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Bought a PBR clone kit, from Brewmasters Wearhouse, for my Mom to brew. It contains 2 ½ lbs each of 2-row & 6-row, 3 lbs flaked maize, 1 oz Willamette plus the yeast. I am assuming a 60-minute single infusion mash and have a couple questions. • What temperature for the mash? • 60 minute...

I have two 5½ gal batches of lager that air lock activity has ceased but there is still a ¼” krausen on the surface. It is on the surface (floating) and not under suspended under the surface. I am using S-23 and it is currently 54F. So: 1) do I wait for it to drop, 2) swirl it around & see if...

It’s been in primary for 3 weeks, took a reading on Saturday and it was higher than expected. I have brewed (Orfy’s OSH extract version) this once before and was expecting the same results but my fermentation temperature was 2 degrees lower. Knocked the yeast off the sides of the bucket with...

Saved some yeast (WLP-001) for the first time but may have waited too long to collect it. Last batch racked / bottled and had a nice ½” layer of stuff on the bottom along with about a ¼” of beer left on top. Added 16 oz distilled water to it and swirled it around. Let the heavy stuff settle...

(posted in the beginner section ‘cause that’s what I am) Made my fourth batch this past Friday, 10/10/08, my first partial mash (infusion / batch) and it wasn’t as scary as I thought it would be. It started out as a Two Hearted clone but I wanted a thicker grain bed so I added .5 lb of each...

Plan to do a 5-gallon batch of Saison this weekend and do not know what to do with the specialty grain. I will be using one of two recipes that have the same malt bill but different hops schedules. Neither states what to do with the Vienna malt. 5.75 lb extra light DME 1 lb wheat DME...

My second batch, started off as an OSH. A lot of things went wrong on this batch, most because I attempted to cut time and do too much at once. When steeping the specialty grains I had them stabilized at 151°F for 12 minutes. Left them unattended while outside setting up the burner, gas...

Why do some beer recipes contain both liquid and dry malt extract?

Brewed my first batch 15 days ago and the OG was 1.061. The airlock, a 3 piece, appears to have stopped bubbling so I planned to transfer it to a secondary but it looks like it is still be working. The gravity was 1.022 so I sealed it back up. It started as Orfy’s OSH but added a little...