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So it is well known that we all love to brew and we all would love to walk away from our regular jobs and get into the business. So what ideas does everyone have on how to do that? We can open a LHBS, start a brewery, even canning on the road. Does anyone have any other ideas on how we can all...

For anyone that lives in Central IL, a great new brew store just opened up in downtown Bloomington IL. I went and checked it out today and finally we have a store where we can all go. He has everything you need. It is called the Hop Shoppe. I was just thankful that I don't have to pay shipping...

Can anyone please help me convert this extract recipe or tell me how I can do it myself? I made this Siason a few years back with 5 lbs of plain dme and 1 pound of wheat dme and loved it. I want to do it all grain but do not know how to convert the dme. I can do the hop schedule myself, but need...

I wanted to get everyones thoughts on chocolate malt. What type of flavor do most of you get from this malt in low dosages like 4 or so oz in 5 gallons? Is it more roasty or does it give any chocolate flavor at all? I have read both and was just wondering what most of you have tasted by using...

I have searched on this site and was just wondering about when to add camden tablets to my water. Should I add 1/4 of a tablet to all the water I am going to use, so in all 6.5 gallons? Or do I just put it in my strike water? From what I read my understanding is to crush 1/4 of a tablet add it...

Here it is please critique and let me know any thoughts. This is my first go at this style add have been working on this recipe for awhile. Thanks in advance. 11lbs 2 row 12 oz crystal 60 10 oz dehusked carafa III 8 oz flaked oats 4 oz choc. malt 1oz columbus 60 1oz cascade 45 1oz...

This will be my first go at a black IPA and was wondering what your guys out there thought. Any input would be great..Thanks in advance. 11lbs 2 row .5 lbs crystal 60 .5 lbs victory .5 choc. malt .5 lbs carafa de-husked 1oz columbus 60 min 1oz cascade 30 min 1 oz cascade 15 min...

I have been reading all the threads on tap water and was wondering if someone could look at my loacal water report and tell me if the tap water is ok to use for ag, or if I need to add anything. I just dont really understand how, what and when to add things to tap water. I usually use spring or...

I have never done a pale ale all grain recipe before and was just wondering if a few of you can look at it and let me know if it looks ok. 10lbs 2 row 1lbs crystal 40 .5 lbs vienna malt .5 lbs cara pils .5 oz centennial 60 min .5 oz centennial 45 min 1 oz cascade 30 min .5 oz cascade...

I did an all grain porter last year and then got called away for wor. Long story short is it has been in the primary for a year and I just bottled. Do you think it will be nasty? Or do I have a slim chance it will be ok?

How can big brewers turn around beer in 5 weeks yet I need at least 5 weeks just to bottle condition?

So on my 5th all grain I did an IPA and all went well. Up until I had to bottle. The valve on my bottling bucket started to leak and a stuck my arm in to fix it. Now 22 days later it is a sour mess. My question is, if I already made alcohol why did it still infect my beer?

I was mashing on my stove stop and saw the temp was falling a little bit, i turned the stove back on and the temp shot up to 180. I was very quick to get it back down to 155. Will it be ok.

11 lbs 2 row 1 lbs crystal 60 .5 lbs Munich 1 lbs cara pills 1oz simcoe-60 1 oz amarillo-45 1 oz amarillo 20 .5 cascade-10 .5 cascade -5 Irishmoss-10

So I have just started doing all grain and well the 2 wheat beers have smelled. It is not a nice smell but not sour. The beer taste great it just smells funny. does anyone know why?

I have been going through the threads on nuts and have a good idea on how to add them, But how many nuts should I use. I am planning on roasting some walnuts for a stout and adding them to the mash. I many oz of nuts should I use 4, 5,6 oz?

I would like to do a bourbon stout and was wondering if I need to use a certain type of stout recipe or just pick a good one and add the bourbon. I was planning on soaking 4-5 oz of oak chips and adding them to the secondary. Does this seem ok, or does anyone have a good recipe?

So I use my brew pot to mash in and then use 2 5 gallon buckets, one with holes drilled in the bottom to lauter and sparge. I seem to get good eficiancy from this method.Is thier any reason to spend the money and gofor the cooler method?

12.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) UK (3.0 SRM) Grain 82.76 % 1.00 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 6.90 % 1.00 lb Munich Malt (9.0 SRM) Grain 6.90 % 0.50 lb Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 3.45 % 1.00 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] (60 min) Hops 38.1 IBU 1.00 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %]...

So I got a 21 day trail of beersmith but can not find where I can calculate my efficency.My recipe was 8lbs 2 row 1lbs flaked barley .5 roasted barley .75 choc. .50 crystal 120 1oz northarn brewer-60 .5oz ekg-5 sg was 1.062 Can some helpme figure the efficency out? If you need...