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Howdy I need to do my own special roast malt for a Scotch Ale recipe. Can someone help me ? Regard Perefecto

Hi I have this in my recipe : 1 oz of gypsum. When do I put it into the mash ? While mashing ? While boiling ? Before pitching the yeast ? Many thanks

Hi Is there any web site where I could find descriptions of grain, their use in recipes, taste they give and how to use combination ? I'm use with recipes, but I would like to do my own, but I don't know the exact use between crystal malt, English malt, 40l, 80l, Marris, etc. Their is so...

Hi I dont have any chiller, so I wondering if I can mash tonight and brew tomorow while the wort will have time to chill out over night ? Many thanks

Hi I'm just done with mashing a cream ale with jalapenos ( according from one recipe I saw here ) and My OG is only 1040. How can I rapidly make it higher ? Adding DME ? Take the wort and boil it with more grain ? Please help rapidly :drunk: Many thanks

Hi I'm doing a typical pale cream ale, (OG 1052) and I'm questionning my self if I should do a starter for my yeast or not. This is a Safale US - 05 dry yeast. And If I should, do you think it a problem to use withe sugar to start the yeast, I only have this ! Many thanks

Bonjour I would like to know if it is a good idee to use a 18l water bottler instead of a "real" plastic of glass carboy. Many thanks

Hi What kind of sugar should I use to prime my Strong Scotch ale ? And what amount of it ? Many thanks ! PS: This is 20 liters of Scotch ale

Hi Everyone I'm looking to buy the equipement for full mashing, and I need your recommandation about it. The HomeBrewStuff.com site offert tones of variant for this and I wounder if what I'm looking in the site fit my needs. I want to be able to mash a 5 gallons batch, so I have...

Hi Lot of strong beers are said to be double fermentation or triple fermentation. What does it mean in the process of fermentation ? I know it has nothing to do with secondary fermentation, so how do you proceed ? Many thanks

Hi I have a refrigerator in my basement for my beer and other stuff, I keep it not too cold so my beer is at a good temperature. I wounder if I can put my newest beer into it, or should I wait for it to properly carbonate ? Many thanks

Hi Everyone I'm doing a Strong Scothish Ale, partial mash, and the fermentation seem over. In my recipe, it said to wait 38 days before botteling. But, Im concern about the amount of crap at the buttom. Their is more then an inch of mud in there. Should I go into a carboy to clean this mud in...

Hi I'm a bit concern because I'm doing a partial mash for the first time and it act really differently from a full malt extrat brew. I'm working on a strong scotch ale, the OG reading on the brew day was 1.080 ( the receipt give 10 pounds of malt extract and 4 pounds of speciality grain ) and...

Hi I know there is tones of thread about this subject, but since I'm new here and don't want to read all night, I will probably ask the same question already answered elsewhere :drunk: After 19 days in the primary fermenter, the fermentation seem over. But, it only give me 5.5 degree and I...

Hi there I have a wheat beer in a secondary carboy fermenter for nearly 3 weeks. It still have bubble coming from the the airlock, but the gravity doesnt move a lot. This is the first time Im measuring gravity, so I'm not use to it. First gravity in the brewpot : 1.044 Gravity after 2...