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So when this becomes a regular brew for you i need the name of the microbrewery u create so i can try some ive dreamed about the taste for weeks

Nvrmind i re-read john palmers chapter on all grain brewing and it makes a lot more sense now and he even tells you how to build a luater tun so im gonna do this as an all grain and heres the latest tweek to the recipe Fermentables 12lbs warminster floor- maris otter 1lbs cane sugar 8 oz briess...

Ok so ive read about doing a mash but can anyone explain its in simple terms or tell me if what ive understood from reading is correct it seeks like what you do is have a big bucket with a spigot on the bottom and a straining device in place about an inch from the bottom then put your grain in...

ok so i forgot how different all grain was from extract brewing with specialty grains so if i changed my fermentables to 7 lbs muntons DME 2 lbs maris otter 1 lbs caramel 40l 8 oz carafoam would that make it an extract with specialty grains?

also from what I understand the carafoam helps with head retention and clarity is that right?

I just looked into target hops and may change to those for bittering but i like the spicy kick that challenger will give to the more floral/grassy, earthy aroma and flavor created by the fuggles and ek goldings On another point is dry hopping length more of a personal preference thing then? And...

Im doing a 4 gallon boil then diluting to 5 gallons or is that a bad idea? And after i realized i had miss calculated i started the recipe on hopville and when i realized the bitterness was so high i reduced my schedule down to 2 oz challenger for 60 1.5 oz fuggles for 40 1.5 oz east kent...

ok so i redid the bitterness calculations and when i do it on my calculator i get an IBU of 93.35 but hopville tells me that it will be an IBU of 135.8 i dont know what im doing wrong :confused: edit: on my calculator i used john palmers isomerization table for og over time. and used the...

Thanks everyone this is great advice so only dry hop for 3 days use dme instead of sugar cane and also to answer a question posed to me im shooting for a 1.076 og with a 1.017 fg

hi ive been reading about homebrewing a lot and am about to start but i want to try an original recipe. and so the one i came up with is an imperial IPA and it goes like this fermentables 10 lbs warminster floor-malted maris otter 2 lbs cane sugar 8 oz carafoam 8 oz briess caramel 40l (for...