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Hello! This is about my 10th brew and I'm accustomed to things going more or less well. However, today I realized I had forgotten to take my OG reading after I had already pitched and put the carboy away. So, I dug it out, took a reading, and got 0.020 more than I was expecting. That's a...

Hi folks! Minor concern, here. I recently brewed a hefe. I'm going for banana flavors and such, so I decided to underpitch my weihenstephan yeast slightly as I'd read that doing so will increase fruity esters. Also, I wasn't able to do a great job of controlling temperature and it may have...

Hi folks! I've got some extra white wheat grains and some extra flaked oats. I was considering adding a judicious amount of the white wheat and flaked oats to the malt bill below, which was originally conceived as an APA. If I were to add some flaked oats and white wheat to kind of go...

I've got some extra stuff laying around and wanted to make a 2-gallon batch to rid of it. I also thought it would be fun to play with a shorter boil since I'm not going for big hops (I mean, they make 20-minute kits, right? So 30 mins can't be crazy...) That said, does this recipe (link to...

Hi folks! I did a BIAB partial mash on this holiday ale I'm brewing, and I pulled some off to try a single decoction, just for the experience. I wound up adding just a touch more DME to the recipe (about 1.5 ounces) when I did the decoction (not sure why I did this). Still, I was...

I've been playing with two different partial mash Russian Imperial recipes. I'm totally inexperienced with the style, though, so I've come up with two different ones that have different extract bases, different amounts of fermentable sugars, and slightly different hop schedules. Anyone care...

Hi, HBT denizens! Soon I'm hoping to do a vanilla-banana weiss. (It's for the less initiated of my pals, of course.) I'm probably just using extract + steeping specialty grains, but I'm capable of BIAB mini-mashing if that sounds best. So, some questions: Aren't such beers usually...

Hi, folks! I'm going for a nice dark brown holiday spiced ale. I'm only using extract and steeping specialty grains, however. I've read about the benefits of decoction and ramping, and I'm wondering if: Any would apply to this kind of beer, and There's a point since I'm not actually...

Hi, all! My idea was to start now and have three small (3-gallon) beers ready in time to give to some folks for Christmas. I'm doing extract + steeping, or maybe a partial mash. I'm not equipped or skilled yet for all grain, I don't think. I'm also trying to use up hops I have, so some of...

Hi folks! I whipped up a batch of syrup (is there a better term?) out of corn sugar for today's bottling. Turns out, though, my pal would prefer to use carbonation drops, but my syrup's already cookin' away on the stove. Once it cools, can I slap it in an airtight container and 'fridge it...

Hi, folks! When feeling experimental, I get a kick out of using themes in my recipes. This time, I thought I'd use stuff with as many "C"s as possible, and invoke some lame office humor. Problems with this: 1. This removes rhyme or reason from a flavor standpoint, and 2. I'm not...

Hello, genteel folk. Just for LOLs, I was wondering if anyone had much luck creating recipes wholly around stupid themes in the ingredients? For example, I was bored in the office and someone asked me to CC them on an e-mail. I noticed a lot of ingredients for beer start with "C," and, as...

Full disclosure: n00b here, but I'm getting a real kick out of making goofy recipes, whether success or failures. This might generate a lot of eye rolling. Sorry! (Also: bonus points if you know where I got the title of the beer! :rockin:) OK. Here's the logic: I really like Cascadian...

Hello, all. Fining agents such as isinglass, gelatin, PolyClar, etc., are going over my head a bit. The hardest part is trying to keep them straight. Is there a definitive table disambiguating the details of each options? For those and other fining agents, I'd like to know...

Hello, everyone! The alternative title refers to the fact that I've lived in San Diego for 11 years and have never learned how to surf because, I'm told, veteran surfers hate the n00bz so much that it's preferable to just stay the hell on land. Here's hoping that folks making their first...