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That's quite a bit of chocolate. It may overpower the apple flavor.

I have a decent amount of cascade and nugget hops left from previous brews. I would like to do an extract using Wyeast American Ale II. Any suggestions? I want to try and make this one as cheaply as possible

I should clarify that mine is a ball lock keg, not pin lock

I asked my local Brewpub, Olde Main, to fill up my corny. The Brewmaster said he used to have a tri-clamp to pin lock fitting to fill cornies but he no longer has that so he cant fill cornies. Any other suggestions on how to fill this?

1# Gambrinus Honey malt 1# chocolate malt steep @ 160 for 35 min. in 1.5 Gal H20 Boil for 20 min 1# DME- Plain extra light 1 can apple juice concentrate 1/4 t. citric acid 1 T. irish moss 3 Gal. apple juice Nottingham Yeast S.G. of 1.056 Looks pretty dark from the chocolate malt...

This is on deck for this weekend's brewing. I'm back in class so I need something quick and easy. 6.6 # Wheat extract 1 oz. Tett (60 min) US-05 21 oz. cherry pie filling (pureed) (mainly for color, some flavor) 2-4 oz. cherry extract at kegging

"Don't want to drink too much of that, you'll go blind!"

Make sure you stir your wort while using the chiller. A thermal boundary layer occurs around the chiller; cold wort surrounds the coils while the rest of the wort remains hot. There needs to be a temperature differential close to the coils for effective heat transfer. You may also need a...

This thread started as a joke but is now evolving into a pseudo serious discussion. As far as making a light beer. Could one not make a high gravity wort and dilute until the desired OG is reached. Dry hopping could be done to compensate for hop dilution. Just a thought.

Batch size: 5 gal Grain Bill: 1 # barley 0.5# flaked maize Hops: -None required. Mash grains at 150F for 60 min. During the rest drink 12 12oz. MGD 64's, followed by half gallon of water. Collect the metabolic wastes from the above and boil with wort for 60 min. Add water to...

I made a vanilla cream ale. For that I scraped the vanilla beans and put them in the wort for the last 30 min of boil.

I'll try passedpawn's idea. 3/4C. should be enough to carb 6 gal then?

So I decided to make a simple AG batch this weekend. I got ballsy and decided I would decide my grain bill without doing any calcs. Here's my overzealous recipe 10# 2-row 2.5# flaked corn 1.75 oz centennial (60 min) 0.25oz centennial (10 min) My OG turned out to be 1.060. Which means...

I've had great luck with Beer Crazy in Urbandale. I live in Ames and went there because I was in Des Moines. The clerk was very friendly and I was even offered some homebrew. The clerk even picked out the ingredients for my brew after I decided upon a recipe (they have recipe books there)...