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Mostly citrus flavor with a small amount of bitterness. It makes it taste closer to an IPA and less like an apple wine.

I've recently done a fair amount of research on oak (ie, not first hand experience), and what I've read is that the oak flavor will keep getting stronger the longer it's left in there. The rule of thumb is .5oz per gal, but I've seen recommendations all over the place. The biggest thing is that...

Yes, the Amarillo gave it a strong grapefruit flavor.

Ingredients: 3g Unfiltered Apple Cider (365 Brand) 1c brown sugar 1T yeast nutrient 1oz Amarillo hops S-04 yeast 1c ginger tea 3 cans apple juice concentrate Directions: Add apple juice, brown sugar, yeast, yeast nutrient, and hops to fermenter After 4 weeks cold crash and rack into...

Hi All, So I'm making a few beers to give out for xmas this year, and I have limited space in my swamp cooler. Here are the styles I'm planning on making: - English Brown (Windsor Ale) - Hefeweizen (Wyeast 3068 Weihenstephan Wheat) - Black IPA (Safale US-05) I only have space to keep...

Might as well try my luck.

So add 2 more oz of hops? Also, which would be a good hop for dry hopping to add more citrus flavor?

Hi All, So I inherited a very old IPA kit (3+ years old) that contains 11 lbs of LME and a whole lot of hops. I know the hops are pretty much bad at this point, but the LME still seems good. I have some leftover hops from a couple of 1g batches, and wanted to replace the hops that were...

My bother in law was going to start homebrewing and bought everything he'd need to do so, but never actually started. He doesn't know exactly when he purchased the kits he had, but I was able to find some dates on items of November 2011. Everything is still sealed in the factory bags. I'd really...

For the coffee, I was going to use 50g of my favorite breakfast blend (a medium roast that's very smooth). I'll see if my local roaster has any Sumatran or Kona and my go with that if they do.

Just finished drafting this and looking for any critiques on it. The goal is Left Hand Milk Stout meets Founders Breakfast Stout with a little extra chocolate flavor. 3# Light Dry Malt 35% 2# 2-row 23% 22oz Flacked Oats 16% 12oz Roasted Barley 8% 10oz Crystal 120 7% 10oz Chocolate 7%...

Found someone selling a used turkey fryer for pretty cheap. It looks to have been used several and not thoroughly cleaned between uses. Any reason why I can't just take some steel wool to the alum pot to have it ready for brewing? Thanks!

Awesome! This is exactly what I was looking for. Also- great tip on the cooling rack to keep the bag off the bottom!

So I currently have a 5g and a 2g kettle. What size partial/all grain batches can I make with this setup? As a note, the 2g kettle is much higher quality so it holds heat much better. I would assume I'd be using this to mash and the 5g for the boil. Thanks!

My first beer was a brown ale. It started fermenting quickly, but then stopped after a few days. Beer turned out great; if I were you, I'd just relax and let it sit in the primary for a couple of weeks.