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Wow thats very interesting!!! Cocoa and coffee, great!

No hops? Is this a cascadian dark ale? Im looking for a good recipe!!!

Im pretty sure it was the converion, because I didn't monitor the temp in the mash. It was my first brew, upps!!!!

Share the recipe!!!! It looks great

I just tried my first batch, its n APA, it tastes great , lots of cascade hop flavor. But I have 2 concerns. first, it's really cloudy. I know that was probably A poor starch conversion, been my first batch, i'm sure that's it. The second is the foam and head dosent last very much, like a...

Oh ok, thanks!!!!

Hello, I have a question. If CaraPils is used to Increase and help Foam and head. Why isnt used in most recipes? Thanks

Hello, my local home brew store only carries crystal malt 40L. I have several recipes that call for higher crystal malt 60L and even 120L. I had an idea, if a recipe calls for crystal 60L and the color is 6.2 srm. I use crystal 40L and enough chocolate malt to achieve the SRM's. Is this...

Hello, I made my first brew a couple of weeks ago. I made a huge mistake! The guy who sold me the brewing kit told me to use all the irish moss (2 tbsp) I latter found out it was a lot!!!!. My beer is been in bottle for 1 week, I'm going to try it tomorrow. My question is, will the excess of...

Hello I´m planning to brew, john palmers IPA, but I have 2 questions: In his recipe it calls for 2 oz galena boil 60 min, 2 oz EKG boil 15 min and 1 oz EKG boil for 5 min. I input tha data into beersmith and it gives me a IBUs of 130. in his recipe he says that the IBUs is 60. Who is right...

I made the beer today, got 75% efficency !!!!! Yeah!!!!!

Youre right is was the efficenciy %. Since im new at brewing I dont know my efficency yet. So wich one do i make?

Hello, im thinking of making john palmer's Lady liberty ale. The recipe calls for 7 pounds of 2 row pale ale malt and 1/2 pound of crystal 60. I enterd it to beersmith and it is not properly balanced, the est OG is 1.036 and the est ABV 3.8%. To balance it, it calls for 8 pounds 13 oz. Of...

Ita actually tastes great!!!! I even got a buzz from trying it. I'm keepjng it 1 more week and dry hoping it!!!!

Finally got my hydrometer, got a reading today the gravity is 1010. And the alcohol % is 2. Should i start over or is this worth saving?

Really looking forward to starting my next brew. Hefeweizen maybe?

Finally, tried the beer today, 1 week in fermentor, it tasted fine ( happy happy) thanks every one. It is very cloudy. Im going to keep it 2 more weeks in the primary fermentor. Will it get clear with time? I did use irish moss.

Yesterday i moved the fermentor to a spare fridge that i have i have it at a constant 65°f. its been fermenting for 3 days now and the bubbles in the fermentor have really slowed. i was timing them today and its like 1 every 2 mins. I did read yesterday "how to brew" by palmer, and I realized I...

I just order a hydrometer- yes Im doing a second fermentation

thanks for the INFO Ive been reading how to brew as I go along, mistake on my part, but Im learning!!!!!, can I do something now to introduce more oxygen?