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Hey everyone. It's been a while since I've been around here, but I'm still making beer and I'm about to brew a CA Common. I did a bunch of research and put together a (hopefully) good recipe. I'll be brewing a 3-gallon recipe, BIAB, with NortherBrewer and Cluster hops, and Wyeast 1056. If...

I'm putting together a holiday stout recipe and I'm wondering, should I use allspice instead of a cinnamon stick or in addition to it? I know, I know, very little no matter what. :)

I'm having my gallbladder out next week and I've been told to lay off alcohol completely until at least a month after the procedure. I guess the silver lining is, my existing stash will be well-aged by then.... :(

I lost ten points after the boil. My pre-boil eff. was 74% and my brew-house was 64%? How is that possible. And don't be afraid to explain it like you would to a 5th grader.

There's a thread up in the beginners forum (where I spend most of my time :) ) that deals with oxidation. When I bottle, I usually fill 3 or 4 bottles, then cap them. Then fill a few more, then cap, and so on... In the few minutes before I cap them, am I letting in too much O2? Should I be...

Let's say a guy (not related to me at all :) ) brewed a batch today and his thermometer malfunctioned and his mash temp wound up being 130-140 for 70 minutes? When I used my old thermometer right before I fired up the burner for the boil it said 128 or something. I did pour 2 gallons of 170...

Bottled a batch of pale ale and had a little help. We lost no beer in the process....:)

Now, I'm not sure this qualifies as a true SMaSH because I have added some crystal/caramel malt I have left over from other brewing, but, here goes. Thoughts? Brew Method: BIAB Style Name: American Strong Ale Boil Time: 60 min Batch Size: 3 gallons (fermentor volume) Boil Size: 4.5...

I'm brewing a couple of test batches in the next few weeks, and I'm wondering about yeast usage. In the past, I've always used half a pouch of Danstar or Safale dry yeast for a 1g batch, but a recipe I want to do should really use one of the Bavarian Wheat strains from Wyeast. Can I pitch...

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Hey there. I've been on HBT for a while but for some reason, never visited this section. I'm in Douglasville, about 30 minutes west of downtown. Any good LHBS I should know about. I don't mind driving 20-30 miles. I haven't seen very many, especially out my way, but I'd love to get to...

I ran across some Leinenkugels Bavarian Dunkels today and really liked it. Therefore, I want to brew my own Dunkelweizen. Am I on the right track here? Style Name: Dunkles Weissbier Boil Time: 60 min Batch Size: 3 gallons (fermentor volume) Boil Size: 4.5 gallons Boil Gravity: 1.037...

I have a really hard time ignoring the "matches style" notification in Brewer's Friend. I want to add what I want, but I feel beholden to that little green check mark. Assuming you're not entering your beer into a competition, do you try to stay within style or just ignore that and make...

I've just bottled my 3rd BIAB batch and a common thread with my last two is, the color isn't really what I wanted. My honey wheat was way too dark and this brew, a brown IPA was way too light - looks like a regular pale ale. My efficiency was only 64% which leads me to want to use more grain...

I'm going to be bottling my 3rd BIAB brew later this week. I'm a little new to dry hopping - I've done it one other time (extract brew) and had tons of hop residue in each bottle. I bottle straight from primary (has spigot), and I use domino dots for sugar. Is there a good way to prevent so...

I want to put a couple of marks on the inside of my kettle. Will boiling water or PBW erase sharpie or permanent marker? Or should I just scratch a notch on there? The only results I could find searching Google was how to get sharpie OUT of things. I want it to stay lol.

Planning on brewing this later this week. My second BIAB. Thoughts? Recipe Type: BIAB Yeast: Bavarian Wheat 3056 (Wyeast) Yeast Starter: No Batch Size (Gallons): 3 gallons Original Gravity: 1.044 (target) Final Gravity: 1.009 (target) IBU: 28 Boiling Time (Minutes): 60...

Sad face. I brewed my first 2.5 gallon batch today and everything went well, mostly. It took forever to boil the water on my stove and then slightly longer than forever to cool it down (need to buy that 2nd bag of ice next time). The big thing that stands out after the brew day is, my...

Yep. I officially need reading glasses to see the thermometer while brewing. :rolleyes:At least I can enjoy a previous brew while working....

Assuming I'm within the range of the given yeast, what are the advantages to fermenting at the low-end or high-end of that range? I know that for bottle conditioning and carbonating, the higher end is better, but what of fermenting? Are there flavors that come through better if I ferment at...