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I'm about to brew a single hop partial mash IPA this weekend. I'd like to have a good recipe as I hope to make a few other single hops w/ the same recipe. I can PM up to 4# of malt and would like to have an OG of around 1.6 and IBU about 50. Currently, I have 6# LME, 5# vienna, and 1# crystal...

I've wahed some wlp029 off of my kolsch. also made american wheat w/ it and was impressed with smoothness. would this yeast work in a graff (malted apple wine)? i've made the ed wort's apfelwein with champagne yeast and love it, but am looking for something to mature faster and be a little...

My basement is in the 58-60 degree range. What are some good beer styles and yeasts to use at this temperature? Better to wait until it warms up a little for typical ales? I'm thinking kolsch, steams, maybe lager by sticking fermenters in water and adding frozen bottles? What's up with...

i've only been brewing for a few months (already sick of bottling) and have read some threads on kegging w/ the cornies etc. seems like an expensive investment right now especially w/ kegerator and all attachments. is there any type of system where i could keg my beer, carbonate in the keg...

i'm about to make a coopers real ale kit and have been loooking at recipes for ipas and it seemed like a might be able to use the kit for one. the kit ibu's is 29, prettty high, and i have a bunch of dme and willamette/cascade hops. any thoughts on this recipe? disaster in the making? 30...

I saw in the bottle cleansing thread yesterday that many people soak their bottles in bleach, rinse, dishwasher, and then dip them in sanitizer solution before bottling. What a process. Isn't bleach a sanitizer? So couldn't you just soak bottles in bleach water, rinse and fill??? What's the...

Do I really need to get a vacuum sealer to store my hops? I just got a great deal at hopsdirect and picked up 1# of willamette and 1# of cascade for like $15. Would it be ok to just store these in a mason jars in the freezer? Vacuum sealers seem to run b/t $50-100...pretty expensive.

i hope this turns out alright. what is the effect of steeping grains for too long/ hot???? I made the extract thunder struck pumpkin ale last night; i had too run out and pick up my wife and ended up leaving the stove on and steeping the grains for a little over an hour. when i got home...

Last night I made EdWort's apfelwein. For some reason i thought there were 98 fl oz. per gallon, but it's actually 128, so my 5 gallon carboy is now a gallon short. and i pitched the yeast. i was just going to leave it be, but realized that's 1 gallon of wasted apfelwein :drunk: is it ok...

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I made a Saison using 3942...midwest lawnmower saison kit. My first Belgian and second beer! I'd like to reuse the yeast but am unsure what recipe to use and what would work with this yeast. I'd like something...

I made a Saison using 3942...midwest lawnmower saison kit. My first Belgian and second beer! I'd like to reuse the yeast but am unsure what recipe to use and what would work with this yeast. I'd like something different in taste from the Saison just for variety. I've been thinking about...

i have a bottle of peach schnapps left over from wedding that we will never drink. could this be used to prime bottles? any other uses? how much to use? thanks.

Hi everyone!! I made my first batch yesterday with a Cooper's IPA Beer Kit Package from learntobrew. The kit came with the can of hopped malt extract and also 1.5# of DME and I used the dry IPA yeast that came with the kit. I went down to basement this morning and the air lock was percolating...