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i was grocery shopping today and saw this wondering if it would be an alright substitution for a mango puree? http://www.meijer.com/s/favorit-swiss-preserves-peach-mango-6-jars-12-3-oz-ea/_/R-176835 i didnt buy any but was looking to add some mango flavoring to an IPA i have going right now

I was just looking through the pantry to find something to eat and i saw a big bottle of maple syrup and i started to wonder. Has anyone ever tried using maple syrup in any of their beers? Kinda thinking maybe a nut brown would be pretty good with a maple syrup twist. It has to be almost...

I just picked up a 6pack of "Hazed and Infused" a dry hopped ale made by boulder brewing company. Wondering if anyone has an extract receipe for this, seems like something the women could drink that didnt like heavy dark beers. I only got it for the pry top bottles BTW

I just bottled my raspberry wheat ale final gravity came in around 1.012 right where i wanted it to. The concern i have is the beer tasted really bland not alot of taste. Should i RDWDHB? or is this common?

Im want to bottle tomorrow and would like some last minute advice. I currently have a raspberry wheat that i have sitting in a secondary for 2 weeks, that im going to bottle soon. This is the process is was gonna use. --prepare my priming sugar 5oz priming sugar 3/4cup of water which i will...

Im new to home brewing and recently unemployed so ive been brewing all the kits that i bought before getting let go of my job. So heres my situation since i have alot of free time right now ive been brewing alot. I curently have 25gal (5-5gal batches) fermenting right now. I would like to brew a...

Used my alluminum kettler today did a partial boil with 3.5gal of water. Found two things out today 3.5gal of water takes FOREVER to come to a boil, and 2nd unlike my stainless kettle the handles of the alluminum pot are extreamly hot just ask my hands they hurt right now...bitching and moaning...

I have stepped up my starter yeast from 750ml-1.5L-2L over the past 4-5days, can i pitch my 2L starter while its still active or should i wait to brew/pitch until tomorrow?

I want to make my own labels for my beer and use the home printer to print them off. Is there any online programs that you guys no of that i could import my own pictures to and able to add my own wording and effects to?

I went to my local winter beerfest this past weekend and this brewery from northern michigan had some awesome beer flavors www.shortsbrewing.com Anyways they had a carrot cake beer that tasted just like carrot cake which was amazing. I was wondering if anyone here has attempted and successfully...

Usually when i take my starting gravity i take a small sample out of the fermenter before adding the yeast and test it out of a glass test tube. I was wondering if when i started taking my final gravity readings after a couple weeks in the fermenter could i just drop the sanitized hydrometer...

my starter yeast 1.5liter in size is going crazy and had to put a blow off tube on it tonight. Ive never seen a starter go nuts like this the krausen is just blowing off everywhere (insert dirty joke/comment here) just thought i would share as i thought it was pretty cool

I plan on brewing a belgium tripel extract kit tomorrow, the kit says nothing about fermentation times. I was wondering how long i should leave this brew in the fermentors? Thinking 3-4week primary another 3-4weeks secondary then bottle and forget about them for a couple months so at a minimum...

Im brewing my first barleywine later this afternoon and wondering if there are any helpful tips the experts can give me. This is a barleywine kit from midwest supplies (bigfoot barleywine) -ive had a starter going for the past 2days -i plan on adding 3/4lb of light brown sugar during the...

I started a yeast starter last night and its fermenting quite nicely. I just heard the washer alarm go off in the laundry room and i was wondering if i put my starter yeast on top of the dryer would the warmer temp and slight shaking help introduce warmth and oxygen that the yeasties need to...

I was going to dry hop my double IPA @ 6-7days after brewing only problem is its still bubblin like a champ. Should i hold off dry hopping until fermentation slows down a little more?

So i picked up a belgium tripel kit today when i got home and opened the kit i realized it was an ALL DME kit, no grains. Ive always done kits that required steeping grains (ill get to the point soon enough where i comfortable doing all grain brews) are there any good grains out there that i...

I made my first starter today. Heres what i did tell me if i did anything wrong 1.sanitized everything i was gonna use (thermomiter, plastic jar/lid, wisk, etc) 2.boiled 3.5cups of water and added 1/2cup of light golden DME 3.allowed to boil for 15min stirring constantly 4.chilled in a ice...

I plan on brewing a barleywine this week. I had some ideas running through my head but would like to see what you guys had to say about them. Since the barleywine is going to be such a high OG beer (est 1.098-1.103) i was wondering if i pitched the yeast (white labs) like you normally would let...

Im new to brewing, ive done 3 batches so far and im addicted. I have been doing a partial boil, boiling 2gal of wort then adding 3gal of cold water. Im wondering if i increase my partial boil up to 3 or 4 even 5gal would i get better results out of my brews? Also do you guys recomend shaking the...