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So Sunday during my brew session I wasn't paying attention and my mash water hit 180 degrees so to cool it down I threw in the ice pak that came with my yeast and swirled it around, mashed in flawless brew day. Well this morning I asked my daughter where her lunch ice pak was from yesterday...

Ok, so when I dry hop, which is on most beers, usually 2 oz per 5 gallons some pellet hops sink to the bottom after 10-14 days and I get a nice clean rack to the keg, and other recipes the pellets refuse to sink. This recipe that is refusing to sink is 1 oz simcoe and 1 oz centennial the last 10...

Ok so today I brewed a Munich dunkel, its Jamilz recipe. Beersmith says OG should be 1.060, I collect 7.5 gallons ( i think anyways, it was up to the line in the middle of my keggle) gravity was 1.046 right on the money 76% or so efficiency, 5.75 gallons to fermenter gravity reading 1.054, 68%...

I am entering a small non sanctioned competition and am having a hard time choosing a category number. It is a brown ale much like a southern English brown but the OG is higher than a Southern @ 1.055. The beer came out great. The form i'm using is from the BJCP site. Thanks in advance

My first Bavarian Hefe with WL300 yeast and it tasted like corn, I thought it was great until my girlfriend said it tasted like cooked corn and then I couldn't get past it, it does and I don't like it. I've never used this yeast before. Very basic recipe 5lb of pilsner and 5 lb of wheat 1/2...

I was @ a beer fest yesterday talking with the head brewer of a local microbrewery and commented on the maltiness of his beer how I liked it and never seem to get it even if I mash @ a higher temp EG 156-158 and he told me to mash lower like 150-152 for more body and malt flavor. Isn't this the...

I just got 8 gallons of fresh maple sap, any ideas for a recipe? My friend told me I should use it within a week. I was thinking and amber ale, not too heavy on the hops. I have no experience with sap so I don't know what differences it makes, hopefully someone will chime in. Thanks

When calculating efficiency do you guys account for the 1/2 gallon +/- left in the brew pot after whirlpool and siphon into the primary, I usually leave behind at least 1/2 a gollon of cold break and hop sludge. That 1/2 gallon brings efficiency up around 6-8 % using beersmith. For those of you...

I bought 6 0z of hop pellets from a different HBS , Usually use ID Carlson, and they smell like dirty socks, are my hops bad? They are hallertauer, which I don't have alot of experience with.

Hi all, Monday I brewed my first lager an Oktoberfest, and for some reason today I was playing around in beersmith and looked at the recipe and realized I screwed up on the hops, the bittering hops were supposed to be 1.5 oz Hallertau and I only put 1/2 an ounce in, bringing the IBU's from 22 to...

Ok so first lager under my belt an oktoberfest my favorite style. I started the batch on monday its the first batch i've ever put in a glass carboy for a primary, because I knew I didn't need much headspace. I'm like a kid in a toy store window every hour or so opening the fridge door to take a...

Today I was supposed to make my first Lager, Temp control for christmas, I'm good to go. Kids off to school I am Psyched. I had a Oktoberfest starter that I stepped up for 5 days, and 3 pounds into the crush my barley crusher broke, snapped the end off, now the roller moves around and the thing...

Today I used my new 10 gallon home depot cooler for a 5.5 gallon batch, it was nice having all that room but my effeciency dropped, I am usually around 77-85 %, this batch I was 72 % still not bad but!!! I tried doing some research on splitting the sparge water or just using the whole 5 gallons...

My girlfriend is looking at getting me a nitro setup for christmas, stout faucet, regulator and 33 cu. Ft nitrogen tank, I told her to call around the gas suppliers before she did anything, she got mixed reviews, one company told her that a tank that small would be empty very quickly, another...

Just got back from my LHBS and he told me that the price of grain is going to increase 2 fold in the upcoming months, needless to say he was very discouraged, as was I. Time to buy a few hundred pounds. What have you guys heard?

I made this pale ale for vacation and I have to say It is by far my best beer yet. I came up with the recipe from many of the Sierra Nevada recipes out there. I just had a few Sierra Nevada Pale ales last night and I think mine is way better. Lots of hop nose and taste but not too bitter. GRAIN...

I have made my first beer that was dry hopped and it came out incredible, I bottled it and took it on vacation with me, I normally keg. My question is I have read alot and most say if you keg you should dry hop in the keg, why is this better than in the secondary? I really don't want to cut the...

Type: All Grain Date: 5/8/2007 Batch Size: 5.50 gal Brewer: Boil Size: 7.79 gal Asst Brewer: Boil Time: 60 min Equipment: Brew Pot (6+gal) and Igloo/Gott Cooler (5 Gal) Taste Rating(out of 50): 35.0 Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.0 Taste Notes: Excellent Wheat beer smooth and very...

I will be on vacation for 2 weeks and have a porter thats been in the secondary for a week, my question is should I leave it at room temp (which can get up near 80) or stick it in my fridge @ 38. Other that to clarify (which really doesn't matter because its a porter) what advantages...

I am a big fan of dry stouts especially Murphy's and Guinness and would love to have a keg of this on tap as my house beer, my recipes are good but seem to be missing something, I think its the nitro. Tax refund in hand I would love to get a nitro setup I would just hate to spend 250$ and still...