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How much lactose would you suggest if I did 5lbs of strawberries?

I'm making an American wheat beer and want to add vanilla and some fruit. I thought strawberries would be great but have heard the flavor is tough to get unles you use an extract. You kind of get the tartness but not alot of strawberry flavor?? I'd like to use a puree or even frozen...

Any good ideas to "spice" up a basic APA recipe? I'm doing an APA with some 2 row, crystal 10 and 20, with a little bit of munich. Cascade hops. Looking for ideas using wood chips, different spices....etc. to make something totally drinkable but in the specialty category.

This is what I was going to try out. 4# american 2 row 2# munich 1.5# vienna 1# victory .5# caramel 60 .5# caramel 120 .25# special b 1# oat flakes 1# rye flakes 7-8oz of molasses 2oz cascade 7.5 1oz goldings 1oz goldings dry hop white labs irish ale yeast (starter) white labs california ale...

Hello! I'm entering a brewing contest and it's based on Catergory 23 so they are wanting an experimental. I want to base the recipe off of an American Amber Ale but I'm not sure what direction to go from there. I was thinking the final offering could be a big beer, heavy copper or almost red...

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