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Ive come to love English pale ales during the past few months and I'm looking to brew my second attempt at the style tomorrow. The proposed recipe is an ESB. Any input from those of you who have brewed the style would be greatly appreciated. 5.5gal OG 1.054 35 IBU 9lbs Maris Otter...

A buddy and I brewed up a barleywine last year for a mutual friends wedding. It came out really nice and recieved great reviews from all the guests at said event. We got to talking the other day and decided to make it a yearly event. This years recipe is a bit different than the last, I've...

I whipped up a batch of applewine/cider/whatever using Ed Wort's recipe as a basis to start from. OG was 1.070 pitched rehydrated K-97 german ale yeast (all other yeast I had was already slated for other projects), fermentation was odd but seems to have gone well. I checked the gravity night...

Taking a crack at the style for the first time, advice welcome. 6gal Batch 75% Efficiency Expected OG 1.045 Expected FG 1.010 30 IBU 9lbs Maris Otter 3L 8oz Carastan 30L 2oz Simpsons Crystal 55L 1.87oz Styrian Goldings 5.5%aa leaf 60 min 1oz EKG 5%aa pellet dry hop 10 days 1882...

I've been brewing with the same equipment for the last year (7.5 gal BK, 10 gal MLT, batch sparge). The only thing I've changed is using aluminum foil to cover the mash for 5-6 gal batches to reduce heat loss. Today I attempted the CYBI recipe for mirror pond. I used the same amount by weight...

Went to replace the blowoff on a belgian pale I brewed and sucked back some of the starsan into the fermenter (approx 1-2oz). Bad news is that I found some mold growing in the bottom of the jar I had the starsan in. I'm super pissed, that was going to be a really good brew. Now its not...

Ive been reading some articles recently on older english ales and keep seeing references to candi syrup as an ingredient. I've got some simplicity that I plan on using in a tripel, now I want to see how a darker syrup plays out. I'm thinking of using D-45 and crafting a pale ale. Mostly using...

I have batched a fair number of large beers in my time. The one thing I've learned is that these types of brews need to be fermented on the cold side initially in order to reduce fusels and esters. I don't have great temp controll at present and the warmer weather will be coming in very soon...

After much pontification I've come to the conclusion that its time to venture into the realm of brewing belgian styles. I decided on a tripel for my first belgian. I've done some reading on the style here and elsewhere. So far the recipe looks really tasty to me but I want to run it by others...

I just recieved a hop order and I've got a pound of whole leaf styrian. I don't have a lot of experience with this hop and I'm looking for some good recipe ideas to use some. I'm pretty psyched to brew with these as they smell amazing and it will be my first go at using whole leaf hops. Any...

I'm looking to put together a nice IPA with a large amount of late addition hops. Basically I want huge hop flavor, specifically grapefruit/orange/citrus. The usual suspects like Centennial, Cascade, and Amarillo are already in the running. I want to see if you guys and girls have any other...

I'm planning on brewing another batch of pale this weekend to rebuild my shattered pipeline and I wanted to see what the folks had to say bout the tweaks I made. The recipe is for an APA and is as follows: 5.5gal batch Expected OG: 1.058 Expected FG: 1.014 SRM: 8.4 IBUs: 44.2...

Hello all! I plan on brewing up a sMasH ale with my dad over the holidays and I wanted to get some feedback from the good people here on my recipe, as well as take suggestions on mash and fermentation temps. I want to do an american pale using Vienna as my base malt and amarillo hops. So far...

Im getting ready to brew up a batch of bitters and I wanted to know what you guys thought. I know the hops aren't quite traditional but they are what I have on hand at the moment. Here it is: 8.5lbs Maris Otter 1lb 60L Crystal 1lb Flaked Wheat 0.5lb Victory Malt 0.5 oz Colombus...

I brewed a pale using Danstar Nottingham that had a starting gravity in the 1.065-1.068 range. I checked the gravity after nine days and got 1.011, got the same reading again on day 12. I decided I wanted the beer a little more on the dry side after tasting and boiled some sucrose (4 oz)...