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5 lbs Briess Dark DME 8 oz Brer Rabbit Molasses 8 oz Crystal 60L 5 oz Crystal 90L 4 oz Biscuit Malt 2 oz Black Patent 2 oz Yakima Goldings (4.2 AA ) - 60 minutes 1.5 oz Cascade (5.4 AA) - 15 minutes Whirlfloc Tab added at 15 minutes Steep grains for 30 minutes at 156 F. Hops are...

Rager seems to give me seriously inflated numbers but I thought I'd try it because it is the formula used throughout a Jamil Zainasheff recipe book I picked up recently. I'm working through my recipes now and am trying out the different formulas to see which IBU formulas fit my "real world"...

I can't find any info on Safale US-05's alcohol tolerance on the Fermentis website or in the PDF spec sheet. Does anybody have a clue? I was thinking of using 05 for a 1.105 OG, 10.5% ABV "Winter Warmer" and want to know if I'm good to go...

I'm gathering together some info for dry yeasts, noting things like attenuation, floculation, ester/flavor profiles, temp ranges and the like. There's a little bit of sketchy info about the Danstar and Lallemand yeasts but not much about Muntons or Coopers. I hoping for feedback from people...

Boil size - 3 gallons (topped off to 5.5 gallons in fermenter with clean water) 4 lb Briess Light DME 3 lbs Two-row Pale 1 lb Crystal 60L 6 oz Crystal 90L .75 oz Cascade (5.5 AAs) - 60 Minutes 1 oz Cascade - 20 minutes 2 oz Cascade - 5 minutes Whirlfloc Tab - 15 minutes Grains...

My cat, Tali was always underfoot while I was brewing until I figured out that as long as she had a comfy place to sit and watch me brew, she'd leave me alone.

Working on a modern version of a recipe for an 1850 porter but, unfortunately, don't have the wherewithal to go AG just yet. The recipe calls for 2 lbs of Brown Malt which is readilly available at my LHBS. I'd like to do a partial mash and want to know how much Two Row I would need to use to...

I've really liked Willamette in some recent beers so I picked up a pound and gathered ingredients for a couple of brews I'm going to do this weekend. Not exactly the "correct" hops per se but I think these will be great brews. ;) Montgomery Scottish Ale (5.5 gallons) 5 lbs Briess Light...

Is there such a thing? If so, where? :mug: I've found some teensy wine bottles - but they're not designed to hold pressure.

Is it something I should consider? If I'm not doing AG does the water PH really matter? My tap water is actually very good, sourced mostly from glacial runoff. Is there a good guide to what makes "acceptable brewing water"? I see a lot of gypsum and burton water salts in some recipes and...

I've been doing a lot of "regular" Pales and IPAs lately and want to try something really different. This is my current formulation of an ale brewed with pure agave nectar, cocoa nibs and ceylon cinnamon that I am planning to execute soon. Despite the first impression the ingredients may...

Seriously. :D I finally treated myself to an autosiphon on my last visit to my LHBS. Starting out, it was great - love the simplicity. Near the end of transferring a batch to secondary, it started to put a massive amount of air into the beer, essentially oxegenating it. :( Used it one...

Tomorrow evening's brew: 6 gallon batch Fermentables: 5 lbs Amber DME 1 lb Light DME 1 lb Crystal 60L Steeped 30min (148F - 156F) Pellet hops: 1/2 oz Columbus (15.4 AA) 60 min 1 oz Cascade (5.5 AA) 60 min 1 oz Cascade (5.5 AA) 20 min 1 oz Cascade (5.5 AA) 5 min 1 oz Cascade (5.5...

This is my recipe: 5 gal batch 5 lbs Amber DME 3 lbs Clover Honey (dark) - added at end of boil 1 lb Crystal 60 1 oz Magnum - 60 min .5 oz Galena - 60 min 1 oz Tettnanger + Whirlfloc tab - 15 min .25 oz crushed ceylon cinnamon (stick) - 10 min 1 oz Tettnanger - 5 min 1 oz...

I'd like to brew something similar to Port Brewing's Old Viscosity and am trying to formulate a recipe - I know its contents are a closely guarded secret but anything to get me in the general neighborhood would help. I cant really tell if it's a porter, barley wine, brown ale or ??? ...I...

How hoppy is too hoppy? Is there a "IBU range" for the British IPA and American IPA styles? I like an IPA at around 60 IBUs but can go much higher, depending on the variety of hops. Can't stand Simco but some of the other high AA hops are really nice. I'm working on a homebuilt IPA...

I just put this into the primary. :mug: OG is 1.088 - I'm hoping for a FG of 1.022 I'm thinking this one may take some time before I can bottle. 3 gals clean water in brewpot. Add grainbag and begin heating. 1lb Crystal 40L 4oz Biscuit Malt 4oz Honey Malt Remove grainbag at 160 F Boil: 1lb...

I have some "normal" beers in the process of fermenting and conditioning right now so I thought I'd finally try something a little different with this batch, having just bought a new 6gal carboy. I've come up with this recipe over the last week. NOTE: I've edited the following recipe to...

I have some "normal" beers in the process of fermenting and conditioning right now so I thought I'd finally try something a little different with this batch, having just bought a new 6gal carboy. I've come up with this recipe over the last week. NOTE: I've edited the following recipe to...

Great to finally have found all these great online homebrewing resources! :mug: I live about 30 miles north of Seattle in the burbs with my patient wife and a neurotic cat. I've been brewing my own beer for a couple years now. I'm an adherent of the "steeped grains + extract" school of...