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I was originally planning on brewing this for some non-craft beer drinking friends. However, they seemed to really like my last APA so now I'm thinking I might throw .5oz of Amarillo in at flame out (instead of the tett) or maybe at around 5-10min. Can anyone tell me if this might be a bad idea...

Hi, I'm going to be brewing a summer blonde ale for some non craft beer drinkers. Malt bill so far is 95% Vienna malt 5% CaraRed Using Wyeast 1272 American Ale II For the hops I'm thinking of a noble like hop for bittering (Hersbrucker). But I'm wondering about later flavour and aroma...

Hi, I just brewed an imperial stout for my 8th batch. I don't really feel like a beginner any more but this situation has me a little puzzled. This was the first time I brewed a beer this dark (~60srm) and with such a high gravity (1.086). It ended up being a 3.7gal batch because I expected a...

Thanks, and yes, perhaps i should have been clearer on my method. I did indeed make a sugar solution which was in a seperate bottling bucked that i racked onto. I was suggesting that the low flowrate caused less mixing in the bottling bucket. I have done the same for 2 beers in the past which...

Ok, so here's the problem. I made my first all grain brew mashing in my 5gal boil kettle using a BIAB method. Only made a half batch because wanted to do a full boil and test boil off and other things like that. After 3 weeks in primary (plastic bucket) I go to bottle with bulk priming like I...

Hi, I downloaded yesterday no problem and had a quick look. I don't have the book so I cant check them but most look good and the ones like the pale and amber ales match what I have already found on the net. I didn't look through every single one of them though. After reading some of these...

I never even thought about water chemistry. What can I add to reduce harsh bitterness in something like an APA? I use pretty much 100% rain water (only barrier filtered). All I have tested it for is pH and it is surprisingly neutral. Sometimes I use a small proportion of unfiltered tap water...

So they are similar in taste and bitterness just Warrior packs a bigger punch in the sense it has higher AA? To be honest it could be a number of my procedures that are causing the bitterness such as over-sparging and extracting tannins or fermentation issues (my palate isn't good enough to...

Hi, I have been bittering with AU Galaxy and US Cascade for the past few beers and been finding the bitterness too harsh. I'm going to invest in 100 grams of a high alpha hop to use only for bittering. At the moment I'm torn between Warrior or Magnum. Does anyone have any experience on which...

Thanks for the reply mate. I agree with you but I'm torn between that and wanting a nice deep red colour and complex malt profile. After this I plan on doing a series of pale ales to do just that (as well as try out different hops). It is only a small batch though and want to jump straight...

I have always wanted to do this too! I'm not really sure how to do it. I was thinking to take an IIPA recipe and keep the IBU/SG ratio the same while using the same amount of crystal and just drop the base malt so there will be heaps of unfermentables. Mashing warm is a good call. I'd like to...

Hey, can you guys who know a lot more than me please have a look and give me some thoughts... be as harsh as you like :) only my 3rd ever batch. small batch of 12L in a 19L (5gal) pot, full boil Grist: 2.3kg Pale malt (76.7%) 0.3kg Carared (10%) 0.2kg Caramunich II (6.7%) 0.15kg...

:) Thanks mate, been doing heaps of reading. That's exactly what I wanted to hear, I'll be sure to post on how it goes. I wasn't really sure about the Special B but you have convinced me it has its place. Not sure why I waited so long to start home brewing.

Hi, I was just wondering if you could check my first ever recipe. This will be my second batch and my first with steeping grain. I will steep the grains as if I were doing a mini-BIAB as a practice run for my next batch which will be partial mash. With this rich Brown Ale I'm attempting to get...

Ok cool, thanks everyone. This is my first batch (from a kit thrown in when I bought my gear) so for my next one I will do bulk priming to get more control. Maybe I did exaggerate slightly about how fizzy it was (it is slightly different from a bottle of beer carbonation) but I was still a bit...

Hi, Well my APA has been in the primary fermenter for 20 days now at around 60-65F (yeast is US-05) and a couple of days ago it reached its FG of 1013 (OG=1052). Its at 59F now and is really starting to clear nicely so will bottle this weekend. The only problem is it is kind of carbonated...

Thanks! Looks like I'm going to have to keep checking it then to make sure it doesn't drop too far. As far as heating goes do you guys recommend a heating mat? I'm a little worried about it heating the trub and causing off flavours... maybe wrap it around the side? I think its a bit more useful...

Thanks for your reply :) It’s an American Pale Ale from a kit which the recipe says the OG is 1.048 (mine was a little higher) and the FG is ~1.012. I already have my fermenter wrapped in blankets to try and keep it warm with only the airlock sticking out :) The method I have...

Hi people, been reading a lot and this is my first post so be gentle :) I’m in the middle of my first ever home brew and I’m 1 week into fermentation. It all looks good so far and the airlock is still bubbling at around twice per min. I know this doesn’t really mean much so with an OG of 50 I...