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OK, tell me if I've gone completely nuts on this. I think this can work. 2.5gal boil, 5gal batch Mash together in a bag with a good dose of powdered amylase enzyme: 1lb Instant Rice 1lb Quick Grits After mash, bring to boil and add: 1lb XL DME 1oz Goldings or Saaz hops at 30min 2lb XL DME...

I am not limited to the following, but I do want to use as much of this stuff I can: 1lb Wheat DME 3lb XL DME 0.75lb Special B 3lb honey 3LB brown sugar 0.75lb torrified wheat Saaz and Goldings hops :ban:

I am finding that some of my bottles are well to over carbed and some have almost no carb at all. At first I thought it was just the gaskets on the fliptops leaking but now I think it might be that the priming sugar was not well mixed in the bottling bucket. Do any of you guys stir the...

I know there probably isn't much I can do about this but here is my dilemma: This is the first beer I've fermented at below 60deg and my first batch with US-05. It's a dead guy ale clone. I followed the recipe and fermented at 60deg and all was well. I noticed after about a month there was...

Hey guys. I was going by Yooper's DGA recipe and I went to the LHBS to pick up steeping grains. They didn't have caramunich, so I ended up getting 1lb of munich and 1lb of crystal 60. I'll be using about 1oz saaz and 1oz perle, distributed throughout the boil. Should this still be pretty...

I was all ready and rearing to go with brewing a kolsch this weekend. I got the Wyeast strain to brew with. Then I looked around and Wyeast recommends ~65 degrees to ferment at. I have no beer cooler, so there is no way I could hit this temp. In the house it's around 75 average, perhaps...

Today I was at the local beverage superstore and I was walking down the beer aisles practically drooling. I was thinking about trying some midas touch to see if I might want to brew something similar (just for example) and when I found it, the FOUR pack was like $16! I don't know about you...

Hey guys. I've seen some mention of this, someone has a dr pepper dubbel post here but they never gave an update on it. I have the recipe for the "Mountain Brew" which is a light beer but I am more of a Dr fan so I would like to try this sometime. What say you, should I go with porter when I...

I want to plant some but I won't be able to until after June 5. I don't expect a crop this year anyway, would it be worth it or should I just wait until next spring? How big could they grow from rhizome in 4-5 months? Also, is freshops the only place to buy plants, or is there another good...

Brewed my first big beer today, used yeast recultured from two bottles of Delirium Tremens. I also made a starter for the first time earlier in the week, and stepped it up once to about half a gallon. WOW this thing is going crazy after only about two hours. I am worrying that my blowoff...

Yes, I know, RDWHAHB-- but I'm curious if I really messed up. I made an Belgian Golden Strong with pilsen DME and sugar. It was supposed to be golden but the wort is light brown. Here's the kicker-- I used light brown sugar instead of table sugar. I had it laying around so I used it...

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Hey guys. In the absence of adding enzymes to your brew, what is the process that converts starches to sugars? Does this process happen with all grain only, or does it happen when brewing with DME also? Thanks for any help on this

I am looking to find a good pumpkin or sweet potato ale recipe, and I guess now is the time to ask since you all have by now tasted your brews for the holiday. (I don't mind having mine late, I always love these flavors) Keep in mind I am not a hop head, and what I am looking for is something...

Recipe: Northern Brewer Phat Tyre extract kit OG: 1.052, exactly as called for in instructions Yeast: Wyeast Belgian Abbey II Temp hovering around 65-70 deg F I just took my first gravity reading of the beer since I put it in the fermenter. It's had 16 days in so far and is at 1.017. I...

Woohoo! We've been guzzling Grolsch and Moosbacher swingtops, and Carta Blanca bombers for a month or so and I finally have enough bottles for my first 5gal brew! :tank: Those Quart bottles sure do help make up some volume.... I still need more so that I don't have to wait until the bottles...

Background: I am going to do a partial boil of an extract kit with DME, LME, hops, and specialty grains. Once my boil of the ~3 gallons or so is complete, and I am supposed to cool it quickly, is there any reason why I can't just slowly add the remaining 2 gals of water to cool it off? I...

Just a quick question-- I am accumulating swingtop bottles for my first brew and I was wondering how often / when you guys replace the gaskets on these things? What is your criteria for deciding the gaskets need to be replaced? Thanks!