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well I purchased blood orange torani syrup some time ago with hopes of brewing this beer... ended up brewing an amazing Saison with it, but it wasn't very heavy on the orange. we dubbed it the NSBOS- Not So Blood Orange Saison. I now return to brew the hefe with blood orange as I originally...

I am looking to move from extract to my first all grain recipe. BIAB seems like a nice segway. I am learning a lot (the bag gets quite heavy, dont burn it on the bottom of the kettle, watch your temperature, grind grain twice or finer for better efficiency, sparge for better efficiency, boil...

I didnt read through all 28 pages...but a good bit of them. Does anyone have a extract+specialty grain recipe for this beer. I have not stepped it up to partial mash/all grain yet due to equipment/money concerns. The conversion will be much appreciated. EDIT: Read some of Denny's posts...

After seeking advice from you guys, I decided to jump forward with a berliner. First off, thanks for the help! I have never brewed the style and have only had a few commercial beers of the style, but what could it hurt? Its 90*+ in Florida and this would make a perfect pool side beer. My...

Looking to brew a saison. Recipe I have: -6 lb pilsen light LME -0.5 lb dextrose -0.25 lb castle carablonde -0.5 lb weyermann wheat malt -0.75 oz NZ hallertau @ 60' -0.5 oz NZ hallertau @ 5' -WLP566 Saison II yeast I want to make it a blood orange saison by adding some...

Thanks for the advice and encouragement. 24 hours later the wort is smelling like straight creamed corn casserole that mom makes on Thanksgiving. From my readings this is good. Temp is holding 106-108 with a towel wrapped kettle in the oven with the oven light on.

Hey all. Thread is 2 months old but maybe I can resurrect. I am an extract brewer looking to do a berliner without tieing up my FV for months. I am pushing towards what some like J Wakefield, Pegs/Cycle, Funky Buddha, Angry Chair, Gravity Brewlab are doing- heavily fruited berliners dubbed...

You da man! Question- does the lemonade give it any sour kick?

Any word on that extract recipe version? Looking to do a blood orange hefe and seeing as they are out of season here, I stumbled upon this excellent and unique alternative.

Everyone pretty much covered the major points- -gainesville house of beers- edge of downtown gainesville. 40 taps plus bottles. Good prices. Many tvs and chill atmosphere.. Do special nights like hospitality night (half of drafts for hosp people's), Hob appreciation night (half off drafts if...

Yea...I don't stir either. Haven't noticed a problem. As stated, I boil sugar in 1 cup water, let cool. Add sugar solution to bottling bucket. put your bev tube in the bottom of the bucket laying flat on the bottom, as if you were coiling a rope into a bucket. the flow of the liquid is enough...

Siphon to bottling bucket with spigot via wand and some tubing. Use a 2 inch piece of tubing and connect spring loaded bottle filler to the bucket spigot. Set bucket on counter and open dishwasher door to catch all spills. The spring loaded bottle filler diameter is perfect such that the area...

1) avoid soaps and detergents in bottle cleaning. Use something like PBW or oxyclean free. It kills he beer head. 2) mold I conquer by shaking a small amount of scalding water in the bottle. Then use a bottle brush to help. This still won't help get all the mold so I soak in buckets with...

Did you taste the beer when you took your gravity sample? The bubbles and their disappearing looks to me like the krausen is settling as it should.

I know the feeling. Ale Pails are tough. I cheated recently...instead of removed the lid and risking oxidation and infection I removed the airlock and gasket and took a small peek, then sanitized with StarSan and replaced. I think I might invest in a better bottle or carboy soon.

Alternatively to a swamp cooler (tub+ water + ice blocks +wicking shirt+ sometimes blowing fan), you can make a fermentation cooler. I bought a 60qt igloo blue ice cooler ($27 Walmart). It's a tall square rolling cooler. The lid is removable. I cut it to fit my 6 gal ale pail bucket. Guys with...

All this talk about brewing in Florida (house temps around 77-80 in the summer, 70-75 now in the winter) and needing cooler conditions for fermenting pushed me to create a fermentation cooler using the 60qt Igloo blue Ice cooler and a modified lid. I placed two frozen 2L bottles in there to...