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Hi There: I brewed a recipe (trailing this post) collated from a number of sources. I was really keen to get this one right and was shooting for a 1.11 OG; reality was a 1.22OG!! Since the wort was already cooled, I went ahead and pitched a medium size starter on it, and within hours, it was...

Hi Everyone: So I had a slow day at work and developed the recipe below based on a few that I found, and my own thoughts. The biggest deviation is 1.) the hop schedule and 2.) the smoked grain. The plan is to smoke 4lbs of 2-row for 20 minutes at 120* over pecan wood. I want the smoke to come...

Hi All: I brewed the recipe below that I swiped off this forum. It's basically my wife's favorite beer. After three days of fermentation, it died down really quickly. I noticed only a bubble every couple minutes. I left it on the yeast cake for a while to clean up and planned to finish up as...

Hi Everyone! So I have 6 batches under my belt; three of while I've done by myself. I have to say, this is a bit addicting. So far, I've done a hopped up Belgian ale, a hopped up saison and Chouffe clone. The hoppy Belgian ale is currently undergoing the cold crash and the rest are fermenting...

Hi Everyone: I'm curious if anyone has tried an automotive paint strainer--like those used to strain paint before going into the spray gun--to remove hops/trub. My thought was to santitize a funnel and place the strainer into the funnel. Then, run star san through it a few times to sanitize...

Hi there gents: I just picked up a bourbon barrel from an amazing distillery near me (Garrison Brothers). I'm thinking I'd like to brew this: http://www.beertools.com/html/recipe.php?view=6563&fvu=gallons&u=us&fv=10&scaleBttn=Scale+Recipe What do you think? My question is, what is a...

Hi gents: So I'm stepping up from 5gal batches to 10gal. I still have my 10gal Igloo cooler and I have a question about batch sparging. If I understand correctly, I can mash in my Igloo cooler as usual. Once I transfer to my BK, I then load another 6 gallons of water and stir in and drain...

Hi All: I've been lurking on this site for quite a while and joined a few weeks ago. I'm a little new to brewing and have done about 5-6 all grain batches. We basically have a 8 gallon kettle and a 10 gallon igloo MLT. This yields about 5 gallons. When split across two friends, the beer goes...