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I have 2 oz. of Kent Goldings so I thought how about an English Brown? Never done one. It's a 2.5 gallon batch (3.25 gal. boil) and the hops amount just seems so low but I guess it works out in Brewtarget. Can someone take a look? I have two hops additions. Would a single 60 or 45 minute...

I bottled my stout 3 days ago. I missed my final gravity and think it's because of higher mash temp. I broke a bottle today and it smells rubbery. It did when i bottled too. I've seen mention it might clean up. Could i gently them back into a carboy for seCondary or its the infection risk...

I'm still new and dialing in my kettle into my software. I couldn't figure out why my SG was off compared to the recipe. So I changed the efficiency to match my pre-boil gravity, then kept changing my evaporation rate until my SG matched. 1.050 Pre-Boil 1.058 Starting Gravity That worked...

I did an exchange program in Munster and enjoyed Pinkus while there. I also live in SoCal and enjoy Negra Modelo. I realize this will taster neither like an Alt nor a Mexican Vienna Lager but do you think this recipe would be good beer? I'm new to this so I appreciate your advice. Modelo Alt...

Title says it all. I read the article from BYO which said the bigger red ales could have a rate from .7 to 1.0 Brewing today and wondering if I might overhop this bad boy. My brewing friend likes his red ale hoppy.

I really like my very first recipe, an Oatmeal Stout. In the recipe I collected 4 gallons of wort from about 4 lbs of grain. I actually intended to do less but that's what I wound up with after sparging. If I scale the bill with brewtarget, will collecting about 3.6 gallons of pre-boil wort...

I am thinking of making s styrofoam lid for my ice chest to use as a carboy cooler, as others here have done. I have some remnants of bubble wrap from cutting my swimming pool cover. How do you think it's insulation properties compare? Maybe two layers? Thoughts? Thanks in advance.

My brew partner really likes the Red Ale from Oceanide Ale Works here in North County San Diego. I like it as well. They're website describes it as slightly hoppy but I thought it was well balanced with malts up front. Below is the recipe I am working on as a noob. It coomes from a Home Brew...

Curious why some extract recipes call for both DME AND LME. Is it for clarity? Or does lme contribute some amber? I've begun mashing about half my grain bill. If I converted a recipe I've found online or in a book, what swaps would you suggest? Keep DME and add a little color/caramel? Lme...

Haha. I asked my wife if she'd like to try brewing with me and she agreed if we could brew a Belgian-style tripel. She's even named it Couple's Tripel and wants me to brew three beers for a end-of-summer tasting party even though I'm a noob. Below is my KISS (keep it simple, stupid) recipe...

I decided to use dme to bottle condition my oatmeal stout. At 2 cups of water it just seemed so thick. Without checking here first I added about one or 2 cups more. We'll this mess up bottle conditioning? I can't imagine a significant after 5.5 gallons of beer get racked onto it, but we're...

I have 1/2 blowoff tube attached to my airlock for the first couple of days of fermentation. the krausen is already settling. It wasn't robust but I've read that is normal for wpl 002. I plan on removing the running and putting the bobber top when fermentation subsides. Should I remove the...

So a few weeks ago I brew my first 5 gallons with a friend. An ipa off the homebrewmart.com website. They're the Ballast Point brewery fyi. Anyhow it called for a lot of chinook with cascade for aroma. Well...NFL championship weekend on TV, paired with the necessary drinking to brew, and I...

I was reading John Palmer's "How to Brew" section on water and a basic means to approximate water types using water quality reports. http://www.howtobrew.com/section3/chapter15-3.html According to my Water District report, my tap water is good for darker beer (no surprise) although it...

So if I've read everything correctly, if I increase the volume of my initial masha 'top off'infusion, my batch sparge volume will be under .5 gallons/pound of grains. Right? Just making sure since I plan to mash about 5 lbs of grain for a mini mash.

Pretty new to this. Wondering your thoughts. I used Brewtarget because it is free. I plan to mini mash in a 2 gallon cooler. As I I am probably pushing the mini-mash bill by about .5 pounds. Several other brew sites have recommended balancing the total volume between the initial volume and the...

I am considering getting a 5 gallon cooler. My question is, could i mash approximately 10 lbs. in bags and just use the spigot to vorlauf and drain, or would the efficiency be significantly less than installing a false bottom/braided cable and valve using loose grains? Thanks in advance.

Sorry for the noob question, but my friend who owns all the equipment was supposed to come over to bottle. Long story short he can't for a few days and it's time to bottle. We didn't do secondary fermentation so we're pretty past that time/luxury. We're already at 2.5 weeks because of his...