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I've got this bourbon oak red ale I brew and it's about 5.0 to 5.4 % and I'd like to raise it to about 6.5 to 7.0% and could use a little help. I'm posting the grain bill and hop schedule. Keep in mind I want to keep the present color. Thanks to anyone with some help. 10 gallon batch 18 lbs...

I make my wife a bourbon oak red ale for the holidays and I want to bump the ABV % up by about 1.5%-2.0% I'll list the grain bill and hop schedule. A little help would be great! 10 Gallon 18.0 lbs 2 row 2.0 lbs British crystal 1.0 US Crystal 40 2.66 oz chocolate malt (74 grams) 1.32 oz...

OK, I do some recipes that require 60 and 90 minute boils and I just want to know what is the advantage of a 90 minute boil over 60? All things equal...what does the final product have to offer on the taste buds being a 90 minute boil over a 60? Between the mash and sparge time, that extra...

I'm doing 10 gallon batches of ale and mainly make IPA's and have been using 1 container of White labs WLP001 in a 2000ml stir plate starter. I split the 2000ml starter between two 5.5 gallon carboys and make excellent beer. I recently switched to the Safale US-05 where I use 2 packs per 5.5...

Brewing Thursday morning and I forgot to buy the 2 lbs of crystal 40. My recipe calls for 1.5 lbs Belgian biscuit and 1 lb Carapils along with 26.5 lbs 2 row which I have. Question is, can I take the Belgian biscuit or carapils or some 2 row and toast it? If so, how to do this properly?

I've been doing some batches of Vinny's Pliny the Elder recipe and I'm a little sick of the 90 minute boil time. Is there any benefit to a 90 minute boil other than better hop utilization? I'd like to make this beer and some similar, but use a 60 minute boil and course I'd need to make an...

OK, what hop in your opinion has the most PINE like aroma/flavor for dry hopping? One of my beer drinking buds wants me to make an IPA with a huge pine nose and flavor/aroma. I want to sock it to him! I'm used to using Simcoe, Citra, Palisade, Amarillo, CTZ, Horizon and the like mainly for dry...

Ok, so what's wrong with doing a mash and sparge on a Friday night, letting it sit in the brew pot over night, then doing the boil on Saturday if you are pressed for time? I've never heard of this and don't know the chemistry of what could go wrong but, just thinking out loud.

Over the years Simcoe has been my favorite and I have plenty for this year...at least 9-10 lbs, but I've been experimenting with lots of different hops in the secondary stage to supplement Simcoe. I guess I'm partly preparing for less and less Simcoe in the future or maybe I'm wanting something...

Like it reads...supplement, not substitute cause I know there is no substitute. I've got quite a bit of Simcoe for now, but who knows what the future holds so my question is, What is another hop variety that will give dramatic, strong results for use with dry hopping similar to the way Simcoe...

Just need to vent amongst some fellow brewers. Long story short, my wife Denise (46) had been diagnosed with a ''sub aortic membrane'' about 5 years ago. Basically, if they remove the main outlet of the heart after stopping it and bypassing the blood through a machine during the operation, they...

Hey guys, what's the best way to prepare a cup or 2 of hop tea with the intention of increasing the hop presence in an already tapped keg? I've been dry hopping the kegs with a bag/heavy stainless bolts which is great for a while, but eventually I can sense a tad of grassy flavor after a couple...

I don't have a hopback, but I've been doing something that I figure should work just as well. Input??? I use a large medium mesh screen bag clipped to the side of the brew pot. At flame out I put all the scheduled hops in the bag and let it sit for 20 minutes or so with the lid on the pot at...

I brewed my red ale for the wife on Sunday in a ten gallon all grain batch, but by mistake I used 2 ounces Willamette in the boil rather than the required 4 ounces. I usually make this in 5 gallon batches and I need a quick fix. Can I do a one gallon boil with extract and a measured amount of...

I did a 10 gallon batch of my IPA last Sunday and split it between two 6.5 gallon carboys. Today I uncovered them to rack them to secondaries and they had a broken up layer of what looked like pieces of semi solid, tan colored, wet felt or leather on top of the beer. The pieces looked kind of...

I've been doing all grain for a few months now and recently had a guy use ProMash software to convert my red ale recipe to all grain and there are a few things on the printout that I need help with. (1) It says Batch size 5.00 gal Wort size 5.00 gal...Does this mean I will be adding water...

My IPA which I've been working on for at least 3 years is finally where I want it and I'm running low on Simcoe for the next few months before this years harvest. Is it true there's no substitute for Simcoe? My beer absorbs Simcoe so well compared to all other hops I've tried.

I've been doing partial mash brews for quite some time now and decided to take the all grain plunge. My first batch was my hop-bursted Simcoe IPA recipe. I ended up with a starting gravity of 1.071 using 14 lbs of pale 2 row. How's that stack up for efficiency?? I took a 10 gallon Rubbermade...

I know the tide seems to be changing, but doesn't it piss you off when you just know you're not going to get a great beer at a restaurant that serves great food? Even my favorite ''beer friendly'' pub that always has at least 10 different beers on tap sometimes fails to have at least one decent...

I posted this question a couple of months ago and was directed to hopsdirect.com, but their recently harvested cascade was just plain crap. It was grassy as hell and would ruin a good IPA. I need some super stinky cascades or ''cascade like'' cones ASAP for bag/keg.