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I have some whirlfloc tablets on hand, I'll use some today when I brew. I do normally cold crash my fermenter before kegging. I take my ferment chamber down to around 37 degrees for 24 to 48 hours. Wondering if a solid 72 hours might make a huge difference... Also I entirely skip racking to...

I did a quick search and found a general consensus leaning mostly towards a good hot and cold break for final beer clarity. I've been home brewing for about 5 years now and have used fining agents in the past with mixed results. I always get a good hot and cold break on brew day. So my question...

Wasn't sure which sub forum to post to but since water is the main ingredient figured I'd post here. I have always used water from "Windmill" water stations around town which I believe is just carbon filtered water. So after a year of making these runs sometimes even after starting my brew day I...

Lesson learned, I don't mind the starches or the beer haze from not mashing. What I absolutely cant stand is losing an entire gallon to that sludge!

What if I added a pound or so of the dark malt extract I used in the recipe prior to steeping grains and oats?

From the little research I did I was assuming that there wouldn't be any conversion because of this.

My first attempt at an oatmeal stout, I must admit that I have no idea what I am doing here either. I never have mashed and don't really know what all is involved there so all I did was basically steep my flaked oats with my specialty grain. Recipe is simple enough, 7 lbs DME, 1lb roasted barley...

Was it good?

I will be bottling my first batch this coming friday. I am using dextrose but otherwise this video is basically exactly what I had planned to do. The only real difference is that I have already cleaned my bottles and was going to just run them thru the dishwasher, no detergent, for a rinse and...

Buried Hatchet Stout

Subbed, super curious about how this turns out!

I use an 8.8 cubic foot chest freezer whit a temp controller. I placed my temp sensor in a dry well and suspended it inside a 3 gallon jug of water. My freezer is big enough for this 3 gallon jug and my primary 5 gallon ferment bucket. I am totally new to home brewing and I have only just racked...

We're mainly going for a strawberry flavor so using real honey for a drier finish may help bring out the strawberry flavor, AMIRIGHT?

Thanks, I will definitely be considering going with fresh strawberries. We would prefer something smooth and enjoyable over an aggressive punch!

I have been digging around and I believe you are correct, doesn't seem to cause any issues. Thanks for all the info!

I've read that using real strawberries doesn't provide a strong lasting flavor. Cutting back one pound of honey drops my estimated OG down to 1.077, is this still too high? I was also wondering if I could use liquid extract instead of dry, I'm not real sure on the differences between the two...

I have an estimated OG of 1.083 finishing around 1.021 at 70% efficiency. Wasn't gonna do a starter for yeast. Had planned on using dry yeast, american ale wyeast labs 1056. I suppose I could trim back a pound or so on the extracts to get the OG down a tad? As for hops, I have an estimated IBU...

I am new to home brewing and this will be my second batch so I basically have no clue if I am doing this right. This is the brew to hook my fiance so I want to make a good beer for her! Recipe is as follows 4lbs light dry extract 4lbs amber dry extract 3lbs local honey 1oz cascade pellet for...

Subbed! New to homebrewing and it never even crossed my mind to mix whisky and beer....two things that I love oh so very much

Would adding the extract at bottling change the amount of priming sugar needed, or is there not enough fermentable sugars to make it an issue?