 hours. I keep my fermenter in a mostly out of the way corner in my kitchen, but close enough that I can keep an eye on it. Tonight I sit down at the kitchen table to eat dinner and I hear this weird noise...

Recently my brew house efficiency has been going up on every batch. I started out in the high 60 to low 70% range, but my last 3 batches have been 81, 83, and 85%. My next brew is planned to have an OG of 1.073 @ my original 70% efficiency. If it comes in at even 80 percent it will be a much...

Looking for a little guidance, mostly on hops for this recipe. I did a version of this recipe last year using magnum as the bittering hop and citra for flavor and aroma. Through a comedy of errors I never got to taste the beer finished, but the post fermentation hydrometer sample was a total...

So I bottled a batch of @Yooper's hoppy amber ale today, and as I'm dumping the yeast cake down the drain a question popped into my head: Can this go in the compost bin? I've been composting my grains for a while now, but never thought about dumping the yeast cake in too. Does anyone have any...

Disclaimer: Long post Several years ago I made an extract kit from my LHBS that came out really good. They called it a "Medium Irish Ale". It was a mildly hopped light Irish Red Ale about 25 IBU and 7-8 SRM. The original recipe called for 6.6 lbs golden light LME, 1 # golden light DME, .5#...

I'm curious how one would go about creating a low ABV session ale recipe that tastes good? Something in the 2-4% range that actually has flavor and doesn't taste like BMC. It's warm where I live most of the year, so I don't drink much stout, but I enjoy a nice flavorful Amber or pale ale. I...

Hi everyone, I had an epic bottling day today all because my capper was giving me all kinds of grief. Let me go ahead and say that kegging is not an option, so let's just skip that whole conversation. I have the basic wing style capper that comes in most of the starter kits and have used it...

This is my first time doing water adjustment. I am using distilled water as my base and Bru'n water for calculations. I measured out my additions and added them to my kettle. Then said to dissolve. Water is very murky. Can't see the bottom of the kettle. Is this normal? I added 1g gypsum, 1g...

I'm planning on brewing a rye brown ale for my next batch and was thinking that adding some Caraway seeds to it might spice things up a bit. I've never used spices in a beer before and am looking for any advice or suggestions folks might have. I'm wondering if I should reduce the amount of...