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Used a bottle of Fat Tire Yeast I've been saving. Fermented at 70 ambient. I'm wondering how phenolic this beer will be. Also, what compound is made for the phenolic (clove) flavor?

Because I'm out of clean ale yeast, I've decided to use Saflager S-23 for my IPA. I have the ability to lager, and I figured, why the hell not. I'm going to bring the wort down to 65F after boil, and pitch 2 packets of the yeast. Then I'm going to wait a few hours, and put it in the fridge at...

3lbs White Wheat 3lbs Pilsen 1lb Caramunich 4 oz Chocolate Wheat .5 oz Magnum @ 60 .5 oz Saaz @ 20 .5 oz Saaz @ 5 5 Gallon Batch. Was going for a low abv beer.

I'm planning on brewing a stout, and I was wondering how I would go about cold steep .75lb of roasted barley. Should I mash the coffee grains, or should I cold steep these as well? How much water volume is needed?

What do you guys think? Should this be mind numbingly bitter?

6# Pale Malt 1# Rye Malt 1# Roasted Barley 1# Carapils 1.2 oz Cascade @ 60 Min Mash at 150 I'm going for a stout.

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Type: All Grain Date: 10/28/2007 Batch Size: 5.00 gal Brewer: Boil Size: 5.72 gal Asst Brewer: Boil Time: 60 min Equipment: My Equipment Taste Rating(out of 50): 35.0 Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.00 Taste Notes: Ingredients Amount Item Type % or IBU 8.00 lb Pale Malt...

Better efficiency than the last one, definitely. Racked to secondary and took the trub from that to use as yeast for this one. Use a ton of it, about 2/3 of the harvest. Made a Bass Pale Ale clone from Midwest, no head retention for some reason. Last one had a killer head. Anyone know whats...

I'm talking about vinegar here, and lowering the pH of my mash. This is my first AG and I don't have phosphoric/lactic acid laying around, and I'm assuming acetic acid, being weak, would be a good idea to lower my pH to 5.3~. Anyone else use the poor man's way out?

I was looking at my NB catalog, and I noticed the Trappist Ale Yeast can ferment at under 65 for earthy flavors. I'm looking to brew something earthy since I enjoy earthy teas. Any ideas on recipes? I'm looking for an AG.

I've been looking to cut costs on my brews, since buying bulk is cheaper. I figure I stick to a set of similar beers which I like, and drink those. Any idea on how I should preserve yeast for future brews?

Since I'm having problems with temperature control, I figure I try brewing at 50 degrees, since thats the lowest setting on my fridge. I'm brewing NB's Fat Tire Clone, so any advice? Is there a cheap way to change the settings to a more beer comforting level?

Anyone have a good recipe for beer brewed with tea as flavoring? I would like to add Darjeeling 2nd Flush to my brew or Yerba Mate (Like Mateveza). I prefer to brew an IPA.

An earthy, spicy, beer. The drier, the better. Not all that bitter either. Any suggestions on a recipe? Also, is it possible to make beer using tea? (Green, White, Black, whatever) If so, recipes would be great. Thanks for the help ahead of time.

Yesterday I boiled the wort for my Hefeweizen. I pitched the yeast at 67 degrees, after keeping it out at room temp for a few hours (WL300). So far, no fermentation action, no bubbling, and it's been beyond 12 hours. I hear horror stories about Hefeweizen, so what gives?

After bottling my first brew, I feel like moving onto a second. I'm thinking about doing AHS's Hefeweizen Extract recipe. I feel I made a lot of mistakes on my first brew, such as I didn't have 5-6 gallons of RO/DI water prepared and had to use NYC tap. I also used a 2 gallon pot for the wort...

My first brew. The beer had little clarity, but it smelt like beer. After sampling a little, I feel a bit of a stomach ache (which could've been attributed to other things, though I rarely get stomach aches). It tasted like beer. Possible contamination? The yeast at the bottom of my fermentor...

You have bottling spigots attached to your bottling buckets/fermenter? I was just wondering, since I'm about to buy the equipment for my first brew and I want to know what's best. I'm looking to go as cheap as possible while not skipping out on the necessities. So far I'm looking to buy 2...