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yea, i normally seem to get 68% or so. batch sparging

Expected efficiency was 68% i think. Mashed in 10 gallon igloo at 152 for 90 min. I am still learning something everyday so a few questions: When you say you would not prefer below 1.020 how do you stop fermentation when it hits 1.020?

Brewed my first all grain barley wine today with: 22 lbs of grain 1 lb of dextrose .5 lb of DME Planned OG was 1.110 Actual OG was 1.085 I am fermenting with 2 packs of re hydrated SA-05. If it ferments down to around 1.012 it will be close to 10% abv I was hoping to get it closer to...

when you say pitch on the cake do you mean you siphon the pale ale out the bucket and drain the kettle right into the bucket the pale ale came out of?

I brewed my first saison about 4 months ago. It turned out fantastic. Thought I would share my recipe. http://beersmithrecipes.com/viewrecipe/84198/scotts-1st-saison

First of all happy new year. I am planning my first big barley wine and have a couple questions before tackling this beast. Here is the recipe that I have come up with. Please feel free to make recommendations. Recipe Specifications -------------------------- Boil Size: 7.94 gal Post Boil...

I thought this was a general rule for fresh fruit. Concentrate/can is no different?

Would one of the 15 oz cans be enough for a 1 gallon batch of melomel?

"Just stay here and drink" Merle Haggard

Has anyone ever used the canned Oregon fruit in mead?

Going to brew my all grain batch tomorrow. I have a few questions. - The recipe seems to put the dark belgian candi syrup in with the mash. I have added this during the boil in the past? - I plan on Mashing in with 4.5 gallons and batch sparging with 4.5 gallons. If my math is correct I will...

I recently purchased a bag of two row from barley and vine in stockbridge for 50 bucks. I know I could get it cheaper with a group buy but I don't currently own a grinder and they allow me to keep it at the store so I just call em up when I need some and they weigh and grind.

I did this just yesterday. Beer smith has a cloud for your recipes. This is basically online storage for free. Just upload your recipes to the cloud and they can be accessed on any computer. To upload to the could simply right click on the recipe and there is an option to send to cloud...

I got this one just for that purpose. Plenty bright and works for me. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0018S4XIS/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

I just happened to stumble across this thread today. I drank a Gueuze Lambic Cuvee Rene last night and decided to brew a sour beer. Lucky 4 me its in stock. ordered!

I have only did one kit and it was the Vintners Reserve Mezza Luna Red. http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/vr-mezza-luna-red.html I am really happy with how it turned out. How many kits have you done and what was your favorite?

I was wondering if anyone had brewed the Jack and Ken's Ale Sierra Nevada 30th Anniversary Ale clone in September BYO? I was thinking about doing a barley wine and was considering this recipe. Recipe Specifications -------------------------- Boil Size: 7.37 gal Post Boil Volume: 6.24 gal...

I am trying to stock up on some bottles for my next Belgian beer. I have acquired about 15 750ml cork bottles and about 10 smaller cap bottles or so. It is easily noticeable that the small chimay bottles are thicker than normal ones (meaning they could hold the 3.5+ volumes that I plan on...

Sure it's impossible to get your hands on a bottle of that.