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Also has anyone ever brewed with all 2-row and if so, how was it?

Okay cool. Thanks for the advice. I'm aiming for a dry crisp, hoppy/fruity character. Won't I need to manipulate the mash temperature in order to get a drier beer? I'll probably end up bittering at 60 min and adding at 15 min then dry hopping the hell out of it. I'm really looking for a fruity...

Howdy! Lots of leftover 2 row and I’m entering a smash competition with my local homebrew club so I need to whip some tail! I’m looking to brew a crisp, IPA level gravity (1.065-ish), juicy beer. I don’t have any hops on hand so I’m open to suggestions. I’ve got some ideas of how I want to...

Thanks everyone

How long should I wait for carbonation until drinkable after dropping in the dots?

Thank yall so much for the advice. I will try leave my bottles out over night to heat them up to 70 degrees and apply the dots in my bottles. How long to wait for carbonation? around 1.5-2weeks like standard priming sugar? Thanks,

Would sugar cubes work just as good? Also after 48 hours in the refrigerator do you think the yeast will still be active enough to create some CO2 in the bottles?

Ok so I am gonna try some domino cubes tonight. So do I have to purge the bottles with CO2 after opening the bottles? Probably would help. Also, I guess it's gonna take a couple of weeks before they are carbonated just like they would with priming sugar?

Yeah I literally just purged the bottles on the bottom and top and capped them from the fermenter. Have you ever done that before with domino sugar cubes? I'm not doubting your knowledge but I don't know if you're just shooting from the hip with that. The bottles have been in the fridge for 30+...

Howdy yall, So it was my first time using the Blichmann beer gun the other day and bottled my beer straight from the fermenter with out force carbing the beer in a keg before-hand. I now know my bottles that are currently in my fridge will be under carbed because I didnt know it was a...

@ Well-Known Member - thanks for the reply Does anyone know how I can save my batch that I bottled?

So it was my first time using my beer gun today and failed to force carb the keg and wait until the CO2 dissolved in the keg. The only carbonation being done is the purging at the bottom and top of the bottle with none prior to bottling. Will it get to good carbonation level eventually if I wait...

Okay so I'm going to use iodine to test my conversion efficiency,and see if my mash PH is something I should be fiddling with. I'm also going to sparge slower, I've been averaging around 30 min so maybe 60 min will help. I'm going to mash with a grist ratio of 1.5q/lb with 20 lbs of grain to...

In my water to grist calculation here is how I am doing it: 20.37 lbs of total grain 1.5 qts / lb 30.55 qts = 7.63 g of water in the mash tun Do I subtract the water lost in spent grain (3g) and water lost under the false bottom (2.5g) in order to determine a perfect volume in HLT? In doing...

So next time I will measure the first runnings gravity - after vorlauf or before?? What should my gravity look like at that point because obviously it will be more dense than what is in the BK after sparge. What is a good water to grist ratio and does that number affect efficiency?

Help! I am working with an all grain 10g batch keggle system using the "Ultimate Sparge Arm". I have only brewed simple IPAs or APAs. My issue is that I am falling roughly .010 - .020 points below my expected OG every time I brew (only about 4 total so far). Let me explain my mash...

What would you suggest? I would like to use actual fruit and compliment the fruit with the appropriate hops? I would like to achieve the sweet flavor from the oranges and extract, bitter from the grapefruit and hops to create like a sweet and sour IPA.

Howdy, I am a relatively new brewer with a 5 gal home kit (extract only) and am looking to create a recipe with the ingredients in the title but am not knowledgeable about achieving these desired tastes. I want it to be hoppy, with a mix of sour and sweet with a tad of saltiness. I want it to...