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Here is my idea for a "double IIPA" Low on the malt and heavy on the hops. 6gal batch 13lbs 2-row 4lbs Flaked Maize 1lb Corn sugar 1oz Apollo-FWH 1oz Zeus-90 min 1oz Summit-60 min 1oz Chinook-45 min 1oz Columbus-30 min 1oz Simcoe-15 min 1oz Amarillo-15 min 1oz Cascade-10 min...

Just a question, I know a Wee Heavy is suppose to be very malty but just for fun can you dry hop with some spicy hops, like hallertau? maybe like 0.5 oz? I might be going off the deep end on this one, I only breason I bring it up cause I just brewed a Wee Heavy and becasue I put in in my frig...

Well last weekend I took my family camping and let my Wee Heavy Scotch ale sit in my brew room at 70 deg. Well the AC went out that while we were gone. When we got back on sunday the house was 90 deg. The Wee Heavy was pretty much done fermenting when we left. So I freaked and suck the fermenter...

I have been wanting to brew a lager or bock beer for some time now. I got me a frige that gets down into the 40s. I have brewed lots of ales, but my question is how do I go about getting the wort cooled down to a point were I can pitch the yeast. I have a chiller, but I live in arizona were the...

Got a crazy Idea, I have heard of DFH's Imperial Pilsner. I got about 4 oz of Spalt and 2 oz of Pheonix hops for free, just wanted to get some ideas for a IPA or should I do a SMASH beer? Would these two hops go well with each other? What would be a cool recipe? Thanks for the help yall!

Okay so I had made some what of a blonde ale, 8lbs-2row 1/2lb- buscit malt 1/2lb- honey malt 1/2lb- cara foam 2lbs- Maize 2lbs- Orange Blossum Honey I "thought" the honey was a good idea, I added it into the primary and racked the wort over it. My OG was 1.081 with the honey and now (3...

I just racked my honey rye ale into my botteling bucket and noticed it was cloudy, like a wheat beer. Is that normal? I used 10# 2-row, 2# rye, 1/2#carapils and I put 1.5#s of honey into the primary. Just wonder, it smells great, I just wasnt sure if a rye beer is cloudy, thanks !

Thanks for the welcome! I will start this off by asking for some help... Here is my plans for a Honey Blond Ale 8lbs 2-Row 2lbs Maize 0.5lbs Honey Malt 0.5lbs Buscuit Malt (maybe 2lbs orange blossom honey)??? would this make it too dry??? I have nugget, columbus, spalt, nothern...

Hey yall, Just wanted to get your opinion on this recipe.. 8lbs 2-row 2lbs Maize 0.5lb honey malt 0.5lb buscuit malt 2lbs Orange Blossom Honey 1oz Spalt 60min 1oz Columbus 10 min Its kindda a twist on Chris Knights Corn Fed Blond recipe. What do yall think? Thanks!

Hello, yes I have heard all about the do's and don'ts of using sugar in you beer, so ha I beat you to the punch! My question is when using plane table sugar (melting in boiled water and let cool) in beer, how may gravity points does it add. Say if you wanted to boost the ABV, and you added 1...