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i'm brewing an american lager today. part of my recipe was flaked rice but my LHBS is out so i figured i coud do a ceral mash for the rice portion. my question is, how do you add the ceral mash to the recipe in Brewfather? I this beer turns out ok, i'd like to be able to brew it again. Is there...

I listened to the Beer and Brewing podcast a few days ago and they interviewed a brewer that makes German Pilsners the traditional way. Anyways he talked about carbing up the beer through krausening. I know what krausening is but was wondering about the logistics in doing so. I have a small...

So I attempted a Sierra Nevada Pale Ale clone. The beer is clean and malt is there but not enough bitterness and not enough hop flavor compared to the commercial version. The beer is currently in a keg and carbonating. At this point, is there a way of adding more bitterness and more hop...

So I just put this EBIAB together and have used a few times. I was thinking of the next step would be some type of CIP setup. What I've been doing is recirculating 130F water with Oxyclean after brew day but that really doesn't do much for what's stuck to the inside of the kettle after the boil...

I'm putting together an electric BIAB system. the base is a 10 gallon Stout Tanks kettle. I assume i'll be doing 3-4 gallon batches with it. Anyways I tested it last night with an element from another EBIAB project i did a few years ago. I started with 8 gallons of water. 78F start. 1650 Watt...

My homebrew club is doing a wort share with a local brewery. The wort will be 100% Maris Otter. Since my preferred beer type is light and crispy i was thinking of doing a British Golden Ale. I've not brewed one before but most of the recipes I see are mostly base malt and then a little wheat...

I picked 23# of Carlos Muscadines a few weeks ago (in my freezer now) to make about 3.5 gallons of wine. I've made a few kit and fruit wines but never muscadine. I'm using the following recipe / guidelines. http://winemaking.jackkeller.net/reques15.asp Question I have is reducing the acid...

So I bought this all grain kit from Northern Brewer about a year ago and has been sitting around waiting on me to brew it. My wife is really enjoying the NEIPA's out now and I was thinking of converting this kit to be a NEIPA instead. I've not brewed a NEIPA but just a little reading it looks...

First off... I've been brewing beer for about 5 years but am brand new to ciders. This is my second cider and the first with fruit. Here it goes... I fermented 2 gallons of store bought juice with WLP 775. The OG was 1.058. FG was 0.998. I racked the above into secondary. Secondary I have...

I'm brewing an Irish Red this Sunday I'm using the following recipe: http://byo.com/mead/item/1868-irish-red-ale-style-profile I went to my LHBS yesterday and all they had was 1 oz of crystal 40. I got that 1 oz. I also have on hand plenty of Crystal 20 and Crystal 120. What should I sub for...

So I recently brewed a Belgian Tripel.... here's the recipe... i basically copied down what Jamil Z gave as a recipe in his "Brewing with Style" podcast. 14# Belgian Pilsner 4oz Belgian Aromatic 2.5 table sugar 2.5 oz Tettnanger 60 min .5 saaz 10 min I pitched and out of date White...

I'm looking for a cheap (less than $50 on this website http://www.avogadro-lab-supply.com/item.php?item_id=379) propane regulator for my new bunsen burner. I'm planning on using the throw away propane cylinders. I've seen a few people just use the on/off valves used in torches. I've tried that...

Looking to upgrade my refractometer to a digital type. Any recommendations?

question about keeping lab glassware sterile. If I put my flasks and beakers in the pressure cooker to sterilize them, is there a way to keep them sterile if I don't use them right away?

I am going to make agar plates for streaking and have a question. I've seen recipe's for making agar. All of the ones I've found use DME. I'm planning on making some 2 row wort to pressure can for starters. I was going to use the same to make agar. My question is how much agar to i need to add...

I'm planning on pitching some WLP650 split between 4 different 1 gallon fermenters. It's an experiment I'm trying. 2 of the 1 gallon jugs are a 10% Belgian Golden Strong. The other 2 are a 5% American Blonde. 1 of each I'm also adding some commercial dregs. All of these have already gone...

I brewed 5 gallons of a Vanilla Caramel Ale. I've got it carbed and in a keg. I've got to serve it at a festival this coming Saturday. Today is Sunday. The problem is it has a slight vanilla flavor but no real caramel flavor. All in all it's pretty bland. I want to get more caramel. What I was...

I need some of those little plastic things that goes on a corny keg lid. My LHBS never has them and I was looking @ Lowes today and in their specialty parts, they have the little rubber caps that go on the end of a screw or small rod. Anyone else use these? There were several different sizes and...

So my son (6th grade) brought home his homework and has to do a science project. He already thought of a few things... fruit batteries and the like. I said "how about we do an experiment about growing yeast cells... maybe compare using a stir plate and straight oxygen injected into the wort?"...

I'm looking in to moving from 5 gallon AG to smaller BIAB batches. I've got a 9 gallon kettle and a Sanke Keggle already but they seem to be pretty much of an over kill to do smaller batches. I was looking at a 24 qt with a steamer basket on Amazon. Would this be good for 2.5 gallon (into the...