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I am fermenting a simple cream ale. Small batch (3 gallons) that has flaked corn and flaked rice in it. I don't usually get bad advice from my LHBS, they said just add the adjuncts straight to the boil, which I did. Once done, some of these solids made it into the primary which has just...

Larson, QBrew calculates that 1/2 oz of your 6.1% hops for 60 minutes will give you 13 IBUs. A little more and your up at 15-16 IBUs.

My QBrew program indicates the wheat beer should be between 8 and 15 IBUs. If you put in 1/2 ounce at 60 minutes you should be around 8 IBUs If you put in the full ounce, you should be around 16 IBUs

Your 6.6 pounds of extract brings your O.G. to 1.048 within the range of 1.044 to 1.052 for a wheat beer. Do they list ratio of wheat to malt on the label? The longer you boil your LME, the more opportunity you have of caramelizing it and increasing the darkness of your beer. This may not...

3 gallons Bavarian Wheat 3 gallons American Cream Ale 9160.5 + 6 = 9166.5

Hey jtkrazer, My Hefe was done with WLP380. Kept the ferm temp at 68 and it came out right down the middle. Nice hefe cloves at the beginning and a hint of banana at the end. :ban:

Last weekend: Small Batch Hefeweizen This weekend: Small Batch Cream Ale :)

I'm planning on brewing my first Cream Ale this weekend. Real simple version 3 pounds DME, half-pound pound corn, hops, yeast. O.G. is calculated to be 1.050, F.G. at 1.012 It's a small batch (3 gallons) and my local beer supply store has WLP-080 White Labs Cream Ale yeast. This is...

Be nice to have the ability to calculate OG based on less than a full boil.

I could up the malt bill. I'm a few points short of the upper limit of the O.G., enough to play with some more grains.

I boil a couple of gallons the night before, cover it and leave it at room temp. When it comes time to top off, that's what I use.

I made a American Pale Ale, with a nice taste and, for me, a pleasant citrus/grapefruit finish, much like Wachusett's Country Ale. It was a 2.5 gallon batch using one shot of 1/2oz Northern Brewers hops at 8.4% A.A. for 60 minutes, for an IBU around 35. Some members of the family aren't...

Thanks for the discussion, I will concede that it is not the safest (or possibly smartest) thing to do. I'm not in a rush to find out what can go wrong, just looking for an answer amid the conflicting opinions and available data. Ruckus, can I assume that carbing beer in the 22oz Bombers...

Lots of good conversation here. The Kegerator website has a carbonation chart. It shows temp values from 32 to 65F with PSI ratings from 1psi and up. Under the 2psi column, the volume of CO2 shows a range of .88 (at 65F) to 1.92 (at 32F) if I am reading the chart correctly. It also is...

I have seen several threads here concerning carbing beer in bottles, growlers and modified growlers. In Maine there is an establishment called Federal Jacks, that sells their "made on site" beer in growlers and six packs. The Master Brewer there is Alan Pugsley, who is also the Master Brewer...

Thanks Aj. Your explanations have been very informative, as well as the rest of this thread. I am posting the response from Muntons concerning their water report. "Unfortunately I am unable to provide this information. We use a mix of borehole water, softened water and recycled water but the...

I'm going to bump this thread because I've been doing a lot of reading on water and its effects on brewing, which as usual, raise more questions. Facts: 1. I, currently, am an Extract + Steeped grains brewer. 2. Town water is from 3 wells whose average values are as follows: Ca = 4.87...

I've been using QBrew to calc some recipes and I have an Ordinary English Bitters in mind. But "hitting" the style numbers requires I have about 3.25 gallons of bottle-able product. So when using QBrew to figure out your values, is the batch size equal to what you want to have left, or...

There is some real funny sh*t here...:D

I just finished reading this whole thread..... and I'm feeling a little woozy.....