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Ground water was cold and I wasn't paying attention so i chilled my english bitter wort down to 61 by mistake. I pitched a 1 liter starter of 1028 into 1.038 wort anyway and sat it in my basement which is 62 right now. I'm thinking I will be fine as wyeast states 60-72 for fermentation. What do...

I'm looking for a 10gal corny in the Chicagoland area. Preferred that it holds pressure.

2 weeks ago I brewed a dopplebock with a 1.085 starting gravity and pitched a 1 gallon starter of wyeast 2206 at 60 degrees. I then immediately put the carboy into my chest freezer which was set at 48. The lager fermented at 50 for 6 days until I took a gravity reading and saw it was down to...

I was brewing my house beer which I've brewed tons of times. It's is a 1.042 starting gravity session black ale with all chinook. I'm not sure what went wrong in the brew day but my starting gravity came up short at 1.030. So I dissolved a pound of turbinado sugar in a cup of water and brought...

Any feedback before I pull the trigger? 6 Gallon Batch 60 Minute Boil OG 1.035 FG 1.009 ABV 3.5% IBU 20 SRM 16.5 EFF 70% 6.5lb Maris Otter .5lb Crystal 60 .5lb Flaked Oats .25lb Brown Malt 3oz Special B 3oz Pale Chocolate 2oz Black Patent I will mash at 154 1oz...

So i racked my bock today to start the lagering process but all i had free was a 6.5 gallon carboy. Should i be concerned about oxidation with sitting 5 gallons of beer in a 6.5 gallon carboy for 4-6 weeks?

I've been brewing for a couple years but have never brewed an IPA. I decided it was time and created this puppy below. I would appreciate any feedback. Batch Size 6 gallons Boil Size 7.2 gallons for 60mins Efficiency 70% OG 1.069 FG 1.015 (banking on a bit lower due to low mash temp) IBU...

I finally got the recipe dialed in. I figure third time the charm. I decided to go all chinook because it's my favorite hop and being that I created this recipe to satisfy my personal taste it just seems right. 6 gallon batch collected 7 gallons for boil. SG 1.042 FG 1.010 44IBUs 28.5...

I brewed this before with just two row and carafa 3 and it turned out great but am looking to add a little body. I'm happy with the hop schedule but just looking to to make this final tweak to the grain bill. What do you think? sg 1.044 fg 1.010 4.4% abv and about 45-50 IBU's 5.5 gallon...

I'm looking to brew something around 1.045 starting gravity. I want to mash with libbys pumpkin and use spices. I'm been playing with some recipes from the past and am flirting with just dropping the base malt a bit to reach this but I think it might off set the pumpkin and spice balance. Does...

I was brewing a small Black IPA today and I was aiming for something between 45 and 50ibus so i calculated .75oz of Warrior at 17.2% AA would give me something like 42 then the .5oz of cascade at 10mins would give me like 5ibus. Whelp like an idiot i dropped in the whole pack of warrior so I...

A couple months ago I attempted a Maple wheat brewed with a pretty standard american wheat base with half a pound of maple syrup at flame out and then another half at kegging. Well no matter how much I tried to convince my self other wise this stuff was just terrible. So i bottled a couple...

So I made a beer that could really use some time but I'm not interested in bottling it all. My keezer can only hold 3 kegs. Can I store the kegged and carbed beer in my basement for a prolonged period of time?

Had a 2 of my janets brown ale which I brewed from "brewing classic styles", two new glarus fat squirrels and I'm closing up with a bells Kalamazoo stout. I'd say it was a good time at my home bar with my dad and a friend.

So I've been on this cascadian dark kick lately trying and craving all the commercial beers in the category I can find. Ive always been more malt driven then hop but when the two coexist it's just wonderful. So in my brewing classic styles I stumbled across Janets Brown Ale and thought it looked...

it's available by the 6 pack now. I was at the store the other day and saw 6 packs of it on the shelf. The label is different then it was in the summer pack. I'm happy to see this beer being brewed beyond the summer pack I thought it was a great ipa.

A 6 weeks ago I made a mead with 15 pounds of honey for a 5 gallon batch. I didn't take a starting gravity but the gravity now is at 1.020. What should my goal gravity be? Should i pitch more yeast?

Ok I have a 1 gallon test batch I need to carb to 2.0-2.5 volumes of co2. I figure I need around .6oz of priming sugar. I have no scale lol how the he'll do I measure that out?

For me light crisp lagers that I can drink straight from the bottle (i know craft beer no no) is what I crave for a football game. Yesterday it was a couple Yuenglings and New Glarus Totally Naked. I'm sure that will change because during the nhl playoffs it was all about having an imperial...

My step mom works for Kellogg and had to make a trip out to battle creek. Brought me back a six pack of bells 25th anniversary ale, six pack of bell's orsman ale, Arcadia coco stout and a growler of arcadia ESB.