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About a year and a half ago i did a partigyle brew. Original batch was a RIS, and I was going for a RIS in the partigyle. I did a continuously hopped RIS for 120 minute boil. Aged on french oak for about 2 months. End result is about 1/2 to 2/3 of a gallon. Somewhere between 13-18%. Did some...

So I bottled my Holiday IPA last Saturday. Through in the priming sugar as usual. Drove to Cincinnati last night and left it in the car :-/ pulled the cases out this morning and brought inside. My question is, since it got so cold would the yeast have died or just took a nap and now wake back up...

So I have a little bit of a dilemma. I brewed an IPA yesterday and pitched harvested yeast slurry that I harvested at the end of September. Mr. Malty said it was 12% viable and that i should pitch 600ml. So I pitched a little more than that. But I need this beer to start fermenting quickly and...

So I have been brewing since January of this year. I have never brewed a bad beer, and never had an infected batch. Most of the beers I have brewed are big beers(1.080+). And I can definitely tell that they have an abundance of alcohol. But according to my hydrometer readings, I am consistently...

16 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 87.7 % 1 lbs Corn Sugar (Dextrose) (0.0 SRM) Sugar 4 5.5 % 8.0 oz Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 3 2.7 % 12.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L (80.0 SRM) Grain 2 4.1 % 3.00 oz Brewer's Gold [8.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 5 59.1 IBUs 1.0 pkg...

So my mother in-law got my son a (root)beer brew kit!! He was so excited to get it. So we decided to merge the directions from the kit with my normal brewing and bottling techniques. And he was a natural brewer. Made me so proud!

5.5 Gallon Batch 8.5% ABV 85.5 IBUs 66% Efficency 14 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 84.8 % 8.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 3 3.0 % 8.0 oz Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 2 3.0 % 4.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L (120.0 SRM) Grain 4 1.5 % 4.0 oz...

I have 2 15.5 gallon kegs, I cut the top on one of them. The person that i got them from had put two little slits in the top of the one that I cut. He did this to drain the rest of the beer out(you can see the slit in the picture right under the handle). But the other one is sealed up tight...

So I have a digital thermometer (Taylor brand). I have had a couple brews at lower efficiency than my first few. So I checked the temp of my water before I added grains with the digital and with an old school mercury thermometer. The mercury one was about 3 degrees or so lower. So I think my...

So I am growing hops this year, and a wonderful opportunity fell into my lap. My father was told by a friend that he could use their land for gardening. So he told me that I could use some as well. So he tilled a big section and I picked my area. I have 10 rhizomes (2cascade, 2centennial...

I brewed this Russian Imperial Stout yesterday morning, 17 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 81.0 % 1 lbs Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM) Grain 2 4.8 % 1 lbs Roasted...

I'm going to brew this this weekend Nd want to add more hops. I want it to be pretty hop forward but not so overpowering as to take away from the style. I have in my hop collection 1# centennial 1.5# Columbus .5# simcoe 1# nugget 1# galena 1# northern brewer 1# cascade 1# williamette 1# brewers...

Style: Imperial IPA TYPE: All Grain Taste: (30.0) Recipe Specifications -------------------------- Boil Size: 7.94 gal Post Boil Volume: 6.24 gal Batch Size (fermenter): 5.00 gal Bottling Volume: 4.25 gal Estimated OG: 1.077 SG Estimated Color: 15.7 SRM Estimated IBU: 195.7 IBUs...

So I have a very basic grain bill for an IPA: 12.5# 2Row (US) 1# Crystal 60l .75# Carapils And what i want to do, is to do a regular size mash, and then split the wort into 5 batches and do 5 different boils. My plan is to do 5 different single hop IPAs and try and really get a feel for...

So I have read up on harvesting yeast and making yeast starters(and watched videos). But my question is more about application. So let's say that I harvest the American Ale 1056 out of my primary, then I wash the yeast. And I want to brew a similar beer(but darker) this weekend. How much of the...

So I have done 2 batches thus far. One was a brewers best kit that i modified. And the other was a Pliny The Elder Clone (AG). And in the kit it had a priming sugar that i boiled and added right before bottling. And in the Pliny clone it had dextrose that I added right before boiling. So I guess...

*edit* So I am fairly new to brewing (1 kit, and 1 AG brew) but I am extremely motivated and dedicated. I have come up with a few recipes, with just my personal experience of taste and knowledge of reading (and having done 2 brews). I have put together this recipe and was curious as to any...