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I'm interested in making soda but I also don't need four gallons of it at a time. Would I be able to scale it down to a gallon? Does the extract stay good after opening? I'm also a big fan of variety so I'd like to have a couple bottles of different things in the house and at four gallons at a...

Beercalculus is giving me 1.011 from 5 lbs of cane sugar no matter what type of yeast I enter and that seems off to me. I'm looking to make hard iced tea and sugar will be most of the base so I'd like to know about where I would end up so I can figure out if I need more or less. A couple of...

This summer I will have many open fermentors because I won't be brewing then, it's just easier for me to deal with temperatures when it's cold. I'm thinking about making several 1 gallon batches with just DME as LME seems to vary much more because of age. I started thinking about this because...

Brewed up a RIS with 12 lbs DME and about 5 lbs steeping grains, used 3 packages of US-05 and this seems to be where I bottomed out. Should I even try pitching champagne yeast or just go with it and bottle? Also, I'm amazed at how high this one is sitting because I brewed up an American...

Back in November I brewed up a blueberry blonde ale. For the most part I thought it came out too light tasting and the blueberry was very subtle. Now usually I share my beers with people that like to drink the same types as me (My Dad, my Brother and my Grandpa) or with the GF who is very picky...

Two different beers.:drunk: I'm looking into oaking an American barley wine but I wasn't sure what type of chips to use or how much. I'm guessing the different types create different flavors but what flavors? I'm also going to be doing a Baltic porter, how much chocolate should I use and...

I just purchased three 50# bags of DME and 10#'s of hops. I think this will hold me over for a little while.

I'm looking for good substitutions of these hops, I can't get any of these in bulk. Summit Horizon Simcoe Warrior I know warrior is a long shot as it seems to be quite unique.

I'm very interested in doing this but I'm kind of curious which way I should go with it. Right now this is what I have fermenting. An RIS, an IPA, A porter and a gingerbread ale. I know that the gingerbread is out because it's spiced so that brings me down to three yeast cakes to use. I also...

What exactly makes it a grand cru? I've seen a few different types of beer labeled as grand cru so perhaps it's an aging thing?

My last IPA (which was a double) is now gone, I gave my Dad the last one on Sunday. I'm realizing that I really like having some form of a hop beer around the house and my AAA is now almost gone as well. So that has brought me to the conclusion that I want to brew a mostly late addition IPA. I...

I'm looking to do three very large beers next because I'm now at a point in my pipeline that I can let a few fermentors sit for a year. I need to come up with extract w/steeping grain recipes for all three as I'd like to do them relatively soon. I'm also looking for comments on anything I should...

I want to make a hefe this weekend but I don't know where to start. This will be an extract recipe and I want it to be a very close to style hefe. Help me out here guys, thanks.:ban:

Need to make this for SWMBO but I've never created my own recipe before. It's going to be an extract brew with steeping grains but I don't know which grains to steep. So far this is what is popping into my head and I'm probably way off on the style. 5 or 6 lbs. Extra light DME 1 oz. Mt...

I received all of my equipment yesterday and decided to start brewing immediately. I brewed a batch of Brandon O's Graff and what my LHBS calls Rooftop oatmeal stout. The batch of Graff was really simple and is bubbling away in the carboy right now. The batch of oatmeal stout was complicated for...

but it looks like I'll be getting homebrew equipment for Christmas. What I want to do is make a complete list of everything that I'll need for brewing, bottling and kegging all seperate lists. I'm thinking that I would like to go straight to kegging and leave the bottles alone but they do have...

Just curious, I'm known as workinprogress over there.:ban:

I just drank a six pack and it is great (as far as I'm concerned). What I'm wondering is what would be the recipe for an extract brew? It tastes very bitter (to me but I'm new to the different good beers) but it tastes great as far as I'm concerned and I think it would be one that me and my Dad...

How long does beer need to be in each stage before moving on to the next? From what I gather you have the main fermentation, then the secondary (unsure what this stage is called), then it sits in the bottles or keg for a period of time (again I'm unsure of what this is called). I know these also...

Just wanted to introduce myself to the forum. I don't have anything to homebrew with yet but that's why I'm here, research. I'll probably be on here more than I sleep for a little while.:ban: Anyways, I just wanted to say hi.