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Yeah I definitely did overkill, but it is supposed to impart a near Vanilla flavour at longer boils when used with invert sugar, so decided it would be flavourful ly beneficial. And that's actually how I end up using honey in alot of beers and make mead. Its so much cheaper to buy your...

I may have simply run out of sugar (my wife and MiL use it for their copious tea and coffee, and I use it for hobbies "related" to homebrewing) and saw the crystallised honey I had put away to use for mead. I wasn't sure how the honey flavour would translate in all the British beers I want to...

Finally got around to making a batch for beers (and a small jar to water down later for pancakes). Ended up between #2 and #3, but the flavour and aroma is amazing, even if it is harder than taffy. Ended up using up some old crystallised honey, which I boiled the heck out of to change the...

Well this was a gem of a thread I forgot about yet is fitting since we got a pair of cougars living near the two Elementary schools near my home and people are in an uproar (on either side of the debate). As for cooking to 160f, that's right, cook until a steady internal temp of 160f...

Cream ales are like kolsch in that they are originally (though the category is so broad nowadays like most) lager style beer made using top fermenting ale yeast. https://www.americancraftbeer.com/what-the-hell-is-a-cream-ale/ https://www.bjcp.org/2008styles/style06.php

Cream ales are essentially lagers done with an ale yeast, and sometimes layered afterwards.

White beer is the name that applies to wheat beers (Hefe, wit, American wheat, wheat wine, some saison and beire de garde)

When you say white beer, how exactly do you mean? Does it taste like it was brewed with wheat? Does it taste like it was brewed with a Hefe yeast? Or Wit yeast? Or a saison yeast (for the lager obviously)?

Works like any other sugar. Actually better than many tbh.

Had 7 under mine before life changed, Glad to meet ya then

Ive made quick inverts for a few Scottish ales and am planning it for my next house Brown and the flavour they give is much better than simply using sugar (which I find people crap on too much due to ****** kits etc). Adding some molasses or brown sugar is also a great way to enhance the...

Mmmm haven't had this in ages. Grew up having stroop on my pancakes instead of syrup, and the darker varieties were some of the best. May have to make some of this for beer and pancakes now. What sort of ratio did you use?

Got to agree. I've had 100% wheat beers look just as clear a few weeks in. It happens sometimes. If youre wanting a really hazy beer I would also bump up the wheat % personally. I've turned to 80%wheat 20%oat for my WIPA and NEIPA style beer, and if I want a real haze and a bit of a thicker...

That's not terrible for time to wait, just may mean having to put it off for a bit, but extract kits like yours are quick to do so it isn't a huge dilemma. I would order the DME and wait. And if you have the money to burn, I would order bulk for the next time.

I'm going to have to side mostly with RM on this one. Its mostly the bulk content of the beer along with possibly minor oxidation. That beer isn't that dark at all, even for that grist in the train bill. Its going to be 10x lighter in the glass. As for why the difference in colour, like...

If you do add sugar, just a warning it will heavily thin your beer out. If you want for a lower Abv (making more of an ISA) you could opt in to doing it with a pound of sugar (instead of a kilo). It will still thin it out noticeably but not terribly with those kits (done it before out of...

Not to sure why everyone is so confused by the beer enhancer or adding extra Extract. It's an extremely common practice in the middle to low end Extract kits brew series all over the world (coopers, mentions, mangrove and a few others do it, though don't worry mangroves are at the top end...

What was your grain bill? And did you already add lactose during the boil? Both of those can effect the tested gravity and FG, making it higher. Also it could just be sluggish. My Dark Mild I just made went down 75% in the first 3 days, but took a full week after that to finally finish...

Another great place to buy pumps is online. I picked one up off Amazon for 18$Can on sale that was quality equivalent to a 50$pump and does the trick wonderfully. Then like others have said, do cold water and later ice water. To be honest I don't even do ice water sometimes since my sinks...

Hey all, had been reading through several posts on the forums lately after seeing the George Washington Molasses beer thread, as well as the Hard water and Grocery store threads awhile back and had a crazy idea for an experimental beer. I'm planning on making two different "beers" with no...