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I'll be making my annual 10 gallons of kolsch this spring. I'd like to split the last five up into two batches and add some fruit to one of them, maybe both. I've always thought raspberry would be a nice touch. Has anybody used fruit in their kolsch recipes? I've never used fruit in any beer...

Hi all....wondering what your thoughts are on the NB pilsen malt syrup. I have a number of brews coming up March through May that I'm going to be making, and I'm wondering if I could use the pilsen malt syrup for all of them, to save a little $$$ buying a 6-pack. IPA, kolsch, and two belgian...

The title for this is a little deceiving. I really have no way of actually controlling the temp of my brews. I made a makeshift swamp cooler out of a rolling cooler and some wet t-shirts in the past. But this time of year, temp in my basement crawlspace is pretty steady around 64 to 66...

I brewed a stout on Friday, August 6th. The recipe was: Steeping grains: 1 lb Crystal 60L 8 oz Chocolate Malt (UK) 8 oz Roasted Barley - 550L Fermentables: 6 lb Dark Malt Extract Syrup 8 oz turbinado sugar 1 oz Nugget hops 1 oz Fuggles hops Wyeast 1084 Irish Ale yeast I...

I'm brewing up a coffee stout tomorrow. I'm an extract brewer, so I'm using some steeping grains and 6 lbs of dark malt extract. I'd like to dry the stout out a little more, so I was thinking of adding about half a pound of table sugar near the end of the boil. However, I got to thinking...

I brewed this honey weizen from Northern Brewer about 10 days ago, using some yeast from an american wheat I brewed a couple weeks before the honey. The honey weizen directions call to transfer to secondary. I did some searches here and elsewhere and can't really get an idea of whether this is...

Hi all - Tomorrow is my first crack at making a starter. No stir plate. I smacked my Wyeast 1010 pack tonight, am making the starter tomorrow for an American wheat w/ OG 1.040 and brewing some time on Friday. So I consulted the Mr. Malty calculator and it is telling me that based on the...

Hi all. Brewed this Kolsch up two weeks ago tomorrow. I used the Wyeast 2565. I thought initially fermentation didn't seem real vigorous like some of my other extract brews. This was my first attempt at a liquid yeast...didn't make a starter. Temp in my crawl space was between 58 and 61...

I am a total noob, so I apologize for the noob question. I searched through the threads, but wanted some input on this process. I've only brewed and bottled four batches, and before I bottle my tasty IPA and Kolsch brews, I want to know how to avoid the problems I've had recently. I reuse...

The question is sort of a "when should I brew after smacking the smack pack". I bought Wyeast liquid yeast today around 4:30. I am planning on brewing tomorrow, so I smacked it thinking it wouldn't incubate for awhile since my house is at about 64 degrees. Low and behold, that thing is blown...

Hi all! I'm still very new to brewing, and recently brewed an IPA (2 weeks ago). I bought two bottles of extract from a local home brew shop. They were 6 lbs each, of course the recipe called for 5 lbs and 4 lbs, leaving me with some leftovers. They came in plastic containers, same as milk...

Hi all! I posted recently in another thread, but didn't introduce myself. I just recently started brewing, having only completed 4 batches. I've stuck mainly to kits so far. Having trouble with carbonation currently though....but I'm sticking to it. Happy to be here!

Hi all, brand new to the forums, and to homebrewing.... I have used dry yeast for my first few batches, and then decided to try liquid yeast (British Ale Yeast). Tonight, I read the directions wrong (or misunderstood really) and after smacking the package opened the thing up. Immediately...