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Evening all, quick question. I am in the process of designing my first wheat beer for SWMBO. I was reading the guidelines set forth in the "designing great beers" book and he recommends a recipe that has 1\2 to 2\3 of the grist as wheat and the other portion 2 row. Thoughts on this? Seems...

This week I have been listening to and reading various blogs and articles on water quality and profiles. It should be noted that I failed chemistry.... twice, and only passed the third time because I cheated (my karma is coming); therefore try as I might I am at a loss of making heads or tails...

I have a few extra bucks laying around and am thinking about purchasing the Big Mouth Bubbler, but after reading some of the reviews I am not sure if I should go with another Better Bottle or try this design. Does anyone use a BMB? Thoughts? Pros, Cons?

After reading instructions on how to force carb I attached my regulator to the "out post" on my ball lock corney to start my process, the realized it wasn't going to be removed easily, I removed it with a pair of vice grips and a hammer, then went to take off the quick release from my tap and...

I tried to google this from my phone but my googlefu isn't strong today. In beersmith for the mash procedure it is stating that I should mash at 152 for 60 with a 2 minute rinse. Could someone enlighten me on the 2 minute wash part? Thank you!

So my mother in law has found a Turkish restaurant at which she eats at least twice a week. She stated she had found the holy grail of beers (mind you she doesn't drink beer) and demanded that I try it. The beer was Efes Dark. It sucked...... To me it was like drinking a bud light that someone...

I posted this in equipment also, sorry for the repeat.... I ran across a nice old Kelvinator fridge that a guy was getting rid of for 50 bucks.... I couldn't pass this deal up. HOWEVER, there isn't enough room to store a Corny Keg without removing the freezer unit; enter my question. I know I...

I ran across a nice old Kelvinator fridge that a guy was getting rid of for 50 bucks.... I couldn't pass this deal up. HOWEVER, there isn't enough room to store a Corny Keg without removing the freezer unit; enter my question. Does anyone have experience converting this unit? There seem to be...

My buddy is getting married in a few months and he asked that I make a Scottish Ale for his reception. I went with a wee heavy style and it tastes pretty good (slipped a taste before racking to secondary) but honestly I have never tasted a wee heavy ale and don't have anything to compare it...

So I boil in my garage.... given the 90+ degree days I have to brew with the doors open. Evidently a winged friend must have made it into my boil and then into my primary fermeter. I racked to a secondary and there he was hanging onto the side of the carboy. I have no doubt that he died happy...

I will be brewing up my first attempt at a Scotch Ale tomorrow. I went with White Labs Edinburgh yeast.... however I am not reading all over the place that it thrives best in 60 deg temps....as much as I would love to Lager, there is nary a place in my house where I can keep the fermenter below...

Hey all! I was hoping to get some people together to do some weekend brewing... Share experiences, supplies, recipes, beer (of course.) Anyone interested?

Good afternoon brew world! I am currently working on an Irish Red recipe and am wanting to use caraaroma and carafoam to give it a nice color and deep malty flavor. However I may not have luck finding those at my LHBS... Does anyone have alternative dark crystal malt and dextrin malt?

I whipped up a batch of IIPA this am, hit all my temps perfectly, but missed my preboil SG. Beersmith calculated 1.066 and I hit 1.043. I of course freaked, read up and added 1.5 lbs of dme before I boiled. This got 1.066 spot on. All seems okay, but I am wondering about the effects this will...

I am whipping up a nice Imperial IPA today..... Sipping on a Scottish Ale, listening to some John Prine wondering what the beer world is up to today!? Old man winter gave me a reprieve today and the SWMBO is away all day.... Beautiful day to do the best thing in the world..... Is anyone else...

I started my first starter on Monday. I put 1 WY1098 smack pack in a 2L starter, to get my 200 billion. All went well, I refrigerated it over night, decanted this morning, and threw in 2000 ML of new wort on top and went to lunch. When I came back, the krausen had leaked out the top (I...

I started my starter for 1 pack of wy1098 last night around 8. Watching various video's, especially from Mr. Malty, it recommends that you stop the process around 18 hours. Others say let it go for 24. My little friends are still eating away just shy of 16 hours. I am stepping up from 100 Bill...

Hello community, Joined Homebrewtalk because for the last 2 years fine people like yourself have been saving me from making my usual slew of stupid mistakes. I have recently started all-grain brewing and figured this was a great time to show support to the community that has continually...

I am going to try my hand at a yeast starter today. Every calculator I have suggest that I use 2 packs of WY1098 (packaged 2.12.13) to get my desired 266.8 billion. I only bought one pack. Is it possible to grow 300 billion from 100 billion, or should I head back to my LHBS before snowpocalypse...

I know there are MULTIPLE post about low FG's in these forums, but I have not found one they seems to fit this situation. My buddy bought a Brewers Best Belgian Golden Ale kit and use my equipment to brew. This was his first batch. This morning I racked his to a secondary as I needed the...