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I'm itching to try my Cucumber Honey Ale. It was the first recipe I made up myself (with some inspiration from other posts on here: 6 lbs 2-row 1 lb Honey Malt 1 lb Flaked Barley 2 lbs Vienna Hop Editions were: 0.75 oz of Saaz at 60 0.25 oz of Saaz at 30 0.50 oz of Saaz at 15...

Love the Caribou Slobber. I began drinking it after one week in bottles and I have one bottle left which I am going to try (try being the key word) for another 3 weeks just to see how good it gets. I even gave a strict BMC friend a bottle and he was impressed!

Ha! Ha! Don't worry, I'm sure I will redeem myself in the future!:cross:

Realized that I ordered 2 oz for dry hopping. Should I use all of it for dry hopping or just 1 oz and save the other ounce for a rainy day?

I swear Murphy must have been a homebrewer because his laws always show up. This move was by far my stupidest one so far and I am bit embarrassed by it but what the hell, here it is. I woke up on Saturday and it was storming outside so I decided to bottle my Dunkelweizen. I sanitized ny...

This is just a guess but the dried bananas are usually candied and have fermentable sugar on them that could have fermented into hot alcohol taste.

I'll be here all night :)

So what you're saying is don't act like how the majority of parents in the U.S. these days handle their own kids, right? :ban:

I am getting my Amarillo IPA ingredients in today (in the mail) and will probably brew in the morning tomorrow. If I decide to do a yeast starter, is there anything I can substitute for the DME? I do not have any on hand and don't feel like waiting on it. P.S.- Just remembered I have dry...

I drank a couple more last night and tried to concentrate on the taste more. I defintely got a full mouth of bananas mixed with something else. I was even hoping for banana esters when brewing it (so I brewed around 70-72), but I guess never having tasted a banana flavor in my beer before I...

I pray that my words fall on the Beer God's ears here, and they have patience and sympathy with my stupidity and pass their knowledge on to educate me: How much is the minimum amount of square feet a 7 bbl brew system would require in a brewpub? Am I correct about this: You brew 7 bbl...

7.2 cu ft Holiday cooler at Lowe's for $187.00

I heard that while Simcoe is not replaceable because it is such a great hop and not like others, I have also heard/read that IF you have to substitute Amarillo would be the next in line to go with. Problem is, Amarillo is now hard to find and while you can, it is expensive. Rebel Brewer...

The only one I have ever had was Hoegaarden. My beer tastes slightly like that. I think I dedect slight banana esters (I did ferment on the higher side of temp). I guess I will keep drinking it until I get sick or run out. Maybe the longer bottle conditioning will help it out. :)

OP- Aschete is right. Steeping grains is different than partial mash. In the steep process, I always throw the steeping grain bag into the pot while warming it up with 2 1/2 gallons. I make sure I either bring it up to 150 with the grains in, OR I bring it to 150 and let sit 30 minutes...

My second batch ever, a Bavarian Hef Kit, had some mold floating on top. I decided to tough it out and I racked the beer out, bottled and it has been conditioning. It was in primary 3 weeks and bottles now for 2. I have now tried some that I had in the fridge for 2 days and it is carbonated...

So, essentially, if I used Carl's Easy Clean and Oxyclean, I really would not have to rinse, correct? Also, do you clean and sanitize and store, or just clean, THEN santize before brew/bottle day?

^ second this. In addition, if you have two brew kettles, then you may want to read up on Death brewers BIAB partial extract sticky. In that one, he has suggested doing exactly like you OR simply "teabag" your grains in the second batch of water at 170 degrees. From his thread and others...

^ this +. If you are going to buy this kit from NB, click on the instruction/ingredients sheet and write it down. Then go and build your own kit, same place or other. You can probably make your purchase about $5.00 cheaper if not more. Plus, one thing to note, a lot of the kits with...

Is the brewing kettle in a commercial 7 bbl system actually 7 bbl or does the 7 bbl part refer to how much fermenting vessel room you have?