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Hi everyone, I have a question I have never really thought about until now. Do you start your brew timer after the hot break, or, do you start it at the first sign of a boil? Example: 60 min boil, do you start the 60 min after the hot break, or at first sign of boil? I've always started...

Hi guys, do any of you know of a program that will let you start off with a water profile, input the water profile goals, and then it would tell you what you need as far as brewing salts and amounts to add? Like hoe many grams or tsp and so forth? I've tried to understand the most common ones...

Cheers all! I have a question, I've searched and decided to ask this instead. I just moved to a smaller place with no room to ferment inside and I am forced to do everything in an unattached garage that is not really insulated, brew, ferment and possibly bottle/keg. I have a FastFerment...

Hi guys and gals, just picked up the inkbird ITC-308 controller and had a few questions. I want the keezer to set the keezer at 37 degrees. 1. Where should I set the kezzer setting, 7(max) or 1(lowest). 2. What should the settings be on the controller? Thanks in advanced.

Hi guys, I'm new to kegging and looking to set up a 3 tap keezer and looking for some info on setting it up so I can can serve at least different beers at 3 different pressures, but I'm having a hard time figuring it out. I need help. What would I need? I'm looking or maybe a schematic or...

Hi guys,I've downloaded numerous versions of Excel spreadsheets and things like that, what I'm looking for is a free excel spreadsheet that does what Beersmith does with it's OG adjust function. So, when you put in the grains as %'s(say 80 pounds for 80%), then you can go in and adjust the OG...

Recipe Type: All Grain Yeast: US-05 Yeast Starter: No Additional Yeast or Yeast Starter: None Batch Size (Gallons): 2.5 Original Gravity: 1.060 Final Gravity: 1.013 IBU: 49.4 Boiling Time (Minutes): 60 Color: 8.8 Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 7 Secondary Fermentation (# of Days &...

Hey guys, I am looking for a little help in making a freezer cleaner ipa of some sort. Here is what I've got in the freezer 0.5 oz Styrian gold 1 oz Centennial 0.5 oz Summit 0.5 oz Tettnanger 0.5 oz Chinook 0.5 oz Fuggle Any ideas where to start? Thanks

Hey guys, I am looking for a little help in making a freezer cleaner ipa of some sort. Here is what I've got in the freezer 0.5 oz Styrian gold 1 oz Centennial 0.5 oz Summit 0.5 oz Tettnanger 0.5 oz Chinook 0.5 oz Fuggle Any ideas where to start? Thanks :mug:

Ok, I've searched and have not found what i'm looking for. Maybe you guys can point me in the right direction. I've got a recipe that has two different DME's in it, I'm looking to convert them into grain. I know how to convert a single extract but not quiet sure how two works. It has 6# golden...

Method: All Grain Style: Irish Red Ale Boil Time: 60 min Batch Size: 5.5 gallons (fermentor volume) Boil Gravity: 1.080 (recipe based estimate) Efficiency: 75% (brew house) Original Gravity: 1.102 Final Gravity: 1.029 ABV (standard): 9.46% IBU: 177.22 SRM (morey): 16.94...

American Pale ale. My first one done on Beer Smith. 5 gallon batch Partial mash OG 1.057 6# Pale LME 66.67% 1# Rye malt 11.11% 1# Crystal 20L 11.11% 1# Flaked Barley 11.11% 1 oz Summit (60) 1 oz Fuggle (15) 0.5 oz Fuggle (5)

I am looking for help converting this extract recipe to an all grain one. Also, can you tell me how you came up with it, I would love to convert a few more I have. Thanks in advanced DIPA O.G 1.075-1.080 5 Gallon 6.6# Light LME 3# Golden LME 8 oz caramel 80L 8 oz Victory 4 oz...

Looking to make this black ipa and i was thinking of adding either bourbon soaked wood ships or just add 5-6 oz of tequila at secondary? What do you guys think? 5 gal batch - 0.25 lbs Weyermann Carafa III - 0.25 lbs Chocolate Malt - 0.5 lbs Briess Caramel 80 - 3.15 lbs Dark malt syrup...

I want to make my own recipe but have no idea where or how to start. When you guys come up with your own, how do you start out? Do you start out with the style? How can you tell which grains to use and extracts to use with them? Thanks from a newbie!

So, I'm making an Imperial IPA and it calls for 20-25 AAU's for bittering hops of like Columbus, Warrior or Summit. If I take the Summit AAu of 18.5% and take the high end of the AAU's of 25 for the recipe, I come up with about 1.35 oz of hops for that boil of 60 min. Does that sound right?

Ok guys, help me out. Can i make this black IPA recipe into a black IIPA by just doubling the amount of hops, and can I have it sit on bourbon soaked oak cubes and for how long and how many oz. SPECIALTY GRAIN 0.25 lbs Weyermann Carafa III --0.25 lbs Chocolate Malt --0.5 lbs Briess...

Can i turn this brewer's best Witbier kit to a White IPA. I have extra hops in my freezer from an IPA i bought extra for and didn't use them. http://www.brewersbestkits.com/pdf/1051%202013%20Witbier%20Recipe.pdf There is the link for the Witbier kit (hope it works) I have: 1 oz Summit 1...

Is there a good substitute for a lager yeast. Looking to sub out White Labs American Pilsner Lager (WLP840) yeast. Just not sure if I can get temps for fermentation down enough to use lager yeast. Thanks

Hi guys, I am looking to brew this soon and was wondering what the cider yeast will bring to the table? Also, is there another style of yeast I could use. It's a Yuengling Lager clone that ferments like an ale. Here is the recipe. This is for a 5 gallon batch. .66 lbsBelgian Cara-Pils .33...