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First the recipe: 1/25/11 5 gallon batch 12lbs honey 16oz Unsweetened Hershey Chocolate powder 2 packs of D-47 Yeast 3 Teaspoons of yeast energizer OG-I forgot to take a reading...total brain fart 2/22/11-Transfer to secondary on top of 4lbs of honey. 3/1/11-Used clarifying agent to...

Okay so I just picked up some D2 Candi Syrup 1 pound. I want to use it as priming sugar in the Westvleteran 12 Clone I'm brewing. So how much should I use? Whoever has had a Westy 12 knows the head is not really apparent after pour. So I don't want a ton of head, just enough. I used 2 vials of...

Okay so I used 2L of water which I brought to a boil, then added a little less than 1 cup of Briess Golden Light DME. My problem is, I checked the SG level and it's 1.020, way less than I thought it was supposed to be. This is my first real yeast starter so I don't want to mess it up either...

So I'm pretty new to brewing beer (4 brews to date), and I need some help. I've been looking at cloning a Westy 12, after some research I need light/pale (pref pale) LME, and Pilsner LME. I need 6.6lbs of each, which I know will be expensive. My question is..Which brand has a Pale and...

So I've been searching for a solid Westvleteran 12 extract recipe (I'm still somewhat of a newbie and I live in a small apartment, All-Grain isn't in the cards just yet), there really isn't one out there. I've been searching a bit and so far this is what I have... Westvleteran 12 Clone...

So last night I transferred my beer into the secondary and racked it on top of 1.5lbs of honey and a 3lbs can of Oregon Raspberry puree. Right now it's pretty messy looking, a deep cloudy brown color right now. My question is when should I add the gelatin fining to the secondary? A few days...

So I started my first lager on 3/4/11. It's been sitting in the primary for 6 days now. I live in an apartment which makes it difficult to ferment at temperatures below 65 degrees (My place stays at 62-67 throughout the day). My local brew shop recommended Saflager S-23 yeast to brew at...

Hi all, this is my first post and I need some advice from everybody. I'm trying to clone a Raspberry Lager from a local eatery/bar here in Nebraska (Upstream Brewery). I've done research, but there's not a lot of raspberry lager recipes out there. This is what I have so far...what do you guys...