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I brewed a rye ale with 30% rye recently, and I was thrilled with how it turned out! That brew had some other malts in it too though, not just the 2 row. This is definitely an experiment, I originally said I was going to do 100% rye, but I'd like to actually be able to drink my experiment...

I am going to brew a rye ale this weekend, kind of like a smash, but not a smash (although I hope to learn the same things. 50% rye malt (and lots of rice hulls) 50% 2 row Hopped with Simcoe. What do you think?

"making wine is easier than making beer, but its so much easier to make GOOD beer than it is to make GOOD wine" I heard this from a home wine maker at work. What do you think?

It defiantly still siphoned slow and quietly, so I wasn't too concerned about that. I guess I was wondering why I've never heard of this practice. It seems to me it's much easier to just throw the dry hops right into the primary, then rack into the bottling bucket through the bag to filter...

When I racked my last batch from the primary to the bottling bucket, i on a whim attached a sanitized nylon bag (meant for dry hopping) to the end of the hose, so the beer filtered through it. It picked up some hops and trub and I had much less sediment then I usually end up with in the...

I was weary of it at first too, but many many people told me "don't fear the foam". So I took their advice, racked right into a carboy filled with foam, and 1 month later drank the best beer I've ever made. Been using star San and not " fearing the foam" ever since.

Thanks for the advice everyone! I'm definitely going to try smash brewing and different yeasts!

Love the thread! Can't wait to try the recipe! I was going to scale it down to 3 gal, but for some reason I ended up with: 6.5 lb 2 row .75 lb crystal 60l .75 lb victory (all crushed together) Rice hulls I have several pounds of fresh (not canned), cooked, pumpkin purée. I was going going...

I wanted to start a discussion on the topic. Does anyone have any good resources, tips, or advice on palate training as it applies to beer specifically? I don't think I'm seriously lacking in any particular way, but I feel like if I gained some knowledge/training/understanding, it would...

You should dissolve the sugar in water and boil it and then add it to the bottling bucket. Then rack on top of that. make sure everything that touches the beer at this point on is sanitized! Don't stir or rack roughly! The idea is to prevent oxygen from dissolving into the beer. Congrats on...

Thanks, that's just the info I was looking for! And I get that, canned/preserved pumpkin must be used to have pumpkin beers ready this time of year, but I tend to be on the side of "it's too damn early for fall seasonals!!!". :-p

Can someone point out a good recipe using real pumpkin instead of canned?

Thanks for the tip. What OG would you suggest?

That sounds good, maybe I'll put a cinnamon stick or 2 in there. Do you think that I should leave them in throughout the whole fermentation or "dry hop" with cinnamon sticks for a period of time, 7 days, 2 weeks, whatever?

For my first cider , 3 gallon batch,I want to do it as simply as possible, dry and carbed. I'm going to pick up 3 gallons of fresh, pasteurized cider from a local orchard, add brown sugar until I get a gravity of 1.055, put it in a carboy, shake to aerate, add a packet of Nottingham yeast...

So now that I've got this pan refinished, clean, and lightly seasoned. What is the best way to keep it in the best shape possible and get that great seasoning and nice black color without it getting all caked up and crusty like it was before? I know not to use soap, but what do I do when it...

Thanks everyone for the advice! After several coats of oven cleaner and soaking/scrubbing/ repeating for several days. The pan is fully stripped! Now that I can finally see the metal I can see that it is in fact a Wagner! I'm excited about it! Now time to re season and get cooking!!

Ever had Weyerbacher's Double Simcoe? So Good! I'm making an all simcoe pale ale this weekend. LOVE THE SIMCOE!!

Thanks for the advise, but I'm not going to risk ruining it just yet. I've scrubbed like he'll, I even got a wire brush for my drill and took that to it. It worked, but it was slow moving. I'm going to try the oven cleaner tonight and some more scrubbing after the chemicals take effect. I...

Thanks so much! I'll be brewing it this weekend!