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I'm making a robust porter, but want to keep it around 5%. Here is my pre-base malt recipe: 1.75 lb. white wheat 1.75 lb. brown malt .5 lb. coffee malt .5 lb. extra dark crystal malt .5 lb chocolate wheat So... how much Maris Otter to get me around 5% ABV? Thanks!:bigmug:

I suggest you move quickly on that before someone else gets rich off your idea. Come to think of it, they've already been invented. They use them for colonoscopies. :oops: Prices for used ones on eBay are probably pretty good, and I bet hospitals can only use them one time.

Big Mouth Bubbler. Easy to clean. Light weight. The odds are pretty good that hauling a glass fermenter will only get harder as you get older (personal experience tells me). Loss of muscle mass is a fact of life.

+1000 BIAB, no sparge, no chill is 50L of water for 23L of wort. I still have to wash the BK, but no-chill saves a TON (i.e. many, many gallons) of water.

Bottles above are in St. Charles, IL- far west suburban Chicago

I have 10-11 cases total. Mostly 12 oz. brown bottles, maybe 2-3 six-packs of green bottles, and about 20 or so bourbon county stout bottles. All, rinsed, but not de-labeled. Free to a good home.

"There seems to be a fine line between an incredibly good complex sour and a terrible vinegar + diaper mess." I always wanted to make one of these, but have never found a good recipe. When, exactly, do you put the diaper in? Is it in the mash? More like a hop addition for "x" number of minutes...

I normally use Oxyclean Free (to avoid the scented stuff) but have had trouble recently finding it in the west suburban Chicago area. Anybody have any similar issues?

I would offer some advice. But since you don't like porters, I'm afraid I can't do that;) Actually, I'll say +1 on Kveik yeast. Also, search "swamp-cooler", which also works fairly well. But the mini fridge or wine cooler (off Craigslist can be found for $45-$80) plus an Inkbird temp controller...

Never brewed a sour. Don’t really want to wait a year to find out I made a mediocre (or worse) beer. May need to make an alt beer some day. Mmmm. Love Scottish ale; have one on the fermenter now. Never brewed a block, but really like them. Never brewed an IPA, but that’s because I’m not big on...

I remember Tudor. The fact that I didn't care for most lagers does NOT mean Tudor was not horrible. It was!

Pete's Wicked Ale-:thumbsup: ***** Modelo-:thumbsup: Meister Brau-🤮 Schlitz-🤮 Budweiser-🤮 Most other macrolagers-🤮

Anybody else notice the number of beers that are in one person's "worst cheap beer" list and in another's "best cheap beer" list? To each their own. :mug:

Thanks to all. Greatly appreciated.:mug:

I'm brewing a Scottish ale using RO water. I know VERY little about water adjustments (although I plan to address this deficit of mine). So right now I just need advice for this batch, and perhaps a resource recommendation for future learning (I know virtually nothing about chemistry, and no...

Have you ever SEEN a banshee brewing? They are classic RDWHAHB followers, and religiously take their time when mashing in, stirring just enough to prevent doughballs, but not a bit more.

From my grandparents liquor store in the 1950's. Combination bottle opener and drink stirrer. Reads: HILL'S LIQUORS open 8 A.M. to 11 P.M. St. Paul, Nebr. Ph. SK 4-4145 (who needs an area code in a town of 900?)

I suggest just using a magic wand from Ollivanders, and making a perfect butterbeer with a simple spell.

Vs. 5-gallon paint strainer bags from Home Depot, about $5 for 3. They work fine and are just another option for BIAB. Obviously these are only good for 5-gallon batches, and are also limited in amount of grain they hold. I brew mostly ABV beers so it hasn't been an issue. Has held up to 12 lbs...