recipe design

There was a thread on another forum asking for a recipe for a SMASH (single-malt-and-single-hop) beer, and my reply turned into a more general introduction to how to construct a recipe, thinking about how much grain you need for a certain alcohol content and that kind of thing. It assumes you...

We've all seen them at our local homebrew store; shelves filled with kits, tempting us, "Use me, I'm ready to brew, no thinking required." I heard a fellow homebrewer describe them as Betty Crocker brewing; just mix, boil, and enjoy. While there certainly are a lot of good things to say about...

Hi Everyone, I've been working on some brewing software with a few friends of mine the past few years and we have a version that's working for building recipes and getting brew day directions. It's totally free and is currently in beta at the moment. We'd really appreciate any feedback...

Apologies if this is not the right place or way to do this - I looked for rules, but maybe not hard enough? Anyway, I created a couple recipes and wanted to get opinions - the first is a best bitter, loosely based on ingredients I already have, and the second is an oatmeal stout - both british...

With the seasons changing, I am set to have my first go at brewing one of my favorite styles: Russian Imperial Stout. This will also be my first attempt at BIAB so my first full mash. I have an 8 gallon kettle so I have to supplement with LME after mashing. The recipe: 6 lb Maris Otter + 6.5...

I had the inspiration to concoct a tea beer recipe from scratch after watching a youtube video that suggested to avoid green tea due to it giving off too much bitterness (). My previous batch made from scratch with Vanilla beans, Honey, and butternut Squash had great results except for too high...

hey all. First off thank you to everyone who gives any feedback, this community means a lot to me. So I have been making saisons for quite a while and I’m really playing with yeast ideas and need help with hops ratios/schedules. I’m looking to make a hoppy saison and I don’t know how much to use...

so every year my wife’s family goes on a week Long Beach vacation and they always make summer mules (a version of the Moscow mule with gin, elderflower liquor, lime, and ginger beer). I want to knock everyone’s socks off and make a summer mule beer. But, I’ve never brewed with some of these...

I spent a good deal of time yesterday reading the entirety of pappy's epic recipe thread. I was left wondering how close Pappy's recipe was to undiluted FCAJ concentrate, sugar wise. I spent some time this morning cranking out the numbers. It appears that pappy's recipe is roughly 36% sugar for...

I'm building an automated electric brewing technology for my brewery and I am trying to decide how best to implement the idea of a brew variant? Say a recipe calls for 5 lbs of a specific grain and I only have 4.9 lbs, I miscalculated :(. I'm in the garage ready to brew and this isn't a huge...

I'm a 5-6 gallon BIAB fiend. I was just gifted 4 oz of some Denali hops from a buddy and would love to know what you guys think I should pair them with.

The brewing co-op that I am a member of is doing a wort giveaway next weekend and I get to partake. They are giving away the boiled and cooled wort and it's up to us to finish it. I don't know what direction I want to go with this so I'm open to suggestions. My initial thought was to go away...

Hey guys, I am new to brewing. I have brewed one IPA before from a recipe pack but this time I wanted to do a smash because I want to learn the flavors of the hops and malts that go in it. As this is a experiment I wanted to do a small batch so if it does not turn out good I wont be too sad...

I was wondering if this recipe would work out... I have a lot of El Dorado hops and also wanted to give a beer a touch of mango so... 10lbs Pale Ale 1lb CaraMunich 2 1lb Caramel pils 0.5oz Columbus @60min 1oz Amarillo @10 1oz Amarillo @5 1oz El Dorado @5 2oz El Dorado Whirlpool Dryhopping...

I've never used the partigyle method and could use some help. Say you want to make two 5 gallon batches and you want the second batch to end up at 1.050ish. When designing your overall recipe what starting OG would you shoot for to get that desired gravity from the second runnings...

Hi Guys! This is the first recipe i've put together, and i'm interested what you think about it, and I really need some advice! So, I'm trying to make a stout, all grain with a 5 gallon batch size, BIAB Grains: 10lbs Pale Malt 2lbs Carapils 1lbs Carafa 3 1lbs Chocholate malt 1lbs Roasted...

Hi all... I'm an extract brewer. I've recently upgraded from a 5 gallon kettle, brewing 3 gallons water and topping off, to a new 8.5 gallon kettle in which I plan to start with 5.7 gallons for a 5 gallon batch. I'm making a single hop Azacca American IPA recipe in Beersmith. When I changed...

I'm sure I'm overlooking something obvious, but I just can't see it... I'm trying to calculate a few recipes for a stove-top partial boil in small pots. Instead of boiling 3kg of malt extract topped up to 15 liters, I want to boil 1kg of malt extract topped up to 5 liters, then add the...

Hi! This is my first post here. I'm getting married in May and are planning to brew an IPA for the guests and I want all kind of input on the recipe I have designed. I'm shooting for a IPA around 5.5-6.5% ABV, not too high in IBU (I think that more guests will appreciate that). Here is my...

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