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Its 12:15 am and I ran out of propane with 20 minutes left in boil. I can't get a tank till the morning. I was planning on picking up the boil were I left off. But should I pull out the hops bag or not. Just bittering 2 oz of willamette in the boil so far.

I'm looking to make my first lager in the next week or so. I bought a Wyeast Boheiman Lager Smack Pack for the Northern Brewer Maibock kit (All-grain OG at 1.068). Should I let the smack pack inflate and then step up the smack pack in a starter once or twice? For ale's I just normally make...

I'm planning on brewing a Winter Warmer following Northern Brewers Recipe: Grains: 11.5 lbs Rahr 2-row (recipe calls for Maris Otter but I have a bag of 2-row) 1 lbs Med. Crystal 0.25 lbs Chocolate (English) Hops: 2 oz. Willamette (60 min) 1 oz. Willamette (10 min) Questions is I...

Here is the recipe I found in North American Clone Brews: I just got recipe copy so not sure if they have the all-grain conversion in the book Can somebody help convert to all-grain. GRAINS 1 pound pale, 1.25 pounds Medium Crystal Mash grains at 155 degrees for 60 minutes. Rinse...

So I made the following recipe that Thunderworm won 1st place Hybrids (Category 6-7) in the HBT BJCP 2011 contest. I brewed on 8/14/11 with an OG of 1.055 on 8/28/11 took a reading at 1.016 Today (9/6/11) I took a reading at 1.016 also. DO you think I'm finished, I'm in no hurry but I...

Finished my Bucket Crushing Station with Corona Mill.:mug: Ran 1/3 lb of 2-row. Thoughts?

I currently have EdWort’s Octoberfest Ale in the primary at week 3. I used wyeast koslch yeast and was looking to make the next beer so I can put it on top of the yeast cake. I was looking to make a beer using honey that my parents get from their bee’s since they are now collecting a batch...

I was thinking of making a partial (2.5 gallon) AG batch of the Dead Ringer IPA (two heart clone). The question is if I should use my normal all-grain equipment or do a BIAB. My mash tun is a 48 qt coleman cooler with a manifold and I batch sparge. Can I do a 2.5 gallon batch in this or will...

So I'm brewing an All-Grain Irish red ale (kit from NB) 5 gallon batch, using Wyeast Irish Ale yeast that was a washed sample (used a starter). The starter didn’t take off like normal or Krausen like my previous starters but after two days of swirling I had a huge yeast cake at the bottom and...

So I have been thinking that I may want to split my cream ale that I have had in the primary for two weeks now. I was thinking that when I go to bottle I would only do half of the 5 gallon batch and rack the other half onto blueberries and leave it in the secondary for a few weeks. I have...

Hi all, new to the forum. I started home brewing about 5-6 years ago when I lived in Reno, Nevada. I stopped about four years ago when I moved back to Milwaukee area and the wife didn't tolerate the extract brewing on the apartment stove. Final got back into this spring after a request again...

Hi all. Quick question. I went into the NB in Milwaukee yesterday and for the 1st time got my own all grain kit. I went with their recipe for Irish Red. When I got home I realized I grabbed .75 lbs of Belgian CaraPils and not Belgian Caramel Pils. From the grain description they appear...