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I brewed my 3rd hefeweizen a little while ago and bottled it recently. Compared to my other hefeweizens, this one is very light colored. Others have had a little orange tinge to them and this one was light yellow. It also feels really "thin" when you drink it and doesn't have as strong of a...

I have a jar of washed WL300 yeast sitting in my fridge from the end of November 2011. Mr. Malty puts the viability at 10%. There is almost no "non-yeast" material in the jar and it is very thick (except for the water above it of course). To get my target yeast count of 140 billion cells (I...

I am planning on brewing the DFH 90 Minute IPA clone and ran some calculations on the rackers site to see if I can fit all the grain (18.16 lb) in my mash tun. I have a 28 quart coleman cooler and the rackers calculation said I need 7.13 gallons to make this beer. I am pondering my options and...

My brother in law wants me to brew a Dogfish Head 90 minute IPA clone and I need to order some Simcoe, Amarillo and Warrior (leaf, but would use pellet). Just about every place I look online is out of Simcoe, Amarillo or both. Could any of you suggest a replacement hop for the Simcoe and/or...

I had posted in an earlier thread about doing a split batch and straining through a nylon bag into my bottling bucket to filter out any peach junk. I did not stir after siphoning into the bottling bucket and noticed that after bottling... the last little swig in the bottling bucket tasted like...

My brother in law wants to come down and help me brew and split a batch. Should be fun, but I need a little help on the type of beer he wants to brew. He wants to make the Dogfish 90 minute IPA clone. Trouble is that I have a 28 (7 gallons) quart mash tun and this calls for 18.16 pounds of...

I decided to give my local homebrew place a shot and bought some grains from him and he ran it through the mill. I asked what his crush setting was and he wasn't sure (should have been clue #1). I bought the grains anyway and decided to brew yesterday. Well, my system has been pretty...

I was going to brew over the weekend and was going to make a starter this time.... problem is that I don't have a flask or growler to use. Any ideas for a vessel that I might have around the house? milk jug? glass pitcher?

I am trying to clone a New Belgium Trippel, so I went to the website and found this info: I wrote NB hoping to get some hints (or the exact recipe) and they came back with this: I am using BrewTarget and have everything set up to hit and OG of 17.6 before adding the sugar. I can add the...

I can't seem to find it.... but I thought someone posted a spreadsheet to determine your volume in inches based on the container size. Anyone have better search foo than I do? The reason I ask is that I marked off my stir paddle last time I brewed for every gallon I added to my pot, but it...

Who wants to give me head advice? My first two beers (hefeweizen-extract, 1554 Clone - AG) do not seem to have much head when poured. These are bottle conditioned beers and have bottle conditioned for at least 3 weeks. Carbonation is ok.... but seems a little low. I am a little aprehensive...

I have 5.25 gallons sitting in primary that has been there for a week and a half. I wanted to free up my primary for another batch, but wanted to let this beer sit for 3 weeks (at least). I tried looking it up... but only found a couple posts on the interwebz about fitting this much beer in a...

I use the batch sparge method and had a question regarding the sparge(s). When you add your sparge water, do you let it sit? or varlouf and drain right away? I have been letting it sit for 10-15 minutes for each sparge. I usually have to divide my sparge water in two because my mash tun is...

My first beer, I made an extract hefeweizen and decided to rack onto 5 pounds of peaches to make it a peach hefeweizen. All went well and everyone liked the beer.... but something is bothering me. The wife made a comment after drinking two beers to the effect of "how much alcohol is in this...

I have read through a few threads... wanted to ask some (hopefully) simple questions. I would like to take a smack pack, split it into two and save the other for a batch to be made later (at which time...would like to split it again). Here is my plan: -make a 1 liter starter -split into...

Brewed over the weekend, a kit from Austin Home Brew and the recipe said the expected post boil gravity should be 1.057. Mine came out to 1.051. My efficiency was 75% (it was 78% the last time... so pretty consistent). I ended up sparging 2 quarts more than I needed for my 6.5 gallon pre-boil...

I wanted to try and re-create the Spanish Peaks Honey Raspberry Ale, but am pretty new to brewing so I thought I would ask for help on re-creating for a 5 gallon batch. I pulled this off the website: Grains: Caramel 40 Caremel 80 Munich Vienna Hops: Williamette Tettnanger Cascade...

Just wanted to see if someone could help me identify the type of wheat used in this Hefeweizen (by the picture). Recipe is basically: 5 lb 2-Row Malt 4 lb Wheat Malt (red or white?) 8 oz Carapils I am guessing red.... but I don't know the affect of a small amount of Carapils on color...

From an earlier thread of mine.... had some yeast that are done broke and got in contact with Austin Home Brew about it and they shipped me out some new yeast (and promptly I might add!). Will get here tomorrow, but I will be up in the hills camping. Sooooooooooooo, I was thinking of having...

Did my first AG batch yesterday and I think it went ok. I did a fair amount of research getting myself ready for AG brewing (only have 1 other batch - extract - under my belt). Used the online calculators and had the timing down but had to improvise a bit. Made a couple mistakes. I did the...