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My buddy started doing a Cactus Pear Wheat that is pretty awesome. It's just 5 lbs 2 row, 5 lbs wheat, and 1/2 lb honey. Throw in 1.25 oz EKG at 60 min and 0.5 oz Cascade at flameout. Use a dry yeast like S-05 (you can use 1056 if you want to use a smack pack. Let it ferment out and rack onto 4...

I am not sure how far from you this is but Gannons Station Cafe in Massapequa Park Claims to have it. If it's close give them a shout. I have not had it yet but if you say it's good, I'll give it a shot. Worse thing that could happen is I get six more bottles for homebrew.

Check out post # 5 here. That should clear it up. I use them both with good results.

Hops Mellow with time. I brewed a beer with 1 oz of coriander and there was no coriander flavor at first. In 2 months it was very pronounced. Maybe someone with more experience in with coriander can speak let us know if that the norm but time will help a great deal.

Pretty old but I remeber hearing mixed reviews on this http://***********.com/events/maui-brewing-pushing-the-limits-with-onion-beer/

Cascade brewing! All sours- well mostly sours. They had one Pale while I was there. And you absolutely have to visit Hopworks Urban Brewing, take a pic of you on the keg bike and post it back to this thread. HUB is one of my favorite breweries. My Buddy is a Local and his favorite Red is at...

Late to the party here but stirring increases how fast the wort cools. I actually use my IC to stir my wort, periodically pulling the IC out so the copper gets cold again, dunk and continue stirring. I get my wort down below 70 in under 10 minutes this way.

Add it in after Primary fermentation is complete then let it sit as long as you would normally, bottle or keg, condition, then drink. If you plan on using a secondary, put it in your secondary vessel and let it sit a few weeks. I typically add vanilla to my primary after about a week and then...

I always use an alcohol based vanilla extract. The stuff at costco works pretty well. I add a TBSP or 2 depending on the flavor profile I want after fermentation is complete. If you want to get complicated and make your own extract- no sweat. Just split a vanilla bean in half and soak in an...

I am assuming this is a typo but just in case- do not boil the grains. Only steep them. Boiling the grains would extract tannins that you would not want in your beer

Agreed- but this can also happen after Primary fermentation is mostly complete if I remeber what the WIKI said correctly. I recently made a lager and forgot about my swamp cooler for a week. Temps were in the low 60's in secondary that whole week and the room I had it in is the coldest in the...

Charlie Brown- The first brown I ever made up. I have made a few tweeks to perfect it but it lands right in between Porter and a brown. I love it. :off:By the way- D_Ranged: You should see the Pliny at your house today. Hope you enjoy!!

My buddy Pablo's favorite trick at parties is to give people knuckles. I started off by teaching him to shake, then eventually just started to stop his paw about halfway up (so it kind of hinges down at the joint) and giving him a different command. Now he only holds his paw about halfway up so...

It would need to stay attached. I use the set it and forget it method. I don't particularly like green beer so I will set all of my kegs at serving pressure and forget about it. Once the beer is carb'd it's usually conditioned. Some darker beers have taken longer to be just right though.

Here you are. There is an Extract, All Grain, and Mini Mash version: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f66/bee-cave-brewery-haus-pale-ale-31793/

Check out what can be done about short hoses if it causes issues: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f35/cure-your-short-hose-troubles-100151/ There is a difference between 1/4" and 3/16" but I am just not finding the definable answer. It's in the pressure drop. Three Feet seems kinda short...

One more quick thought on this- get the quick disconnects for the beer line that look like this (Flared). It costs a bit more because you have to buy the screw on adapter (flared fittings) to connect the beer line to the disconnect but in the long run you'll be able to clean your beer lines...

And here is a link to a calculator for beer line length

Best advice I could give beyond any of the above post- ALWAYS clean the dip tube. I didn't realize that for the first couple of batches in a keg and got some pretty off flavors.

Glad it worked out for you! Freezing Yeast is a viable way to save money and build a library of yeasts. Check out the Wiki Page for instructions on how to do it.