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I am brewing a pumpkin ale and am roasting a pumpkin with pumpkin spices on it during its oven time and adding some spices to the boil as well; plan on adding the entire pumpkin during the boil but also have canned pumpkin that i am planning to add later. Question is: 1) when to add...

Looking to get into a pumpkin beer and havent tried theirs, but have always had good luck from their recipes in the past. I am looking for a sweet pumpkin beer.. the kind that a brown sugar rim would compliment well (by wifes's request). So im open to suggestions and any input anyone may...

Anyone had this issue? I got a kegerator for xmas and my father in law hooked up all the lines before I arrived.. all worked fine for a christmas party (but that was only one night). Since bringing it home, i hooked it up with a full CO2 tank set to 10psi on a keg of mich ultra (for the...

I cant seem to find a right (or wrong) time to add vanilla extract... This is going in a cream ale which i thought might benefit from a hint of vanilla so im planning on using 1oz of extract, and would like to add during the secondary, but have heard to add it on kegging day.. that just doesnt...

Christmas came early (to myself) and I pulled the trigger (pun intended) on a Blichmann beer gun. I only have one keg and wanted to be able to keep a variety of my homebrews around for comparison and for traveling with it. Not that I bottle the full keg, just what is left in it once my next...

I have done a search and found a lot of back and forth responses but was wondering your opinion on a BB kit vs a recipe from AHS? I started on Defalcos which I liked because I could watch them prepare my ingredients and didnt deal with the metal cans for the LME, so I was dissapointed when i...

I was told by my LHBS that I should make a starter for 2 days in advance of brewing my Brewer's Best Holiday Ale due to its strength of 7-8% to avoid a stuck fermentation. I have never done one before and have read many different suggestions on the 'right' way. Perhaps you guys could fill me...

So i've searched everywhere and found TONS of info about it, but unfortunately there are tons of different opinins. Heres the deal.. im doing an IPA, and i usually keg all my beers. I have a few guys at work that may want a bottle, so I'd like to bottle a 6 pack of these.. but im scratching my...

Not a huge concern since i have finished it out once, and for the record it was a fantastic beer. More of a standard beer since i have friends come around that dont have the pallet for many flavors, but this turns out to be a light golden beer with an almost fruity finish (no fruit added...

Anyone got a tried and true method? my auto siphon always sinks down into the yeast cake and i end up with a second yeast cake in my secondary... seems like the problem is easily fixed with some sort of rod or extender from the bottom of the cap to keep the auto siphon off the bottom of the...

Brewed up an American Cream Ale last night that was grain/extract combo. My first two brew sessions went well, second one was textbook down to a 15 min cooldown time, no major issues. I was really excited for this one since i thought i had streamlined my process a litte and heard good things...

Not sure if wheat beers condition quicker, but this one has come along quite well. Its true.. i got impatient. But with another batch to keg this weekend, i got tired of waiting and was pleasantly surprised... plus i called it experimenting so it was justified LOL This is my very first...

Sat in primary for one week,the SG has dropped to below the recipe's FG so fermentation is probably nearly complete (came out to a little over 7%). It looks as if it is developing a sheen on the surface (but then again i am looking through contours of carboy) which have me concerned since i did...

Soo just curious what is going on and how much longer my beer has to wait to be kegged. Brewed up a Honey Amber, placed in primary last saturday (1/22), had an OG of 1.061 @ 77F (Recipe OG = 1.055), racked to secondary today and SG was 1.007 @ 70F (Recipe FG = 1.011). My question is how did...

Done a lot of reading and not sure if i royally screwed up or not.. just wondering what the consensus on here would be. I bottled my first batch on Friday night, the bottles were purchased new but were dusty. I didnt scrub them, just submerged (and filled) them several at a time in an...

I'd like to say I have searched but still have a question. I just brewed a honey amber ale (extract & grain recipe) and followed the instructions exactly. The problem is that they instructed me to add honey with the malt extract at the beginning of the boil... i then boiled total mixture for...

I am about to bottle my first batch which is an amber wheat beer; it was a completely extract recipe. I called my LHBS to ask if they had a specific recipe or name for my beer and I was told that the extract has a standard recipe (which i got) and didnt have a cool name... thats all fine, but...

I am looking to brew my second batch of beer this weekend and hopefully will improve on the cold break. This time i was thinking i would cool the wort down as much as i could in 10 minutes (ice bath in sink) and then pour into the primary bucket and add cooled water to establish a true cold...

Hey guys, My name is Sean and I have just started to get my feet wet with brewing. My first batch of beer is going into bottles this weekend; it is an amber wheat. After learning more... i am going to upgrade to a keg setup for the second batch which i plan to brew this weekend. I have...