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Hi all. I recently ordered a few cases of these 500ml bottles: https://www.morebeer.com/products/bottles-500ml-amber-champagnebelgian-style-case-12.html However, I noticed almost all of them have cracks in the neck. They don't go all the way through, and may just be defects in casting the...

Hi. I just bottled a Belgian dubbel, and used enough sugar to get to about 3.0 volumes I believe, but may be a bit above (or below) that. I used primarily 330ml bottles from Belgium (St. Bernardus, Rochefort, etc.). Anyone know how much pressure they can hold? Any reason to worry about bombs?

Recipe: 11.50 lb Munich Malt (9.0 SRM) Grain 75.66 % 2.50 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 16.45 % 1.00 lb Caramunich Malt (59.0 SRM) Grain 6.58 % 0.20 lb Carafa I (337.0 SRM) Grain 1.32 % 0.75 oz Northern Brewer [9.50 %] (75 min) Hops 22.9 IBU 0.25 oz Northern Brewer [9.50 %] (5...

Hi all-- I recently brewed up a Belgian dubbel, recipe below: 8.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 57.06 % 3.00 lb Munich Malt (9.0 SRM) Grain 21.40 % 1.00 lb Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 7.13 % 0.50 lb Aromatic Malt (26.0 SRM) Grain 3.57 % 0.50 lb Caramunich Malt (39.0...

I'm thinking about making a dubbel or abbey ale sort of inspired by Sierra Nevada's Ovila Dubbel aged in wine and cognac barrels: https://www.google.com/search?q=ovila+dubbel+wine+barrel (This was realllly good.) Having never used Belgian yeasts before, I'm wondering what strain I should...

So I've 5 gallons of a smoked stout in secondary right now, recipe follows post. At tasting, the smoke flavor was certainly present, but not as forward as I anticipated or wanted, but maybe the carbonation will bring that out. Here's my question: on a few batches I've taken 1 gallon aside and...

I've been having problems with getting black soot on my boil kettle from my fryer. Many have posted the reason on the forum here and my problem is indeed with combustion where I'm getting yellow flames rather than the clean blue flames. But I've tried adjusting the air baffle (the metal plate at...

I brewed an imperial IPA this evening, and in the 3 gallon recipe I used 0.25lbs of toasted malt (2-row in the oven for 15 min at 350F). Anyway, I just read on How to Brew (http://www.howtobrew.com/section4/chapter20-4.html) that Palmer recommends storing the malt for 2 weeks before use. I...

So I'm thinking about trying something really crazy (at least crazy for me). I really like big beers, and I really like barrel aged beers. One thing I don't see too often is wine-barrel aged beers, but the few I've had I've liked a lot. So I was thinking I would like to make a big barley wine...

Let me preface this by saying I know simple sugar starter = bad. But it turns out I'm a bit short on DME and I was planning on making two starters for two beers I'm brewing this weekend. The packs have been smacked and are starting to swell already. I've got about 4-5 oz of DME, some corn...

This beer is really fantastic. This is the 3rd time I've brewed it, tweaking it each time, and I think I've found the sweet spot with this one. The previous version was entered in the Shamrock Open by the CARBOY club a couple months ago. It didn't place, but got a respectable score of 38. This...

Hi all, I'm going to try out a 1 gallon batch and see how it goes. Here's the recipe: Amount Item Type % or IBU 1.50 lb Light Dry Extract (8.0 SRM) Dry Extract 60.00 % 0.25 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L (120.0 SRM) Grain 10.00 % 0.25 lb Munich Malt (9.0 SRM) Grain 10.00 % 0.25 lb Roasted...

I finally get to brew again, and even more so, I finally get to try these cherry wood smoked malts. Either this weekend or next anyway... So here's the 5 gallon recipe: Amount Item Type % or IBU 3.00 lb Light Dry Extract (8.0 SRM) Dry Extract 28.57 % 5.00 lb Cherry Smoked Malt (5.0...

May sound obvious. But I just transferred over to another carboy to let clear before bottling weekend, and 3lbs of raspberries in a stout (even a 7% stout) gives it a lot of raspberry flavor. Definitely the dominant taste. Not bad tasting, but very forward. In case anyone is considering, as I...

Hey guys, My aunt was kind enough to support my brewing endeavors by supplying several Grolsch swing top bottles and a one liter clear swing top that had been used for olive oil. I'm wondering if anyone has any insights to whether or not this would be safe to use for bottling. I have no idea...

Hello everyone, got a question about what I could do with a mixed bag of grains. I ordered 7.25 pounds of grains from a brewery/home brew shop yesterday for a PM stout, all crushed and mixed in the same bag. But when I got home I realized it seemed a bit lighter than it should be, and sure...

I thought I was good enough to have this not happen to me. That was a mistake. The real mistake was not mixing the priming solution enough! My bottling bucket's spigot had a leak, so I skipped the bucket and just swirled the mixture into the beer. Five weeks later, after drinking my wheat...

I'm thinking about brewing a beer next week, and I've been on a dark beer/stout kick lately, so another stout it is! I know there is plenty of advice on using chocolate and fruit in beers, so here's what I've got: 5 gallons (partial mash) OG: 1.069 IBUs: 27 SRM: 39 4.00 lb Light Dry Extract...

I have brewed a barleywine recently with an OG of 1.100 using US-05 it fermented down to 1.013, so it's at about 11.5% ABV. Unfortunately, I did not expect this beer to ferment so low. I bottled on May 6th, so it's right at 7 weeks in bottles. I have opened 3 total; one at week 5, one at 6, and...

As the title of the post may suggest, I just searched for and found out about the ill-advised method of bottle conditioning in growlers. When I was a bit short on bottles come bottling day a couple days ago I thought a light, summertime wheat beer would be great to have in a growler, so I had...