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A laptop, inkscape, and two weeks in bed recovering from my blown out back gave me plenty of time to experiment with inskape.

I was inspired by Greenwoodrover's thread about Ska (https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f5/ska-brewing-pretty-cool-105966/) when I got a bad sixer of Elle's Brown. I shot them an email and they sent me their recipe for Elle's Brown (5gal).

I spend a week on-call for work every month. During that time I have to limit my beer intake (one or none). I want to brew a low abv (3% or less) sweet stout or oatmeal stout to keep on hand for when I'm on-call so I can havea couple brews. Anyone tried any like this that they would recomend?

I’m accumulating equipment to go AG. Right now I do PM with 6 gal boils in my shop. I have a very bad back (multiple herniated/ruptured discs). I brewed a batch Sat and that night and next day I paid for it. This has me thinking I would like to do a single level, pump system to reduce the...

Has anyone added flaked barley to a pale ale to increase head retention? I know it is used in stouts and other dark beers, but I have never seen a recipe with it in lighter beers.

Beer swap I have a running agreement with a buddy in Cali. I ship him homebrews (2-3 bottles of each batch) and he ships me several brands that I can’t get here in AR, to sample. I got the first box this week. It had He’brew Jewbelation 11, Meantime Coffee Porter, Traquair House Ale...

What are some of the best ways to increase head retention for light-med bodied beer?

I make 1000 ml starters routinely. Use a 1000ml flask and a home made stirplate. I prepare them 24-48 hours before. A few hours before pitching I stick the yeast into the fridge to get them to flocculate so I can decant some of the liquid before pitching. Question 1: Anny suggestions for...

I use beersmith alot. Every recipe I do (partial mash) I enter it into beersmith no mater where the rtecipe comes from (BYO, Books, my own recipes, etc.). When I enter the recipes into Beersmith, and I do it exactly as given, or a closely as possible, I end up with beersmith giving IBUs about...

I brewed this saison last weekend: Type: Partial Mash Date: 4/20/2008 Batch Size: 5.50 gal Brewer: Brad Jones Asst Brewer: Willow Boil Size: 6.00 gal Boil Time: 60 min Equipment: Brew pot (7 gal) & cooler (2 gal) Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.00 Ingredients Amount...

I’m getting ready to make the switch to ag and it seems most of the ag brewers on here brew in 10 gal batches. Is there any particular reason for this? Right now I do PM w/ full volume boils in my “shop”. I was going to build a brew rig this summer, with the idea of doing 10 gallons, but...

I’m going to do a chocolate stout. I have tried cocoa powder and chocolate extract route and wasn’t to impressed with adding cocoa powder. When I added the cocoa powder (dissolved in hot water) to the wort it turned it to the color of Yoo Hoo. Over time it darkened in the fermenter, but when...

I brewed this yesterday (PM). Amount Item Type % or IBU 3.75 lb Light Dry Extract (8.0 SRM) (Late add) Dry Extract 44.77 % 0.50 lb Light Dry Extract (8.0 SRM) (Early add)Dry Extract 5.97 % 0.55 lb Lyle's Golden Syrup (0.0 SRM) Extract 6.57 % 1.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) UK (3.0 SRM) Grain...

Two weeks ago Sunday I brewed a pale ale. Starting gravity was 1.061. I pitched a 2 qt starter of wyeast London ale III (1pm). The next morning this is what I had. I took a gravity reading after 7 days in the primary and I got 1.030 (with a healthy krausen). I closed it up and...

I’m brewing a Chocolate stout next weekend and was entering the recipe into Beersmith and promash. The recipe calls for both cocoa powder and chocolate extract. I can’t find these ingredients in the software’s list. Is there a way to add them?

I’ve decided to make the move to partial mash. I have a two gallon cooler and a big grain bag. I think I have the basics from researching, but I haven’t found much info for converting recipes to partial mash. Here is the all grain version of Young’s Special London Ale clone (5.5 gallons)...

Yesterdaqy I noticed these white accumulations in my dry stout along the inside of my secondary (weren't there a few days ago). The beer has been in the secondary for 3 weeks. Anyone know what this is?

I brewed a dry stout (partial mash with DME)2 weeks ago. OG was 1.039. Target was 1.007. Aerated the wort with an aquarium pump and an airstone for 10 min (plus I pour wort and top off water through a strainer). I used a 2qt starter of white labs Irish ale. I used a ½ tsp yeast nutrient in...

Since I switched to using DME I was thinking about buying some in bulk because of how expensive it is at my LHS. Anyone else at HBT buy DME in bulk and where do you get it from?