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Hi all So I am one of the lucky people with 6 Perlick 525 taps that are now not sealing properly and looks like there is not much to do about it (Perlick will not help as the model is discontinued). So it looks like I may have to soon invest in 6 new taps. So since I have not bought beer taps...

Hi guys I have a couple of rhizomes which were dug up this past Saturday and placed in big ziplock bags with a good deal of soil added to the bags. I will not be getting around to planting them before this Sunday, will they be fine at room temperature like that or should i put them in the...

One of my first brew sessions in my new apartment will be an imperial stout of which I plan on brewing a standard stout as partigyle.I plan on adding another kg of 2-row for the 2nd mash, but also want to make sure it keeps the black color, so was thinking about additionally capping it with some...

Hi guys (and girls) I am brewing up an imperial stout soon, and I plan on making a lighter stout of the grains afterwards. My question is, will I generally need to add more dark/specialty grains to the 2nd mash in order for it to not turn "brown" or will my roasted barley be good enough for...

Hi guys I want to brew something up that comes close to Celebration. How does this look to you? http://hopville.com/recipe/1680541 Cheers, Thomas

Hi guys Just a quick question. I have a full, uncarbonated keg at room temperature. I apply 20-30 psi of pressure and check for leaks with soapy water. There are none. I then disconnect the gas and when I come back a day later there is only very slight pressure left in the keg. Like a small 1...

Any comments are welcome! http://hopville.com/recipe/1655152

Hi guys, I am going to brew up this 70/- soon. Any feedback? http://hopville.com/recipe/1668445 Is the bittering level correct?

Hi guys I am looking to brew a wit with something in the likes of 50% pilsner, 40% flaked wheat and 10% flaked oats, but I am doubting whether it will convert properly without doing a step mash? I have not yet embarked on step mashes. Oh, and what are people's general take on wit grists...

Hi all One of the days I am going to be brewing up a chocolate apricot ale with the following grain bill 48% 2.100 Wheat Malt 41% 1.800 American Two-row Pale 7% 0.300 Crystal 15L 5% 0.200 Chocolate Malt I want to use cocoa nibs as well as apricots in secondary but have no idea...

Hi guys I plan to add oak chips to a 13 liters batch of old ale which is going to be at approx 1.090. If adding them in secondary for 10 days, how much would you advice I should add to get a medium woody flavor? I was thinking in the likes of 25 g, am I way off?

Hi guys (and girls) I will be brewing up an imperial stout with a grain bill in the likes of this (13 l batch) 80% 4.500 kg American Two-row Pale 7% 0.400 Roasted Barley 5% 0.300 Special B - 118L 5% 0.300 Chocolate Malt 3% 0.150 Caramunich Malt 60 I would like to age it for a...

Hi guys Flaked wheat is pretty expensive up here, so for my next wit I was wondering if there is anything mash/conversion wise or flavour wise that would keep me from brewing a wit with say 50% pilsner, 15% malted wheat and 35% flaked wheat? Thanks, Thomas

So, I have put the following together http://hopville.com/recipe/1025765/belgian-tripel-recipes/belgian-ipa Any input on the recipe? Especially the hop schedule. Am I too low on IBU's? Cheers, Thomas

Hi guys I have recently started mashing fair quantities of base malt along with my specialty malts and then adding a bit of extract in the end. Quantities of 25+3 kg all together with 2 kg being base malt. The first two beers which are ready have both had this "wine" taste which I have...

Hi guys Today I was brewing up a partial mash tripel and i ended up waaaay low on OG. Fermentables were as follows: 3 kg pilsner (mashed) 1 kg dextrose 0.5 kg of light dry extract From my calculations (and hopville) this should yield 13 l of 1.089 wort at a mash efficiency of 65%...

Hi guys Before long I am looking to brew a partial mash tripel. I tasted an awesome tripel brewed with Citra lately and I want to try the same for my first tripel. I am looking to do a batch of 13 l (3,4 gallons). Would I be way of with a recipe like this one, and is there anything in...

Hi guys This might be a stupid question, but is there anything fundamentally problematic with doing 2 stovetop mashes at the same time in order to be able to actually brew all grain? Two different grain bags, one with 2,5 kg grain and one with 1,5 kg (I have different pot sizes) mashed at the...

Hi guys I know this is something which has been discussed before but here it goes again. I brewed up a Christmas ale the other week and I fear I was a bit too conservative on the spices I put in such as allspice, cinnamon, cloves etc. Beer will come out of primary into secondary one of the...

Hi guys I recently got my hands on a awful lot of Nugget hops (way more than I could use if I was to only use them for bittering). So I thought I'd try this whole hop bursting idea and try to make up my 40 something IBU's for an American IPA more or less solely by late hop additions. How does a...