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So I make beer and my dad makes wine and I want to try and make a colaboration brew with some grapes/grape juice in it. My dad just ordered some old vine Zinfandel grapes and I was thinking I'd make a big ish Belgian beer. I want to ferment the grape with a Belgian yeast and then use an oak...

Making a 7 gallon batch of a spiced holiday ale. What are your thoughts on this grain bill? Im shooting for 9-10% abv 15 lbs Two Row 3 lbs wheat malt 2 lbs honey malt 1 lb 8 oz crystal 40 1 lb caravienne 1 lb amber malt 1 lb amber dme (for color and extra gravity :drunk: ) 9.6%...

So i'm suposed to go to charleston south carolina in a few weeks and I really want to take a keg with me. But i have two problems that i have to overcome. One is its a 10+ hour drive being broken up into two days with just a quick overnight hotel stay. This one i'm not worried that much about...

I missed my og by .012 (got 1.070 shooting for 1.082). Ive taken the beer off of the trub and filtered out the residual hops. Just thinking since its no longer sitting on the hops can i boil some or all of it down to try and hit my gravity?

I plan on entering this beer in an upcoming competition but I have no idea what BJCP class it should be considered. Color: 8 IBU: 37 its base is wheat with some pilsner, bavarian wheat, and Crystal malt in it. There is also a little bit of rye and caramel wheat in it as well. i...

Im going for a standard hefeweizen and below is my recipe. Im looking for a slightly stronger alcohol hefe than normal with a subtle-to-noticeable banana flavor. Let me know what you think. 7 lbs Wheat Malt 1 lb 4 oz Vienna Malt 1 lb German 2 row 12 oz Caramel Wheat Malt 8 Oz Cara-Pils .75 oz...

So there are a lot of threads on here about stalled fermentation but I couldnt find any quite like my situation. Im brewing an american hefe. the OG was 1.061. Its had been fermenting for about a week and a half and I racked it into the secondary as the fermentation slowed. But i think i racked...

So i bought a 15 gallon aluminum pot a couple of weeks ago and before my first brew in it (extract brew) i boiled about 8 gallons of water. It turned the inside of the pot black-ish where the water was. Im assuming thats what its supposed to do. Tomorrow im planning on doing an all grain batch...

Does crushed grain ever go bad? I would keep it in a sealed bag but could it still go bad at any point?

So i just finished brewing and am in the process of removing my wort from my boil pot. i used hopville to generate my recipe and it gives me two different OGs. one it says 1.051 measured then below it it says 1.073 estimated....which one should i shoot for? thanks

Im planning on brewing this on friday. What would better compliment a hoppy wheat beer, lemon zest or orange zest? Im also thinking about a little coriander to add a little spice. What do u guys think. The full recipe is below lbs oz 6 6 Wheat LME 1 0 Breiss DME golden...

This will be my first all grain beer and i made the recipe myself so any pointers on the recipe/ process would be great. Its a 5 gallon batch size. Lb Oz 8 0 White Wheat malt 2 0 American Two-Row 0 9 Rye Malt 0 8 Flaked Wheat 0 8 Carmel Wheat Malt...

So i just bought a bigger pot that allows me to do a full boil instead of a partial boil. What should my initial volume of water be for a 5 gallon batch? I use hopville to create my recipes so what should I adjust the boil volume to in the calculator? Will it make any difference in my...

Is a 5 gallon and an 8 gallon pot big enough to do a 5 gallon Batch BIAB? I already have the 5 and am looking to buy an 8, should i get a 10 instead of the 8? Any Thoughts?

So homebrewing has completely consumed my life now and im ready to move on to AG brewing. All i have right now are some buckets and a 4 gallon brew pot. Ive done a lot of research and below is what i have found as the most economical way to get into AG. Is this a good set up...

I bought some leaf hops for dry hopping a couple of weeks ago. I had a good bit left over so i just put the bags in the fridge. Now im making a recipe that uses the same hops. I've always just bought new hops but i have so much left over I would like to use it. Would this be risky? I dont want...

Trying to make a good spring wheat. Im going for a hoppier/floral flavor but im not sure how it will taste. Any thoughts? lbs oz 6 6 Wheat Malt Extract Syrup 0 10 Caramel Wheat Malt 0 9 Rye Malt 0 8 Cara-Pils/Dextrine 0 4 Crystal 10L 0 2 Acid Malt boil 60 mins...

So ive been brewing for about 9 months now. Made 6 batches so far but every single batch has fallen at least a half a gallon short of my 5 gallon target. Im still doing partial mash recipes so this problem might go away when I switch over to full mash. On my last recipe I even made it for 5.5...

I want to make my first oktoberfest soon so its ready for the fall. I was wondering if anybody has noticed any difference in bottling vs kegging an oktoberfest? I have an extra keg and plenty of bottles sitting around so either one is an option for me. Any opinions?