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Hey guys! So I made a big russian imperial stout (attempted a Dark Lord clone) It was in the primary for a week, then racked to the secondary on top of bourbon soaked oak, and vanilla beans for 2 weeks. I would like to age the beer a bit more, but am a bit confused. Here are my stupid...

I am going to be "dry beaning" for the first time. I do not want to cold press, since I have already used this in the past. My beer is a massive Russian Imperial Stout at 15%. It has been fermenting for 1 week, and so I was going to add the coffee to the primary for 24 hours, then rack to my...

So, the mash is only 45mins??

Thank you for the info! I have enough clvc left over, that I think I may actually try both and see if I notice any differences. The labels stay, it will give the beer character. :)

Hello!! I just recently improved my mash tun by building a cpvc manifold. I can't seem to find any information regarding proper spacing between slots. Any suggestions? Thank you!!!

Thanks guys! Gonna go burn the garage down now. Have a good day!

Hello Brewing Gods! So I'm doing my first 'first wort hop' and was wondering how this calculates into my boil. I'm doing a hopslam clone, which calls for a 90minute boil. So once my mash is complete, do I put my 'first wort hop' hops into the kettle and slowly siphon my wort on top of...

Perfect, thanks guys! I never noticed that the racking tube fit perfectly into the stopper.

What diameter hose would fit into the standard opening of a fermenting bucket? Time for a blow-off tube. Apparently I had a nice explosion at home. :)

No, I didn't do the iodine test, but I will be for now on! I'm gonna go get that Palmer book and read up a bit more. It's about time I really start learning about the cause and effect of what I'm doing. Damn, well the up side is I learned something, got a super tasty brew and have more...

Yes, I stirred the sample up pretty well, and I took the reading once the wort was cooled to 72degrees. However, I tried to strain as much as I could, but even in my hydrometer, there was quite a bit of grain. I used whirlflock, a yeast nutrient, and boiled my hops in bags.

::Sigh:: Damn it.

Strawberry Honey Blonde Ale: 7lbs of Pale malt (2 row) 2.5 lbs of honey 2 lbs of white wheat 0.5 lbs of caramel 10L 1oz Williamette Hops for 60mins 1/2 oz Tettnanger for 15 mins 1/2 oz Tettnanger for 5mins 2lbs of chopped strawberries at the end of boil. Yeast WLP001 After...

I'm still definitely a beginner, with around 10 homebrew batches, extract and all grain. I can't seem to ever get an original gravity of over 1.050. What is a good way to get my high gravity lovin' on? I just did a strawberry honey blonde ale yesterday night, and it was around 1.046. With 3...

Sweeeet, thanks Sweetcell! My patience is running out on the brewing software. I've tried Brewtarget 1.2.4, which doesn't have my full ingredient list, nor does it give me any temps for my mash and sparge water. Beersmith2 still won't run either, which seems to be the best software. I'd...

Once all of your grain/malt is in the mash tun, how long/hard do you mix it for? I think I may have stirred mine a little to aggressively last time?....if that's possible?

Ugh....I've been trying to get Beersmith2 to work on my mac via the program crossover. I"ll work on it tomorrow, when I'm not completely drained. I was going to post my calculations, but since I can't, would anyone be willing to calculate these for me. I'm afraid I'll screw up, and ruin my...

Works for me, thanks.

Hello! In the past, when I was really new to brewing I thought I could handle AG, but had terrible results. I took a break, and really worked on getting extract down. Now that I feel confident with extract, and working out my own technique, I'm gonna venture back into an AG. Another home...

Awesome, thanks for the help! I really appreciate it! I'm trying to get better, but these tiny and most likely stupid questions keep me up at night.