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Recipes ... I have a problem. I am an old homebrewer and after years of trial and error have learned how to brew some good xxxx. D.M.E. and hops. I am endeavoring to brew alcohol which doesn't taste bad and I am doing pretty good. Working on the freezer and temp controller for lagering...

Dude, Use 20% less D.M.E. Knife

Ryan-boc, Howdy, about the price of my homebrew... .40 is a figure I came up with years ago. But I buy a 55 Lb sack of D.M.E. { = 7 - 5 gallon batches} Once a month during the brewing season. I never figured shipping-{gas to go get the stuff} in the .40 price. It costs about $210. each trip...

Well Howdy Ya'll, This mornings discourse will be on the subject of 'quantity.' Quantity of ale or beer brewed with: Basically a cheap set up. My 'set up' consists of six glass carboys, 7.5 gallon primarys and...

spie, I keep my bottled homebrew in my 'former pantry' {very dark in there} and use green glass former Bavarian bottles, {Bavarian used to be $9.00 a 12 pack}. I can see the ale level easily through the green glass. Filling them is easy, they are however only 12 oz's. The 22...

McGeek, My first batch of the season was started the 26th, 4 days ago. It started fast and finished fast. I just looked at it and it is flat, with no bubbles at all, flat. Yeast was Safale 56, and talk about fast! 4 days and I would guess it is about done. I don't use hydrometer, just a...

Onescaler, I achieved 517, but will do better this year. Knife

Why do I brew? An interesting question it is... All the reasons given by others, were very good reasons. The reasons 'I brew my own' are ... All the reasons given above, and also basically: The reason I learned how to cook food. Control over my own life, to not be a slave! I remember when I...

Dude, Keep an eye on my 'site' and when the 64 skinners are ready I will re-do the old site and post pictures of the new knife hoard. Possibly enlarge the site too with lots of pictures. Thanks for asking J. Knife

Gentlemen, Thats it, I hadn't shook the carboy yet, just the wort and the water poured in the primary. {I sure appreciate it 'Ed Wort' sir and 'Dude'.} & Yuri! ... First batch of the year and I know, this wouldn't have happened if I had some beer. Seriously I ain't had a beer in a...

Gentlemen, Help, I brewed my first batch of the year this evening. 8 Lbs of D.M.E. in 5 gallons of water, room temp. 70 degrees. The hydrometer said 10 {under the 1000} you know, 10-20-30-40 under the 1.0000. I looked it up and that should be the final gravity...

Gentlemen, I've brewed extracts for 14 years, and always have a point where the wort is reaching the boiling point and at that point in time, if you are not standing right there watching it, it will boil over. First I heat my water before I dump in the D.M.E. Then turn off the...

Whisky, Honey ferminting out even at 95% leaves 5% unferminted honey and thats is enough to make it taste sweet. Knife

Bosh, They said just to boil it for 15 minutes, and add it last, about flavor hop time. Knife

Bosh Dude, I never put anything in my wort which ain't been boiled or otherwise sanitized. I read your preference to not boil honey and called Homebrew Headquarters where I have been getting my 'stuff' for the last 14 years. {Now I have never used honey but am about to as the Dundee...

Gentlemen, To bottle or not to bottle, If or when I get affluent enough to afford a kegging setup, and room to store all the stuff, ie: 'another room on my house', I would love to not spend 2-3 nights a week working in the brewery. And yes, bottling gets old and if it were not for...

Gentlemen, I asked the water co. here {which does put clorimine in the water} about getting rid of it, and they said it can't be boiled out or strained out. I decided to just use bottled water. At .50 a gallon it is easy. But what is this 'Campden' stuff? First time I have heard...

Gentlemen, As it is about time to crank up the brewery, 'October 10 th' I thought it would be appropriate to tell the story of the five gallons of fresh wort I broke in the kitchen floor at 3am: 'a long time ago', 'once upon a time'... Homebrewers, Join Date...

rc, LME is less concentrated so use 20% more LME. Knife