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I recently made an american wheat based off of the Sam Adams Summer Ale and added about two ounces of blackberry extract as it went into the keg. I was hoping for something similar to Long Trail's Blackberry Wheat, but at first tasting the blackberry flavor is completely overwhelming... Is...

The stout was 1084 - Irish Ale and the porter was 1098 - British ale. Both fermented a little warm (as per my standard :( ) at around 65-68. The berry flavor is there at the finish of the stout but it's very very mild really just a hint. Should I be tasting it more with 2oz. of liqueur in 5...

I've got a real thinker going on over here. Circumstances would suggest I just screwed up, but memories and notes (even photos!) suggest I didn't. On 10/12 I brewed a Stout. I didn't have the space in my MLT or kettle for the amount of grain I used and therefore I ended up really slacking on...

My typical source for lbs of whole leaf hops doesn't carry any Goldings, anyone know where I can find a pound of East Kent for a reasonable price??

Less concerned about the mlt than the kettle. Especially with the full batch sparge I would like to do! Boiling first rubbings down a not and then each subsequent sparge down and adding hops in the last boil could work. No concern about losing gravity points that way? Could lead to many hours of...

:D:D:D Any ideas for a solution to that problem other than buying a biggger kettle? Do I just sparge less (like almost none at all?) Try a thicker mash? 20 lbs + 5 gal (using 1 qt per #) will really be pushing it in the cooler and the 10 gal. of sparge water (the amount recommended by most...

I'm geaering up to make a big Imperial Stout for Christmas but it's looking like it will be too big! My recipe calls for just shy of 20# of grain and I have a 10 gal rubbermaid MLT and an 8 gal kettle. There's no way they're going to be able to handle the recommended amounts of strike and...

Really? I thought it would only sanitize if it was actually boiling... once I get it into the keg it will be a couple degrees cooler, will that work?? As for the bleach, should I mix it with vinegar and try to avoid the fumes or just stick with straight bleach? What solution would you use...

HELP!! I've just gotten all set up, cleaned, etc. to rack my porter from carboy to keg and realized that I'm out of sanitizer!! I'd rather not put everything away and wait until tomorrow and I probably won't have a chance to get to the LHBS today, so what's the best option from the grocery...

Trying to come up with an AG Chocolate Porter recipe for this winter. I'd like something not too bitter and certainly not too sweet but with a noticeable chocolatey finish, if that makes sense... Here's what I've come up with, what do you think?? OG: 1.061 FG: 1.015 IBU: 48 ABV...

My siphon pump and tubing are 1/2" and the bottom of the kettle will sit 35" higher than the bottom of the carboy on the kitchen counter. I love talking to engineers about stuff like this, cheers! Thanks for the help!!

To be honest with you I had never really thought about the temp of my tap water before, but I just checked and it seems to be between 65 and 70F My beer will be gravity fed from the kettle on a kitchen counter top to the carboy on the floor. 'Back of the envelope' estimate away, thanks!!

Hi, I'm considering making one of these but wondering how long it should be... I'd say I have 'average' temp. tap water? :confused: Thanks guys, looks like a good build!!

I"m definitely looking for a drier, thinner, "light" feeling IIPA with a hint of sweetness but not too much malt flavor behind the bitterness. I like a big hop head with clean bitterness at the finish. (Not really a "taster" and don't know specifically what those words mean, but they seem to...

I suppose it's open for a change, although I wonder for what? I had originally considered 2-row, but was convinced that the pilsner would give me similar gravity content with less color/body, which is pretty much what I was looking for. I realize that adding the carared is contrary to this...

I've been making an Imperial IPA for quite some time now, as it is the beer I prefer the most. My recipe is a work in progress and has been evolving with every batch. I'm thinking I'd like to try one with some carared in it, both for the color and the sweetness... although not too much...

OK, so I have searched extensively... read many many pages about various sparge manifolds, and had very bad luck with the couple of SS Braid variations that I've tried. I'd like to upgrade to a copper manifold that will fit in my round 10g cooler but don't have the time or equipment to bend and...

That's where I found mine after Lowes and Home Depot FAILED! :mug:

Hi all, Last year I entered my first HB competition at the Topsfield Fair in Topsfield MA with a Brown Ale and an IPA and was thrilled to bring home a red ribbon for my IPA. I'm trying to find more to enter this year and have discovered that the Topsfield Fair event doesn't appear to be...

I made an 10.5% ABV IIPA with 16 oz overall (including dry hops) for 104.4 IBU. Initial tastes were close to overpowering, but got better with time. The final product ended up pretty damn good after a couple of months and ended up tasting somewhat similar to Lagunitas Hop Stoopid, which I...