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Hello, I want some Donald Trump Victory beer. Is there anything that will taste ok on November 8th if I start it this week?

I just brewed a batch and got 50% efficiency. I am starting to think it may have been the crush after reading some other posts here. But I have a question about my mashing methodology. I did the normal mash for 75 minutes then drained it, then added boiling water in and stirred up all the...

I have brewed several all grain batches that are coming out excellently, and it has naturally caused me to look for areas of improvement in my brewing process. I notice that with whirlpooling some material still gets sucked up into my fermentation vessel. I know another method is to pour the...

I was thinking of putting a spigot on a bucket and putting it above my mash tun, so I can drain my wort and pour it in the bucket and slowly trickle the wort through the grain slowly, and then I can also pour the sparge water in there to drip it over the grain. Here is a picture.

What do you guys think of this: http://northernbrewer.blogspot.com/2010/03/2-things-literature-says-you-should-do.html :drunk:

Fermentables 7 lbs Pilsner 2 row 8 oz 6-row pale 4 oz Carahell 1 lb Rice solids Single infusion mash, 155f for 75 minutes Hops 0.5 oz Hallertaur 55 minutes 0.25 oz Hallertaur 5 minutes 1/4 tsp Irish moss 15 min This is unquestionably my most satisfying result so far in home...

I was under the impression that diacetyl was only a problem with lager yeasts, but I am drinking an IPA I made and all I taste is butter popcorn. I am not complaining, we have all wanted to drink butter popcorn at some point in our lives. I just did not know it was common with relatively high...

I guess these washers weren't stainless after all.

My wort was clear!! Before I added hop pellets. This will definitely reduce the cake on the bottom of my carboy.

How much would 4.5 oz table sugar raise the gravity of 5 gallons of liquid?

I have no dextrose but I have dry rice solids. how much should I use do bottle 1 gal? I'm on my phone so searching isn't very easy... Nevermind I am home now, I decided to use table sugar instead!

Hello, I have an ale that has been fermenting for two weeks. The gravity readings are not moving, but there are still tiny little bubbles constantly going up, but not very many. If nothing is fermenting, why is CO2 being produced? Is my yeast just rotting on the bottom?

what is it gonna be like? 8.6 lbs german pilsner 1 lbs munich 1.5 lbs rice solids mash @ 150 for 60 minutes 0.143 oz northern brewer 60 min 0.139 oz saaz 10 min saflager 1-34/70 fermenting at 54.5f then lager for a month original gravity 1.077

I am an idiot. I was not thinking. I read 156, and mashed at 165. I am 30 minutes into the mash, and I just realized that 165 seemed a little high. What will my result be? Should I abandon the brew and buy more grain tomorrow?

I am using 1 gallon carboys without much head space so I thought using 2 foot blowoffs would be long enough to prevent water sucking into the carboy... I was wrong. It looks like each carboy sucked up about 1/4 cup. I put a few drops of iodine in the water to sanitize it, is my beer ruined...

I am doing a lager with Safale S-23 I had the primary at 57f and the SG is now at 1.016 so I raised the temp to 68f for a diacetyl rest. My question is should I leave it at this temperature until fermentation stops completely? I plan to measure the SG in two days, then each day after until I...

I want to check my gravity so I can time a diacetyl rest correctly. I am using one gallon carboys. Is it OK to gently pour some beer out of it into my sanitized hydrometer tube? I was going to buy a wine thief but pouring is free. :pipe:

I notice all mashing schedules only increase, I believe this is to kill off enzymes in order. My question is if I start a mash at 150 and it dwindles down to 140 over an hour, what happens? Is the conversion still happening? How much of a problem is this? Thank you

I am going to brew a batch tonight and I want to reduce my massive hops sediment in my carboy. So, I will either boil the hops in a bag, or pour the wort through a paint strainer bag. I feel like pouring through the strainer bag would ensure I get the most out of my hops.. are there any...

I mashed my first AG batch in a pot on the stove. So today I tried mashing in my little MLT cooler, and according to beersmith my efficiency is 75.2% I am pretty happy with my efficiency, but my temperature control was not quite what I wanted. My mashing temperatures seemed to drop off a...