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So first off I was drinking while brewing, which usually isn't a problem, but my American Brown is a bit big. Anyway after cooling the wort I sanitized my Ale Pale with about a liter of diluted Starsan. Between watching a movie, drinking, and talking to my wife I poured my wort right on top of...

A while ago I found a thread that talked about the size of coolers you could use for 5 or 10 gal batches. I have looked everywhere but it must be lost to the archives. Anyone have any information on this? Also I have heard that the standard rule is 1 quart of water per pound of grain. Is...

I need to brew a Marzen for local competition however I don't have a lager fridge. I wanted to try and use SF Lager Yeast and do the "fermentor in a tub of water with a shirt over it" method. Any advice?

This is my Northern Brewer planted about a month ago. As you can sort of see I threw some spent grain on top for mulch. https://cdn.homebrewtalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=22970&cat=all&ppuser=28399 I created this "A" frame and fastened some twine to the top. Does anyone else have a...

Partial Mash Recipe: Rye Beer 4lbs Pale LME 2.8lbs 2 row 1lb munich malt 1lb rye malt .5lb victory .4lb honey malt .6oz magnum 60min .75oz fuggles 30min .5oz east kent goldings 20min .5oz east kent goldings 10 min 1oz cascade 3min WLP051 California V In beer smith with...

I brewed a great Special Bitter (Brewing Classic Styles page 119), very malty, good color, lightly carbonated to style...all that. Then about a week and a half into drinking it I get a very astringent taste. Almost like rubbing alcohol in my beer. I am down to half a keg and this taste has...

I was listening to the Brew Network Sunday Session podcast and Doc was talking about a Belgian Tripel that turned out very smooth, but very alcoholic in no small part to using rice. He said he used ground up Uncle Ben's minute rice in his mashtun. I was wondering if anyone else has used this...

First off here is the recipe. 6 lb Pale LME 1 lb Wheat LME 1 lb Crystal Malt 20L .5 lb Cara Pils 1oz Columbus 60 min .5oz Centennial 15min .5oz Cascade 5 min 1oz Irish moss 5 min .5oz Cascade 0 min 1.5 oz Centennial dry WLP060 American Ale Yeast OG 1.058 FG 1.006 10 days...

This is my 6th brew and I have to post it because it is one of the best brews I have ever had. I got it from "Brewing Classic Styles" on page 143. Extract 8.4 lbs Light LME 1 lbs Wheat LME Steeping Grains CaraPils Dextrin Malt 1.25 lbs Crystal 40L 1.25 lbs Chocolate Malt .5 lbs...

I was steeping grains for my brown ale and it was holding at around 155 degrees, and I guess my stove was a little hotter than I thought and when I came back after 10 minutes or so the water was slightly boiling. What will this do to the overall taste of the finished product?

I got a simple recipe ready to brew for the week end: 7# Wheat LME 1/2 oz Perle :60 1/2 oz Saaz :05 WLP300 Hefeweizen Ale Yeast I have 2 oz of Centennial Hops laying around, is there a way I can add this to the recipe? All the Hefe recipes that I see have very little hops so I was...

This is my second batch I have kegged. The first batch went great, it was a porter that had great texture, mouth feel, and was complimented by a Sr. Homebrewer. Now I have had my next batch (Imperial Stout) in the keg for just over a week and it is getting an off flavor. I am not sure how to...