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I'm attempting to build a recipe to have ready by March so I can pass it out to my groomsmen. I am going for a smooth chewy oatmeal stout which I will add a cinnamon stick to secondary (oatmeal cookie ish). Below is my current recipe. Any advice/criticism is welcome, but I have two main...

Hi all. This is thread is half question, half rant. I know the answer will most likely be "wait and see". SWMBO wanted to help bottle my latest beer. It was an imperial brown that was bulk aged for 6 weeks then oaked for 6 days with bourbon soaked chips. Tasted great. On bottling...

Per my girlfriends request, I'm going to take a stab at a mango ipa. Here is what I have put together so far... lb oz 7 0 Light DME 2 0 American Two-row Pale 0 8 Munich Malt 0 4 Honey Malt 1oz centennial at 60 min (31.1 IBU) 1oz cascade at 20 min (13.8 IBU) 1oz Amarillo...

Evening all, As I sit here with no tv due to the weather, I thought I'd share my (almost) tragic story of my second go at homebrewing. I decided to brew a big ol RIS (OG came in right around 1.1) monday night. I decided to up my boil to 4 gal in a 5 gallon pot b/c I was worried about hop...

I am preparing for a RIS brewing tonight and I'm getting big differences in IBUs among the different online calculators. My OG is right around 1.106 set for a 3 gallon boil Hop schedule: oz aa time 2.0 13 60 nugget 0.5 4.8 60 willamette 1.0 4.8 30 willamette 0.5 4.8 5...

Good evening all, I would like some insite as to how you guys can maintain such specific mashing temps on a stove. I had a difficult enough time maintaining 170F just to steep my first batch, and I was watching it like a hawk. any tips? Chad

Bottling my first IIPA tonight and starting work on my second batch this weekend. I have a couple questions and appreciate all comments on the recipe. Here we go... 10lbs Dark DME 1lbs cane sugar 12oz 120L crystal 1lb chocolate malt 3oz roasted barley 3oz Black patent 2oz Nugget...

I have just racked my first batch to secondary and added 1oz whole leaf hops. I used the same type of cheese cloth that comes with beer kits for steeping to hold the hops. What would you guys suggest as the best way to remove this bag after the 10 day-dry hopping period? Maybe it will...

I'm still a dozen batches away from even considering this... but for those of you who built your own immersion chillers, how did you create such precise coils? thanks, Chad

I have just kicked off my first batch of homebrew 2 days ago and I have two questions to which I would like some forum input on. First, how often can you sniff your airlock before it's considered creepy (even for homebrewer standards)? It smells soo damn good. and secondly... On a...

I began my new lifetime hobby last night with a BB Imperial Pale Ale kit as my first beer. I wasn't fond of the idea of using all columbus hops as included in the kit, so I decided to change things around. I am wondering if anyone could provide me with some input as to whether the new hop...