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I have a fermentation with Imperial Juice that is still producing a bubble in the blowoff every 35 seconds and dropping a point of gravity every two to three days. SG was 1.061 with no sugars added and mashed at 154F so with the rated attenuation of Juice, I was expecting to finish around...

I have seen several forum posts and articles on how to make everything from amber to chocolate malt but not too much on black malt. The temperatures and times both increase as darkness increases and after chocolate (temperatures over 300F), the process gets difficult to manage. Articles that...

Grain/Extract/Sugar (at Brewhouse Efficiency of 82 %) % Amount Name Origin Potential SRM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 47.6 10.00 lbs. Pilsener Belgium 1.037 2...

I always make my starters with DME (10:1) but I am currently low. Has anyone ever made a starter with something other than DME/LME? If one were pitching their entire starter, I can see where this would make a difference, but I use a stir plate and think it shouldn't matter since I am decanting...

Recipe Specifics ---------------- Batch Size (Gal): 5.50 Total Grain (Lbs): 15.75 Anticipated OG: 1.081 Anticipated SRM: 26.3 Anticipated IBU: 25.6 Brewhouse Efficiency: 80 % Wort Boil Time: 90 Minutes Grain 7.00 lbs...

10.00 lbs. Pale Malt(2-row) 1.00 lbs. Aromatic Malt 0.75 lbs. Amber Malt 0.50 lbs. Crystal 20L 0.25 lbs. Crystal 40L 0.25 lbs. Crystal 60L 0.25 lbs. Crystal 80L 0.50 lbs. Special B Malt 2.00 oz. Goldings - E.K. Whole 4.2%AA 90 min. 0.50 oz. Goldings - E.K...

Finally got the new system up and running today on a Russian Imperial Stout. During the recirculation, the removable table top with the mash tun and pump are at the level of the sparge tank. The copper coil heat exchanger is in the sparge tank. When the mash is too...

I am planning on using QDs on my heat exchanger copper coil in my HERMS. I was thinking of soldering copper threaded connections on the ends of the coil, attaching SS couplers to the threaded connections, and then connecting polysulphone QDs to the couplers. Anyone have an easier way of doing...

Has anyone done this? We buy coffee beans in bulk and grind enough for 3 or 4 days at a time in our burr grinder. Well, the grinder died and I was thinking, "I have this huge grinder in the garage". I was trying to find information on how commercial coffee sellers grind their coffee in bulk...

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Recipe Specifics ---------------- Batch Size (Gal): 5.50 Total Grain (Lbs): 16.25 Anticipated OG: 1.084 Plato: 20.14 Anticipated SRM: 15.9 Anticipated IBU: 73.4 Brewhouse Efficiency: 80 % Wort Boil Time: 90...

The world's largest beer competition (by volume) was awesome once again. I don't know how many kegs were entered, but I vaguely remember drinking from entry #330, so it had to be north of that. HBTers Adrock and RCxc entered (their first time in a competition) and their IPA took third - it was...

Coming up on August 15th near Cincinnati, OH is Beer & Sweat - the world's largest beer competition (by volume). It is a keg only homebrew competition that typically has 225 to 250 corny keg entries from brewers all over the Midwest and one year, as far away as Florida. With kegs as entries...

OK folks - I need help with an assignment. Come up with as many commercial beer names that have a reference to "2" in their title. It can be two, twin, double (let's skip all the "double" varieties, like double IPA, Belgian doubles, doppelbocks, etc.). Here is a start: Bell's Two Hearted...

... in that something that looks like water (actually very close to Bud Light color) actually has some flavor (unfortunately, and not surprisingly, that flavor is not so good). I thought it had a taste similar to weak Blatz. I got these samples from a friend that thought I might like to...

Yes, it is time once again for the world's largest homebrew competition (by volume). The event takes place this Saturday at the Drawbridge Inn in NKY. There are about 250 kegs entered. Any one that is remotely close to the Cincinnati area this weekend (8/16) needs to stop in - it is a must...

Kobe, Tried to call but missed you so I did some freestyle to let you know I was brewing this weekend. So tell me Kobe, tell me how my Bass tastes. Your buddy, Shaq Shaq Daddy's Bass Ale Clone 9 lb Maris Otter 1 lb Crystal 40L 1 oz Northdown 7.5% 90 min .5 oz EK Goldings...

I am going out to California for my brother's birthday in September and I was thinking of brewing up batch for the festivities and send it out there. I have sent a few bottles of beer by FedEx/UPS in the past, but never a full corny. Anyone ever do this and did you have issues? How about...

Other than proportionately reducing grains due to better efficiency with the BC compared to a store crush, is anyone making any other adjustments to their recipes? I ask because the last two beers I made were darker beers (Porter and Brown ale). Both were a bit more astringent than I expected...

The last batch of brown ale I batched was fairly astringent - combination of oversparging (I'm used to larger grain bills) and sparge water being to hot. It is in the keg now and has a not so nice "pucker" to it. IS MY BEER RUINED??? ;) Actually, I was wondering if adding some...