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Anyone want to pitch in some advice on this one? I'm still a relatively new brewer and have done 10 batches now the last four of which have been all grain. I'm just starting to think about water chemistry. I usually use arrowhead Springwater because I can get it easily and I like the way it...

I just set up a nitrogen system in my kegerator and it works great. You have to get a special separate nitrogen tank which gets filled with 75/25% nitrogen/CO2. You will need a special regulator for this tank as your CO2 regulator will not fit. Lastly you need a special tap faucet which has a...

Brewed a house pale this Sunday and it is happily bubbling in my new conical R2D2. That makes me happy. Used my new 10gal kettle and had my 1st boil over during hot break and lost some bittering hops cause I got cocky due to my new bigger kettle. That made me sad. Threw in some more hops...

So I am brewing this weekend, but just realized I have Simcoe in the fridge. I have never brewed with simcoe. Supposed to be piney? Does anyone have a good place in the recipe to add an oz, or will it clash with columbus and cascade? 10 lbs 8.0 oz Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) 8.0 oz...

Thanks everyone, I will post results when it is tricking down my throat.

Hops: 0.6 oz Magnum [14.0%] - Boil 60 min Hops 4 1 Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15 min) Misc 5 0.5 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.0%] - Boil 12 min Hops 6 0.5 oz Cascade [5.5%] - Boil 12 min Hops 7 0.5 oz Cascade [5.5%] - Boil 0 min Hops 8 0.5 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.0%] - Boil 0 min Hops 9 Dry hop...

This weekend I am brewing an APA and wanted to use this grain bill 10 lbs 8.0 oz Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) 8.0 oz Victory Malt (25.0 SRM) 8.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) I have never used Victory before and am going light on the Crystal, so the specialty % is only...

Can anyone help? These questions are probably easily answered by experienced brewers but I couldn't find them online. I found a recipe I want to brew (don't know the percentages yet, but emailed the brewery): Maris Otter Crisp pale malt Torrified pale Roasted malt Black malt Acidulated...

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Hi Yooper, I am going to bre this beauty but my LHBS doesn't have black barley. They carry black patent malt 550, and roasted barley 595. Will one of those work instead. Also, do you use rice hull in the mash? I batch sparge. Thanks, T

Just wondering if most people do both flameout addition and dry hop, or if dry hopping is the flameout addition redundant and not necessary? ( for APA or IPA) Thanks

Can anyone give opinions on how this recipe may turn out? I started with a rough outline of hop stoopid, but scaled it down in IBU and OG for a pale ale, and changed some other stuff. Is the malt bill to simple? Do chinook and cascade work well together? How is nugget for bittering or...

I was wondering if anyone knows what the taste/aroma difference is when adding different hops at different times in the last 25 min of the boil. I have read about Hop usage times --http://www.babblehomebrewers.com/attachments/article/68/hopusage.pdf --but don't have the experience to know how...

Thanks for the advise, I made some changes. Switched bittering to magnum which I've used before ( in the spirit of not changing too many things at once). Upped the victory, and changed the hop schedule as below: Batch 5.5gal OG 1.055 IBU. 39.2 9 lbs 12.0 oz Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0...

Wondering if you brewed the cascade Willamette combo and how it turned out?

I am trying to make my own first recipe for an all grain american pale ale and wondered if anyone can give an opinion if I'm on the right track or if I'm making any terrible mistakes (only 3 all grain brews under my belt) I started with an IPA kit recipe that turned out good, decreased the Og...

I need some yeast advice. So I just finished an all grain brew day for a lemon lime hefe. Post boil 0G is 1043. At day 3 of fermentation I'm going to add some simply limeade that should increase the alcohol about a half percent. My question is, the recipe calls for white labs hefe IV. I did not...

Can anyone who has made this Brew chime in for me and tell me if lake walk tastes like 90 minute dogfish head ipa? The reason I ask is I'm one of those few rare people who don't like the 90 minute dogfish head. Something about the taste just isn't right for me. I looked up the recipes and it is...

Slim, or anyone who knows ... I'm getting ready to brew your beer this Saturday and very excited for a good summer brew. Quick question though. I have read basically all of the forum and it looks like we shoot for 5.25 post boil volume. Then +/- a starter and about half of a gallon of simply...

Thanks, still trying to get my equipment dialed in