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Made 5 gallons of Cider this past weekend with Dry mead yeast (Wyeat 4632) which I had thought was regular cider yeast. I've read where sweet mead yeast will produce a good cider, but who well do you think this one will ferment or taste? It's only a day or into fermentation, should I pitch...

I brew a pumpkin spice every year with Pale Malt and real pumpkin. I'm out of Pale Malt, and only have the following: German Pils, German Munich, and German Malted Wheat. What beer style with those base malts or mixture would brew the best beer with Pumpkin and spices? I was thinking...

I don't doubt that oxygen is important to Lagers. I've been told that shaking the carboy is not enough oxygen for proper yeast health, that only pure oxygen does the trick.... If that is true, then how did they ever develop German Lagers, Bocks, etc that used to go into huge wooden vats...

Being from a Germann American town of Hermann in the Missouri Rhineland, I am becoming increasingly fascinated with German styles of brewing. I have a simple question. I know that decoction mashes have great benefits for lagers, but what about for other beers? Is there any ill effect if I...

I have some weird/concerning gunk in my Keggles. After my brewday, I "sorta" rinsed out my keggle and refilled both my keggle mashtun and keggle brewpot with water and oxyclean. I kinda forgot about it after about a week. I went downstairs to find that both keggles have what appears to be...

Recipe: Casper the Gose Brewer: Justin T. Alferman Asst Brewer: Style: Specialty Beer TYPE: All Grain Taste: (35.0) Recipe Specifications -------------------------- Batch Size: 5.25 gal Boil Size: 6.28 gal Estimated OG: 1.050 SG Estimated Color: 3.7 SRM Estimated IBU: 0.0...

I really want to make a Holiday spiced Ale, but I don't want to have to order any grains. So I looked at what I had and wondered what you all thought this beer would taste like? It's basically a Dempfbier recipe with holiday spices added. Thoughts? Dampfbier Christmas 23-A Specialty Beer...

Is it just me, or does Lacto taste better when you make it yourself for Gose or Berliner Weisse? So I thought, why not smoke my own grains to make a great Rauchbier! Here is my base recipe, taken from BYO (kinda): 3 lbs. Pilsner malt 2.5 lbs. rauchmalt .5 lb. carapils malt .5 lb...

Making a Gose. But want my water to be perfect for a Wheat Beer before I add my own changes. Would this be a proper water profile? Is this too much gypsum and cl? Thanks. Starting Water (ppm): Ca: 58.3 Mg: 38.4 Na: 3.29 Cl: 4 SO4: 12.4 HCO3: 303...

I just got my detailed water report back from the city I live in. I've noticed some astringent flavors in my lighter beers as of lately. Can anyone help or give me suggestions on my water. Here is the report: Results stated as mg/L (put could be parts per million...PPM) Chloride <5...

I've noticed tannins a lot more in my recent beers, as I've shifted from darker beers to lighter beers. (ie American Light Lager and Munich Helles). My latest Helles has some tannin taste to it. Sort of astringent taste. It's not terrible, but it does overshaddow the grainy bready flavor I...

I"m trying to convert my kegs to come out of faucets in my fridge instead of the picnic taps. I ordered everything from northernbrewer, except for tailpieces and hex nut. Are these things I can get at a local hardware store? If so, what sizes do I need? Thanks.

I've been All Grain brewing for about 2 years now. I just went to all keggle setup (nearly) and had a quick question. I just used a step drill to drill a drain in my keggle. I used to transfer the cooled wort via pitcher to my fermentor (Don Osborn way) or just siphon to my fermentor...

Grain Bill: 6.20 # US 2 Row 5 # German Wheat Malt 1.00 oz Liberty Hops 75 min Mash In Add 14.00 qt of water at 164.6 F 150.0 F Very simple Imperial Berliner Weisse that turned out so well that I wanted to share. Mash at 150 for 75 minutes. I did a no Boil, but boiling about an ounce...

I'm going to Keg a Berliner Weisse tonight. It's at 70 degrees. I want about 3.7 Volumes of Co2. Is it safe to crank up the regulator to almost 50 pounds of pressure in order to achieve this high of carbonation level? Has anyone done this? I really don't want to have to bottle these in my...

My Berliner Weisse is done and am going to Keg it. Would I be able to reuse the lacto/yeast and repitch into say a Gose? I'd like to make a Gose as well, and this would be nice in not having to make a new lacto starter! Thoughts?

After reading the BYO article about Gose and having a new love affair with Gose, I decided to give it a go. Was wondering if I could alter the process to work the same way I did my last Berliner Weisse. Let me know what you guys think and if it would get the correct flavor profile...

Quick question. If you are mash hopping, say a Berliner Weisse, what time do you need to leave the hops in or when do you add them. Would 15 minutes be long enough to mash hop a BW?

Was brewing a Berliner Weisse last night, and got a little to inebriated as can happen with homebrew. I added too much sparge water when batch sparging and missed my sg of 1.050 (Imperial Berliner Weisse). So I was going to add some malt extract to boost up the SG. Well, I accidentally...

Perhaps this has been asked before, but could not find an answer. I live half a block down from a number of wineries in Missouri. They have used oak barrels for sale all the time. I want to use one for oak aged or for lambics and sours. However, I could never brew 55 gallons to put into...