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Hello! I am making a 1 gallon batch to use up a few hops and an extra lb of amber extract I had laying around. The recipe is 1lb 2 row 1lb amber dme 1/8oz hallertau @ 45 1/8oz chinook @ 10 Nottingham ale yeast I added my grain and the temp was a bit over 160 afterwards, but I got it down to...

Today I brewed a wheat beer recipe I threw together last minute. I am worried I screwed it up... I used: 6.6lb munton wheat lme 1lb munton caramalt (L10-14) 1lb brieiss caramel 10 malt 1.5 oz hallertau 4.5aa @ 60 1 oz saaz @ flameout Safale us05 I didn't realize that both lbs of grain I...

A few buddies and I are going to join the annual keg races at my school. Instead of bringing a keg of swill we will be bringing a radio flyer wagon with a mountain of ice around my kegging system. (5 gallon pinlock, 10lb co2 tank and chrome faucet) Unfortunately it slipped our minds so we need...

:( Was about to keg my batch of Scotch Ale and i noticed a layer of something on top so i popped the top off since I am about to keg anyways. Gross! All 5 gallons (split between 2 mr beer fermentors) are infected. If it doesn't taste too nasty and I want to keg it will it infect my keg...

I left some starsan in my beer line for a few weeks, its still in there now actually. I just realized that my siphon hose I left in starsan for a week got kinda sticky from it. Is my beer line ruined? I have beer that needs to be kegged but I'm worried the inside of the line is messed up. I've...

I love their cream ale and carabou slobber. I'm about to order a few kits since they have a 15% off kit sale through facebook, I have no idea what I want to brew next!

I brewed a Brewers Best American Amber ale last night and I noticed the yeast starting to kick into gear after only a few hours. I went out and stayed at my girlfriends last night and when I came back I smelled it as soon as I stepped in my house. (Smells so good.) The airlock had blown out the...

so I had a few friends over after bailing on a party for a homebrew and movie. One of my buddies asked to try my moose drool clone and I agreed ofcourse. Anyways about 5 minutes later I got up to go to the bathroom and my kitchen floor was covered in beer. =( nobody is touching the tap but me...

I kegged 5 gallons of carabou slobber last night and put it in my fridge. This morning I hooked the co2 up to 12 psi and came back to it about 4 hours later and put it up to 30 and did the shake for 7 minutes. I degassed it and hooked up the co2 to 12 psi, got beer in the gas line somehow but...

This is my first go at an American IPA recipe: target volume 5 gal via BIAB (This will be my first time not using my mr beer fermentors, have a 6 gal pet carboy FINALLY!) 10 lbs. 2 row 12 oz. cara foam 4 oz. Caramel 20 4 oz. Caramel 40 8 oz. Caramel 60 4 oz...

Hello fellow HBTers! 2 years ago I moved into a college house with a few older buddies who had rigged up an old fridge with a tap on the front. The one time I bought a keg to drink off of a guy who lived in the house didn't go to classes for 2 days and my beer was all gone. Its time to rescue...

2 gallon recipe (for my mr beer fermenter) 3.3 lb. lbs pale dry extract 1 lb. 2 row caramel 40 2 oz amarillo @ 60 1 oz amarillo @ flameout Coopers ale yeast I can only buy grain in prepackaged lbs @ my lhbs so I am hoping to get all the sweet flavor and color I need from that 1 lb...

Finally time to get a 6 gal fermenter! I have been doing 5 gal ag kits with BIAB and splitting them to 2 overfilled mr beer containers; its worked well enough but I want to have more beer going at once, and I'm don't want to end up with 10 mr beer vessels a year down the road. I will have to...

Has anyone added maple syrup to beer to up the abv and add maple flavor? I have the tommyknockers maple nut brown in mind. How much would I add to the 5 gallon recipe? (From northern brewer, "carabou slobber"). Should I prime with it? Also if this is just a bad idea let me know. Also I am...

I will be using red star yeast, the blue packet and will be fermenting in a mr beer container (about 2.25 gal). I like dry ciders and I want something to put my friends and I on our asses while still tasting decent. Looking at some other recipes I'm thinking I will use 5 or 6 cans of the...

Recently my girlfriend got me one month in a brew club, and my favorite of the beers received was Maritime Pacifics Decompression Ale. It is an American strong ale, I am new to brewing so don't really know where to start. Any hints or tips would be great, even a standard base for an American...

So I brew 2.25 gallon batches via brew in a bag (BIAB) and ferment in my mr beer fermenters. When I get premade kits for 5 gallons I just split the grains or extract and hops into 2. My last order included a wyeast smack pack, my question is can I split the contents of the smack pack into two...

I want to make some mead and need some bottles!

I will be trying a SMaSH (single malt and single hop) beer tomorrow with what I have left from a recipe I did a few weeks ago, I am afraid to let the crushed grains get too old. It is for a 2.25 gallon recipe: 5 lbs 2 row @ 150 for 60 .5 oz cascade @60 .25 oz cascade @30 .25 oz cascade @15...

My brother and I will be brewing our first batch together tomorrow and I am going to show him how I BIAB. We have decided to try out a Belgian Tripel. How does this look for a 2.25 gallon batch? 5 lbs Belgian Pilsner 1 lbs cane sugar 4 oz munich 10 (or light munich) 1 oz saaz for 60...