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I have been editing a red ale recipe that I tried earlier this year. This is what I have come up with so far. Tell me what you think. Based upon how it looks on paper I could probably consider it an india red ale... Grain: 9 lbs. US 2 row 2 lbs. Vienna malt 0.25 lbs. crystal 20 0.25 lbs...

So the LHBS was weighing out my grains for a pale ale I am doing on Monday. I have my own barley crusher so I asked the guy working not to crush the grains. So while I am picking out everything I need for the batch I hear their crusher turn on. I caught him and told him I needed the grains to be...

I haven't tried making this one yet...still waiting on my hops to arrive. Decided to mash at 152*F instead of 155. You could try some Vienna but I am only using ingredients that were listed by the brewery. In the commercial description of the beer it says 4 types of caramel malt and I only have...

I also got Maris Otter instead of 2 row pale. The crystal 40 and 80 were increased from 4 oz. to 8 oz. too....

Aren't they similar? The British ale yeast won't leave as much residual sweetness as the English. Wouldn't that make the beer more balanced? I may still go to the LHBS and get WLP002 English. I haven't used either of these strains so I don't know from experience (only 40 gallons under my belt).

The link I followed from the brewery's website shows all the ingredients needed. However they will not tell you the mash temp, weights/amounts for the ingredients, etc... After trying several times to adjust the grain bill and hop schedule, I think I may have gotten near where I want to be for...

Hello all, I am new to all grain brewing...I have read and done research on it....looking forward to trying it out next week on my day off...I will be doing a robust porter...could anyone tell me if this recipe looks good? Any advice or tips would be appreciated. Thanks everyone! Grain bill...

I have a belgian kiwi wit going right now...my airlock does the same thing...but I just leave it alone as I do not like messing with the fermentor after I have pitched yeast (unless I need to adjust temp)

I have been using mine to feed the ducks and geese in my neighborhood....they seemed to enjoy the heck out of it (especially when their eggs hatched and the young ones needed to eat)! My batches have been partial mash so it was 3 1/2 pounds....all gone in a couple days

What's up everyone? I am new to homebrewing. I got a Brewer's Best Deluxe Equipment kit for Xmas and I had a 5 gallon glass carboy sitting around the house...so I can do 2 batches at once thus far (the kit had a carboy in it as well). I just started my fourth batch. Here is what I have brewed...