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So I just brewed up a wit using a PM: 1 pound 6 row .5 pound carafa special .75 pound terrified wheat .5 pound oats Then added 7.5 punds wheat lme. 1 oz crystal hops at 60 (2.5 %) .25 citra at 60 (12.3%) .25 citra at 40 (12.3 %) 1 oz bitter orange at 4 .75 oz coriander at 4 Wyeast Belgian...

Hey all, So I brewed up an abbey pale ale (my first AG!) using WL 530 and I've heard some good things about fermenting cider with belgian yeast. I'm thinking about just pouring in 5 gallons of juice/cider and maybe some brown sugar on top of the cake. My real question is whether or not the...

I was thinking about moving to all grain brewing. After seeing a bunch of how-to's about converting a drink cooler to a mash-tun, I was wondering... Can't you just dump all your grain into a grain bag, put it in a cooler, add hot water to mash it, drain the wort, then sparge the grains...

Alright, so my holiday mild is in the fermenter and bubbling away. This is what I did: 4 # light DME 1/2 # Carapils 1/2 # Crystal 60 1.25 oz fuggles (60 mins) .25 oz fuggles (20 mins) Munton's dry ale yeast 1 clove (30 mins) some fresh orange peel (2 mins) 5 bags Celestial Seasonings...

Alright guys, I posted about this earlier... and I've deciding to go forward with it. Here's my quick-to-mature Holiday Mild(ish). 4# Light DME 1/2# Crystal 60 1/2 # Carapils .75 oz Fuggles (boiling) .75 oz Fuggles (flavor) 1 oz Celestial Seasonings Sugar Cookie tea Yes, that last...

Hey all, So I prepared extensively for Thanksgiving by brewing up a dunkelweizen (finishing up carbing as we speak). BUT I realized I hadn't given ANY thought to Christmas. Seeing as it's probably too late to brew a bigger beer, I had the idea of brewing up a spiced beer with a lower OG...

So I was recently in Brooklyn a couple weeks ago and fittingly had a Brooklyn Lager. Wow! It was surprisingly hoppy and they tasted very "fresh" and "clean". The website says it contains Hallertauer Mittelfrueh, Vanguard and Cascade hops - would anyone be able to suggest the amounts and type...

Hey guys, I was wondering if anyone had a clone for schneider weisse using extract. I recently had it in DC and I just LOVE the clove/apple taste that I got from it. Thanks, Chris

I was thinking up some crazy thoughts the other day. There was a thread floating around that was basically a clone of miller light. What do you suspect the taste profile would be like if you substituted white labs trappist yeast for the normal lager yeast?

Hey guys, So a while back I had a problem with my dunkelweizen that I was brewing (didn't start fermenting for 5 days, finally noticed activity after). So, fermentation activity has ceased for the past 4 days or so. My OG was 1.054 and the reading I just took is 1.022. That said, I'm...

Hey all, I have plastic bucket fermenter ("Ale Pail") and I haven't seen any bubbles coming from the fermentation lock in 3 days. Would it be okay to take of the lid and check for any signs of fermentation?

Hey guys, So I was thinking about starting up some apfelwein - figuring it'd be good to have during the month of December. BUT! I wanted to add some holiday spice to it in a nod to the holiday season. I haven't dealt with spices in any brews before, so I was wondering if you guys would...

Okay, so I pitched my yeast and have my primary fermenter down in the basement. That said, I have two questions: 1) The temperature on the strip thermometer on the side of the fermentor reads 72 degrees. Is that okay for a dunkelweizen? I've read that the temperature determines the amount of...

So... I think I might have made a mistake. After I poured my wort into the primary fermenter (the beginnings of a dunkelweizen, if you are interested) the instructions for my Brewer's Best kit instructed me to "sprinkle the yeast packet" into the wort. So, I did. But! I came on here and...