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I know you said 2 cups of brewed coffee, but what is your bean to water ratio for the cold brewing? Thanks!

Thank you for the help/comments everyone. If I remember, I will post about the final outcome.

I am happy, but it is very weird b/c I never witnessed any activity out of the airlock. I pitched at about 10:30pm Saturday night and checked in at about 5:00pm on Sunday (I was out the whole day). Could it have finished that quickly? I have never had anything like that happen before.

So, to make things more interesting... I just checked the gravity and it is down to 1014 from 1045. I have kept it about 68 degrees. I threw in a picture as well in case that reveals anything to anyone. Thoughts? Suggestions? Thank you in advance...

Both packs swelled and the wort temp was correct when I pitched. Any suggestions about what I should do at this point?

I ordered 2 smack packs of Wyeast 3068 from Northern Brewer for a Hefeweizen. I pitched on Saturday the 9th and there has been hardly any activity. When the yeast arrived at my house it had an ice pack between the two packages inside of the box, but it had completely melted and was warm (so I...

That was my thought, but I read a couple recipes on here that added them like 10 minutes before boil was over. Well, no matter. I will just partial mash them before the boil like normal

Actually, one other question. Some of the recipes I have seen using Carafa do not add it until close to the end of the boil. What is the reason behind that?

Perfect! Thanks

I am looking to brew a dark IPA (partial mash) and was not sure what the best ingredients were to use to make the color very dark (close to black if possible) without too much of the burnt or sharp flavors you get from black patent and the like. I found Carafa I,II,III but is there anything...

Ingredients: 1 lbs. 2-Row Brewers Malt 1 lbs. 2-Row Caramel Malt 60L .5 lbs. American Chocolate Malt .5 lbs. Victory® Malt .25 lbs. Roast Barley 3 lbs. Amber Liquid 3 lbs. Liquid Light Extract .5 lbs. Honey 1 oz. Chinook (Whole, 13.00 %AA) boiled 30 minutes. .5 oz. Chinook (Whole, 13.00 %AA)...

Ingredients: 1 lbs. German Light Munich 1 lbs. German 2-row Pils .5 lbs. Vienna Malt .5 lbs. Cargill Munich 3 lbs. Amber Liquid 3 lbs. Pale Liquid 1 oz. Hallertau (Pellets, 4.50 %AA) boiled 45 minutes. 1 oz. Saaz (Pellets, 5.00 %AA) boiled 15 minutes. Yeast: Wyeast 2308 -Steep...

Sorry for the slllooowwww response! Got no sulfur taste at all. Make sure to crush the campden into powder otherwise they take forever to dissolve. Good luck!

When did you add the honey?

Tasty, refreshing American Wheat with a nice lemon flavor 1 lbs. Best Pale Ale Malt 1 lbs. Midwest Wheat Malt 3 lbs. Wheat Liquid Extract 3 lbs. Ultralight Extract 1 oz. Hallertau (Pellets, 4.50 %AA) boiled 60 min. 1 oz. Hallertau (Pellets, 4.50 %AA) boiled 15 min. .5 gal. Lemonade...