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Background: Mead and wine maker for several years, started getting into all grain beer brewing a year ago. So, to my knowledge, the higher the attenuation of a yeast, the more of the sugars are converted to alcohol. When I make meads using champagne yeast, they dry out to as low as 0.994 FG. At...

Good day, I've been trying a few Canadian microbrewery ales lately, and was impressed with one number from Driftwood Brewery in Victoria, BC: Naughty Hildegard IPA. It's about 7% ABV, 50 IBUs, and has a relatively complex taste for an IPA, and feels pretty full bodied. I'm guessing at least...

I've done a couple rounds of the same pale ale all grain recipe lately, and it's been getting better slowly, but I'm wondering what I can do to handle water treatment woes. Recipe: *10lbs pale two-row malted grains *1.5lbs crystal 60 deg malted grains *1.0oz Northern Brewer hops (45 mins...

Good day, I'm planning on carrying out a simple all grain IPA recipe another member has suggested: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f36/easy-ipa-recipe-398028/ 12lbs 2-row 0.5lb Crystal 40L 1oz cascade 60m 2oz cascade 20m 2oz cascade 10m 2oz cascade 1m I have a few short...

Good day, I have made two attempts at the following all grain recipe, and both have met with apparent disaster. Recipe: *10lbs pale two-row malted grains *1.5lbs crystal 60 deg malted grains *1.0oz Northern Brewer hops (45 mins of boiling) *1.0oz Northern Brewer hops (15 mins of boiling)...

Good day, I'm following up on something brought up in a separate thread of mine, where I realized that the off taste I've encountered with my AG batch of pale ale is likely due to chlorine or chloramine contamination...

I did a batch of all grain pale ale, and it has a moderate taste of plastic. Recipe: *10lbs pale two-row malted grains *1.5lbs crystal 60 deg malted grains *1.0oz centennial hops (45 mins of boiling) *1.0oz cascade hops (15 mins of boiling) *0.5oz cascade hops (5 mins of boiling) *Irish...

Good day, I primarily take part in mead making, and have been doing it for over a decade now. Once in a while, I do a batch of all grain pale ale or bitters. I just did a simple recipe recently for a slightly bitter ale. 10lbs pale two-row malted grains 1.5lbs crystal 60 deg malted grains...