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Alright guys, so I conceptualized my first ever original recipe and I wasn't to see what you guys think and get some tips, tweaks, and some feedback. So to start, the mash consists of: -11lbs 2-Row (US) -3.5lbs Rye (US) -.75lb Caramel/Crystal 10L (US) -.75lb Caramel/Crystal 60L (US)...

What exactly is it that takes an ipa to a double ipa? Is it more of the specific hops or the same amount but brewed for longer or is it a completely different kind of hop all togethe . Thanks I'm advance!

Alright guys so to date I have started 26 gallons of booze as a homebrewer. Currently I have in progress 5 gallons of chocolate coffee porter and 5 gallons of mixed berry wine. The chocolate coffee porter is actually my very first beer. Everything else has been wine and mead. I am about to...

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Hey guys 2 Mondays ago (so less than two weeks), my brew partner and I started a tropical melomel. Our recipe was: One gallon of %100 natural arizoma brand mango puree 2 1/2 gal doles canned pinole juice 10lb honey 1 diced pinole 1 diced papaya Ec1118 yeast Fill to 5g with water We...

Could I boil the alcohol out of something like whiskey and add it to my must during primary or secondary to get add a whiskey flavoring to my mead or wine? Thanks in advance for the help guys!

Could I boil the alcohol out of something like whiskey and add it to my must during primary or secondary to get add a whiskey flavoring to my wine? Thanks in advance for the help guys!

The actual lemon or the lemonade? I think the first mead recipe I saw actually used reconstituted concentrated lemonade as the liquid base so I didn't think that would be a problem. If you mean the lemonad all together, would you suggest just a tea base and add pure peon juice later or what...

5 gal apple pie mead 813.5

He guys, I recently discovered a close friend of mine is taking a fermentation class. While looking over his textbook I ran across a green tea and chai mead that got some ideas churning. I was thinking of doing a gallon of mead with 3lbs honey, and then a liquid base of home brewed non sweetened...

Thank you much for redirecting me! If you have any suggestions on whether or not that particular mixture of honey and brown sugar will be sufficient nutrients for my yeast to survive or on the amount/kind of yeast, it would be greatly appreciated.

Hi, I'm planning on starting my first mead in the near future. I currently have two gallons of a very simple wine recipe fermenting right now and they are my first ever shots at the home brewing world. The batch I intend to start next is 5 gallons of apple pie mead. I'm making up the recipe as...