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Guide to a lot of different spices and their use in brewing. http://www.franklinbrew.org/wp/?page_id=120

Hello fellow homebrewers, I would greatly appreciate some help and input on this. So, I've found that peoples opinion on New Belgiums Somersault seem to be split with people either liking it or not. Personally, I thought it was interesting and (since New Belgium is kind enough to post their...

I'm very curious as to what a variation of this brew would taste like if it was hybridized with a Wit. Maybe some orange zest added in after fermentation. I might try something like that pretty soon. also, how do you feel about honey malt instead of honey?

Yeah I had a bad experience with pith in a wit I brewed. Bittered the crap out of it. But the bitterness goes away after a while. I also just brewed a wheat with lemon pulp in the primary but I got a sweet lemon taste from it with not much actual citrus character.

So which would you recommend more for flavor? Zest or pulp? If zest would you recommend it at the end of boil or secondary with it?

Hey everyone, I was just wondering if anyone has noticed or knows of a difference between using citrus zest and the actual fruit/pulp? In the boil vs in secondary? I mean they should impart different flavors and aromas right? In my experience when I added lemon fruit chunks to primary I...

So, I decided to dry hop with roughly 2 ounces of this Chamomile blend tea I bought a few weeks ago. Here's a link: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005ATIDX2/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20 It's a blend of Chamomile, Tulsi, rosehips, lemon myrtle, orange peel & lemon peel. Basically its has a...

Actually I think the beer you're thinking of (Babylonian) from dogfish head would be their Midas Touch brew. http://www.dogfish.com/brews-spirits/the-brews/year-round-brews/midas-touch.htm I'm not sure about all the ingredients in this beer but I do know it has muscat grape juice in it. Their...

Doesn't DogfishHead do a whole line a beers like this? Check them out. I think they call them their Ancient Ales.

If you're really looking for that orange blossom nose, try bottling with some orange blossom water. I did a wit a month or so back that I bottled with about 10 tbsp of Orange blossom water/4.5 gallons. It was a little intense at bottling but it mellowed out quite nice during the priming...

Any news on how this turned out?

Hahaha, So the Hibiscus is out, Yeah I was thinking about doing a beer with them a month ago, but when I tasted how tart they can be, that idea quickly went away. I think I'll end up bottling some as is, and mess around with the rest, see what I can do with it. I'll keep the as is bottles as...

Hahah, I like that, The Cardamom Club. I was hoping that cardamom would mellow with age but...guess not lol. I'm thinking about putting it in secondary with a bunch of Grapefruit and Lemon, and then dry hopping with an earthy spicy hop. But as a write this, The thought just occurred to me...

Yeah...not gonna lie. The primary ferment is done but I swear the smell is getting stronger ever day...Lesson Learned hahaha. But is there really nothing I can do to save this beer?

No..I know what you're talking about...but this is a bit different from the other uncarbed samples I've taken from other beers. I think I used too much floral hops with the lemon and cardamom, and I'm looking for something to balance out those flavors. Would a dry hopping achieve that or maybe...

Hey everyone, So I was hell bent on brewing something with Cardamom...and I did it. But I just tasted a sample from the primary 5 days after brewing and well...something seems to be missing. The beer just seems to be too...Mild. Recipe as follows: Grains etc. 6 oz Carapils 4 oz Honey...

Hey everyone. Just a quick question, If you where planning on dry hopping, would a late hop addition (5-0 min) of the same hop make any difference, or would it be more advisable to just not do the late addition and dry hop? Thanks.

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So, the weather's warming up, I've had a few, and I had some time to kill, so I decided to try to come up with a good summer wheat using Beersmith. What do you guys think of this? Any help or input is highly appreciated. 3.3 lb Wheat LME 3.3 lb Pale/light LME 6 oz Carapils Est...

I'm curious tho, the pith from the oranges didn't add any kind of bitterness to the beer?