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Thanks for the responses. Can someone explain the process involved in a 80 degree 1 hour steep? Thank you, Richard

Hello, This may be obvious to most of you... but I've been looking at recipes and some have a 0 minute hop addition. At first I thought this meant to dry hop... but then I saw some recipes with both 0 minute and a dry hop. What is a 0 minute hop addition? Thanks! Richard

Hello, I'm looking to make a tasty, easy drinking lager. This is what I've come up with. Any thoughts would be appreciated. cheers, Richard --------------------------------- 7.5lb 2-row 1.75lb flaked corn 1lb Vienna Malt 1.75oz saaz @ 60 Yeast - WLP840 est OG - 1.054 est FG -...

Hello, I've now done 55 Gallons of beer, (in the last 2 months or so,).... and I have a few questions I was hoping some of you pros can help me with. 1. My most recent purchase has been a mash tun with a false bottom. Previously I was using a mash tun with a bazooka screen. I have used the...

5 Gallons Rasberry Wheat 15 Gallons Stout 10 Gallons EPA 5 Gallons ESB 5 Gallons Newcastle Clone 5 Gallowns Heifwiezen 5 Gallons Blue Moon Clone 5 Gallons Hoppy Wheat = 55 + 22,210 = 22,265 BTW.... How many gallons before you're no longer a "beginner?" :drunk:

Perfect! Thanks.....

Hello, I'm using Wyyest for the first time and the packages, when recieved from my LHBS were already swollen... like the activator had been activated... Are they still good?!... as I don't know how long ago that was.... Cheers, Richard

I can appreciate that as well. I've been using water from a company called Mineva that has done case studies with microbreweries using their water. I don;t know the tecinical side behind it.... but one of the findings on a side by side comparison was hyper-active fermentation...

Thanks again.... I'm using a special type of water that's known for super active fermentation. ... or at any rate, that has been the observation of some of the micro breweries using this filtration system. I am definately going to keep my eye on temperature though and shoot for the middle of the...

Hello, I am looking for a nice light easy drinking pilsner and came across the following recipe on beerrecipes.org. 9 lbs - Pilsner (Weyermann) (1.7 SRM) (Grain) 5.4 oz - Carafoam (Weyermann) (2.0 SRM) (Grain) 4.0 oz - Acidulated (Weyermann) (1.8 SRM) (Grain) 0.9 oz -...

Perfect! Thank you very much! Richard

Hello, I'm fairly new to home brewing. I've done 8 5gallon batches and with 3 of them the krausen has bubbled over right out of the airlock... on the top of the bucket and onto the floor. Two of those batches were a Heifweizen and one was an EPA. I really need to figure out how to stop...

Hello, I found the following recipe on beerrecipes.org and I wanted to give it a try... but I'm a fairly new brewer, (6 batches in,) and I have a question I was hoping someone could answer. The 1/2lb of crystal Malt.... at my LHBS they have Crystal 40, 60, ect.... but nothing that is pure...