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My wife worked in a restaurant where occasionally they would make fantastic soups with whatever ingredients were kicking around in the walk in cooler. The soup was aptly named Cream of the Walk In. Im going to take the same approach with my second batch of beer today. I'm looking for input on...

Hi All, I've been out of the home-brew circuit for a while. It was mostly due to lack of space for my brewery. I just bought a house and have a room that is dedicated for the brewery that about 12'x20'. My current brew gear consists of the brewery which is a RIMS setup with...

Hello All, I am attempting to make a English Style Pale Ale. I wanted to use some biscuit malt. How does it look? Does anyone think its out of balance? I was thinking this would come out like a Lake Placid P&B 46'er Pale Ale. Thanks! BeerSmith 2 Recipe Printout -...

Anyone have any tips to get the yeast out of a conical fermenter easier? I have a 8 gal. conical and I opened the valve and nothing came out.... Should I restir the yeast to loosen the bed up? Or should I have drained off a little bit at a time each week. This beer has been fermenting for 3...

Hello All, I brewed an ale yesterday and my efficiency was really bad. I ended up hitting 1.032 instead of my target of 1.062. I know why I was off so much. Thats to be fixxed on my next brew. My current problem is I am trying to calculate how much extract to boil and add to the...

Hello all, So After buying my brew rig in april and finally getting it set up and clean I am going to brew my first all grain batch today. (see recipe here https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f70/toecutters-brewery-blood-orange-belgian-wit-248280/) I am also using a refractometer to check my SG...

Hello all, I am going to look at a single tier all stainless brew rig today. I want to get into all grain brewing and was going to build my brew rig this summer. This one popped up and it exactly what I was looking for and its already done (and looks way better than anything I could of...

Hello all, Just need some opinions on dry hopping. I am attempting to make a copper ale. (Similar to Otter Creek possibly) Recipe is as follows: 1/2 lb 80L crystal 1/2 lb munich 1 oz. roasted barley 1 oz. chocolate malt All steeped at 150 for 25 min. 6 lbs Light DME...

Ok so I am going to make batch (5 Gallons) tonight here is my plan. Dump 5 Gallons of cider in the fermenter with Yeast nutrient Add champagne yeast Wait till fermentation stops and rack into secondary with oak chips and 1 tbl of pure vanilla extract. Leave for 1 week (?)...

So I am new to homebrewing and currently have a american pale ale it bottles that will hopefully be ready in the next few weeks. But in the meantime my fermenter sits empty and that's troublesome. I have also found the joy of modifying my first recipes to try to achieve a certain taste. So...