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It's been a few years since I brewed. I'm looking to brew up a double-batch of drinkable IPA, with some of my favorite hops as the showcase. i would like it to be crisp, with a bit of malty backbone but hoppy as hell. What are your thoughts on the following recipe...

I'm hoping to ferment a braggot (raspberry brown ale with 50-60% honey) with san fransisco lager yeast. It worked really well for me in the past, and I washed and preserved about 1 cup of the yeast from my last batch a few months ago. It's been in a sterilized container in the fridge since...

I really want to max out my 15g mash tun. So bad. I'm planning to do a double batch of an ipa. I'm calculating a gravity for 11 gallons of beer with 35 lbs of grain of about 1.080, given my expected efficiency. My question is just how heavily should I hop this thing to try and hit 70 IBU...

I have a batch of cider/graf that was bottled and the FG must not have been low enough. There is waaaaay too much carbonation in there. BUT, I thought to try throwing an orange slice in there and it literally seemed to eat up the head. I mean it almost looked like a chemical reaction (and...

I need some HBT help! I'm envisioning a high gravity barleywine with a subtle hop presence but a smoothness and bite that come from adding an amount of fresh-brewed espresso. Yes, I'm talking about my cheap-o espresso machine that can actually make a good cup if I leave out the burnt crap at...

Do you think running a finished and primed beer through an ounce or two of leaf hops at bottling time would result in a more fresh aroma than dry hopping for a week or two in secondary? I usually seem to detect a resinous grassy flavor when I dry hop, and really just want the floral/citrus...

Just an fyi to new brewers, or ones that have been around for a few years. Just long enough for the equipment to start going a little haywire! I haven't been hitting my target OG's lately, and much of the problem was due to mashing temps I think. I followed the instructions in this article...

Has anyone seen or used this type of product before? http://www.amazon.com/HoneyTrees-Imitation-Honey-12-Ounce-Plastic/dp/B000YSVLVU What little I can find of it is regarding the digestive properties (or lack thereof). It's technically a hydrogenated glucose syrup. A report by the WHO...

Hey it's my second season of cider making. I tried two 'slight' graff recipes last year, and wasn't very happy with them. I would like a end result with good body and decent residual sweetness, with apple and caramel flavors, with a touch of bitterness from the hops. Like drinking an apple...

I'm Looking for anyone with experience with this grape. From what I can find, it's a French hybrid variety that will produce a fruity red wine. And at $0.45 per pound is pretty cheap (comparatively). Any ideas for a recipe to follow? I'm familiar with Jack Keller's website, but I'm not...

Hey fellow meaders.....I've got the following 6 gallon batch of mead finishing up right now: -12 lbs (1 gallon) locally grown honey, unpasteurized -5 cinnamon sticks -zest & juice from 2 oranges -3 gallons 100% pure Newman's Own concord grape juice (costco) -Lalvin RC 212 the OG was...

I accidentally ordered some amber DME instead of light DME from an online source. We are talking 6 pounds here! DOH! After looking through lots of recipes on the site, I realized that this type of dry extract has been shunned from the online brewing community. From what I can tell, there...

I just picked up the following from Costco (best place for fruit wine making supplies :)) -6 lbs frozen strawberries ($8) -3 lbs dried plums ($6) -10 lbs cane sugar ($5) Now I'm looking for a recipe. I like the following from Jack Keller's website: # 6 frozen chopped strawberries # 3 dried...

I was going to wait to post this, but judging from the success at a recent NYE party I thought it would be better sooner than later. Yeast: Lalvin K1-V1116 Yeast Starter: no Batch Size (Gallons): 5 Original Gravity: 1.098 Final Gravity: 0.998 5 gallon batch First, freeze 8...

I've been brewing for a year or more with the help of a few partners (partial mash, hoping to do all grain someday) but this is my first batch on my own. I need expert opinions on a few matters. Recipe is a combination so no OG is given. My grain bill is this: Extract: 6# Munton &...

I have a blackberry mead/melomel that I'd like to bottle -- my first ever. The recipe included 12 lbs honey, with 8 pounds blackberries in a 5 gallon carboy. I know that the fermentation needs to stop (no bubbles, FG below 0.998) prior to bottling, but also that it needs to clear. The...

I really got the urge to brew a wine (my first, except for a mead), and strangely enough I was determined to do a pomegranate wine. Unfortunately there aren't many recipes out there (online), so I compiled what I could and that's what we've got here! (-1. Make yeast starter from H2O, POM...

Hey, just another hello from another Michigan brewer. I guess we have little else to do up here. I brew my beer with two partners, and we've upgraded our setup to brew double batches of partial mash recipes. I also have a 5 gallon batch of mead that's nearing completion (hurry up!), a 6g...