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Is it the same process for hard cider? I did wash yeast from ale, very easy and with good success. I just did a hard cider using English cider yeast. I wanted to try the same method of washing my yeast for next batches but I don't feel that it is right, something is different than with the ale...

Wow!!! What a great recipe. In fact, it was my first brew like 6 weeks ago. After 3 weeks in bottle, finally, I decided to open and taste one. Really great. Even by comparing side by side, I prefer this brew to the commercial version. I even thing that this recipe can stand alone by itself, not...

Thanks a lot erikpete18 and jonmohno. Your both answers gave me good idea on where to direct my research. This belgian IPA partial mash will be my third brew. So, I am still learning. So, thanks to jonmohno, I found out in some literature that we need to balance the fermentable. so the weight of...

I am planing on brewing a belgian IPA in a couple days. The recipe call for 1 1/2 lbs of candi sugar. I wanted to bring my own twist by replacing the candi sugar with maple syrup... Is anyone know if the substitution could be 1:1? I mean that if the recipe demand 1 1/2 lbs of candi sugar, I...

I brew this recipe 2 weeks ago. Just racked this morning and added the dry hop in the secondary. My gravity reading was at 1.016. Which seems to be on track. The beer smell very good and tasted good with no bad after taste. (I had a couple of Dogfish 60 minutes last night), it seems to me that...

Thanks a lot, now everything is clearer for me. This recipe will be very interesting to do. Thanks a lot for posting it. One more thing: I lived in south florida. For the primary fermentation, I can use a big tub with ice bottle to keep the temperature around 68-70. After the first week of...

Interesting. I was just reading about the effect of hops utilization in a denser wort. In fact, I've just found and play with the equation that evaluate the IBU considering boiling time and density of the boil. It is in the John Palmer's book. Thanks a lot for your enlightening comments. My...

Sounds like a very interesting recipe. I am a beginner and this will be my second brew. I did a partial mash as my first one, still in the primary... I want to do this recipe this week-end but I have a few beginner question: 1) We are doing a partial mash, can I do it in 3 Gal of water...