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Getting ready to brew a batch monday . I will be using 8 lb. of 2row and 2 lb. of white wheat malt. I have read that u need to use rice hulls when mashing wheat. With 8 lb of 2 row i think i will be ok but not sure, what do you folks think. Thanks in advance.:mug:

brewing a batch today ( right now) and broke my thermometer in my wort , got all them little black balls in my dam beer ... I strained it as best as i could do but not sure if its safe .. Its the floating kind that i bought with my starter kit a couple of years ago. what do i do?

I never check anything so i thought i would at least take a gravity reading on a batch i brewed Saturday. After that i got to wondering how i have been doing with efficiency and thats where i need help. here is my grain bill..7 lb 2 row, 1 lb German munich, .5 lb caramal 40, .5 lb carapils..brew...

I work away from home 30 days then come home 30. Two days before i had to leave home i botteled a batch of pale ale and had 2 extra so the day before i had to leave i put them in the fridge to chill so i could at least have an idea of how it turned out. Of course it was flat but otherwise pretty...

I can't think of any dumb questions so i thought i would take time to say thanks to hbt and all the good folks on here.I have learned a lot from reading these posts and hope to learn much more because i am addicted for sure.Born and raised in Tennessee i remember when i was a kid sittin on the...

My buddy's want me to brew a lite beer kinda like bud or miller lite. I want to try an all grain batch but due to the size of my kettles i am limited to around 7 lbs. of grain. All i have to work with is 6lb. 2 row , and 1 lb carmal 10 . i have plenty of cascade and will use us-05 yeast. Folks...

I want to do a partial mash pale ale and can't come up with a good grain mix. I would like to use 5 to 6 lbs. because with that amount my kettle is full.That may not make sense but it seems to hold the heat in much better. I was thinking about 3 lbs. 2 row and a couple more that would give me at...

After being away from home for a month at work i finally made it home last wensday.I botteled a pale ale 2 days before i went to work so that gave it 33 days to bottel condition. My wife put a 6pk in the frige 2 days before i got home,and i opened one as soon as i walked in the house.oh man that...

Getting ready to brew another pale ale and i love cascade but would like to experiment. Would like to try at least 2 more varieties that would go well with cascade.I have searched but just can't make up my mind,need help please.:mug:

Hey folks, i brewed a Nukey brown ale kit from NB 3 weeks ago this comeing Sat. and have to leave home for work on the 15th feb. I really know nothing about this style of beer and can't decide if i should bottle it or if i would be better off to rack it to my carboy for the month i will be away...

Getting ready to brew an American pale ale and will be using a dry yeast (safale US-05) What if i boil a cup of water and a tbs. of the dme i will be using in my brew, cool it down then add my yeast about an hour before i start my brew? Will this work as a quick starter? I don't see how it could...

3 lb. amber lme, 3 lb. light lme ,1lb. light dme, 2 oz. cascade , 1lb carmal 20 for steeping, 1 pack Safale S-05 ale yeast. I think 1 lb. of carmal 20 is to much ? Any suggestions on what i could add or take away from this brew ? Looking for a drinkable 5% abv beer with color between a pale ale...

I botteled my first batch (truebrew all malt amber) 3 days ago. I leave tomorrow for work and will be gone a month so i thought i would pop a top and try one. Well, I was shocked to say the least because its only been in the bottle 3 days but folks this is some of the best beer i have ever...

Just bottled my first brew,amber ale extract kit and brewed another friday night.Similar to the first but with changes.3.3 lb. hopped amber lme, 3 lb. extra light dme. 1 oz. cascade hops ,1/2 added at first of boil and 1/2 added the last 5 min. I used nottingham yeast. I used botteled water this...

But i couldn't help myself.Two weeks ago i brewed my first 5 gal. batch, a truebrew amber ale extract kit.I used tap water that i boiled and that was my first concern because it tastes like crap right out of the tap but i wanted to see how it would work.Anyway, the stress was gettin to me big...

I'm new to brewing and realize i'm gonna need a bunch of bottles for my brew so i've been thinking about how to get em' without buying them. It's easy, all i have to is drink one 6 pack of sam adams a day for 365 days and i will have 2190 pretty brown longnecks.. Ain't this brewing fun !! I just...

I'm new to brewing with one batch in the secondary. It's an amber ale truebrew kit.Now i want to brew another batch with the extract i ordered.I have 1 can (3.3 lbs) muntons hopped amber lme and 3 lbs. muntons extra light dme plus 1 oz. cascade hops and a pack of muntons standard yeast.I just...

I'm new to brewing,got my first batch (true brew amber ale kit)going 8 days ago and everything seems to be going fine.My job is my problem.I work away from home 28 days and then come home 28..I would like to brew another batch before i leave, and was wondering if it would be ok to leave it in...