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So, my cousin and I built a couple of fermentation chambers using chest freezers and temp controllers. I’m looking for ideas for heating the chest freezers for winter time. I live in Michigan where the temp can stay cold. The chest freezers will be in the garage where will be consistently...

I am making a pumpkin porter this weekend and have heard of people using the pumpkin in the mash and others say add it to boil at 15 min left in boil. Not sure which way to go. Any advice would be appreciated.

I am doing a spiced pumpkin porter this weekend. My question is regarding the spices and more specifically, the amounts. I am using cinnamon, ginger (fresh), all spice, cloves and nutmeg. I am looking for a fairly heavy spice profile, similar to Alaskan Brewing Company's Pumpkin Porter. What...

Hey all, I brewed a stout today that I want to "emulate" a Vanilla Stout aged in a Bourbon Barrel. My question is how much oak chips should I use and what kind? I was talking about it with a buddy of mine that brews as well and he was thinking 2 or 3 cups of oak chips, covered in bourbon with...

Ok, so my buddy and I brewed a batch of Cream Ale today. We did a 11.5 gallon batch, he keeps half, and I keep half. Our recipe was: 11 # 2 row 11# Belgian Pilsner Malt 4# 4 oz. Flaked Rice 2 # Rice Hulls Mashed at 149 for 45 min, Mash out at 170 for 15 min. Anyways, we were targeting a...

I made a Christmas Ale that I am going to be bottling. I was thinking I might use brown sugar as my priming sugar. Has anyone used brown sugar as your priming sugar? If so, how did it turn out, how much did you use, and did it leave any of its flavor to your brew? And last, would you do it...

Hey guys, I am brewing a wheat ale tomorrow. I normally do All Grain, but since I am making this beer to be the favor at my wedding this summer, I am making a TON (35 gallons), I am doing an extract brew. My question is comes with the steeping of the grains. My recipe is: 68.5 lbs of wheat...

I am doing a very large batch this weekend (35 gallons planned). I normally use Wyeast #3942 Belgian Style Wheat Ale Yeast for this recipe. I am obviously doing extract and ordering everything online. The website I am using is out of Wyeast #3942. Has anyone used a dry wheat ale yeast and...

Ok, so I found this recipe here and thought it looked like the exact thing I was looking for. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f68/chocolate-coffee-stout-299214/ I went a head and bought the ingredients with out reading the whole recipe. I didn't read that it was a recipe for an 8.5 gallon...

I am a hop head. I really enjoy IPA's and IIPA's. I am going to be brewing my first IPA this weekend, and I am wondering what's the standard IBU/SG for an IPA and IIPA. The recipe I have formulated, has an IBU/SG of around 1.162. I am wondering if that's way to high of a bitterness ratio...

I am going to be brewing an American IPA on Sunday, and I am wondering what Dry Yeasts go well with IPA's. I don't have the equipment to make a starter so for now, I am using dry yeast packets instead of liquid yeast. Any thoughts on what dry yeasts go well with IPA's?

Hey guys. I am brewing today 25 gallons and the recipe I am using calls for 6 oz of corn sugar. I went to the store (meijer if you know it or care) to buy some and it wasn't with the rest of the sugar. It had corn syrup, raw sugar, and every other kind of sugar under the sun, but no corn...

I am going to be making 25 gallons of beer for my sister's wedding. I am obviously going with extract since I would be brewing for 3 days straight if I tried to go all grain. Just for knowledge, I have a 15 gallon pot with a propane burner. My question is this, how would you go about doing...

Ok, so I am going to be doing a BIG batch (more like 2 - 10 gallon batches of the same stuff.) I need about 20 gallons to bottle for my sisters wedding for her to have as place setters, and that's what they are going to use for their toast. So, my question is, does anyone have a good extract...

I use star san as my sanitizer. I love it, it works great. I did read today some where that it will keep for a while (like days or weeks) before it goes bad. I am used to mixing it up, using it for the day and then dumping it, or keeping the bucket for my blow off tube and then dumping it...

I formulated my first recipe for a smoked pale ale. I am wondering if any of you would look at it and let me know what you think? Batch Size: 10.50 Gal. Boil Size: 13.30 Gal. Boil Time: 60 Min. Grain Bill: 10 lb Pale Malt 2 Row 3 lb 12 oz. Breiss Cherrywood Smoked Malt 3 lb 12 oz...

Ok, so I am looking for a sparge arm to buy/build. I would like to have a spinning sparge arm, but it's not necessary. Does anyone know where I can find one to buy or a relatively easy blue print on how to build one, I would appreciate. I saw a blue print for one online, but it had very odd...

I am going to be attempting to make a Smokey pale ale. I am basically going to be taking a standard pale ale recipe, and subbing in some smoked malt for 2 row. I am thinking that I am going to be going with about 20% of my grain bill with the smoked malt. I am thinking that a nice earthy tone...

Hey guys, I just got a refractometer in the mail with in the last couple of days. It's the kind that gives brix and specific gravity. I was bottling today and I decided to give it a try. It gave me a specific gravity of 1.026, which I thought was odd. I then used my hydrometer to get a...

Ok, so I am going to be attempting to do 2 AG brews on sat at my LHBS. Does anyone have any pieces of advice for me to insure I get it done in a reasonable amount of time? I would try to start the second one while the first one is boiling, but I only have 1 pot and I won't be able to heat the...