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The brew day is upon me and it's cold in the garage, but everything is running smooth so far..... 12lbs Pale 2-Row 1lb Crystal 40 .5lb Amber .5oz Summit FWH 1tsp Irish Moss 1tsp Yeast Nutrient 1oz Summit 1oz Citra @ 15min 1oz Summit 1oz Citra @ Flame Out Heated 17qts to 168*...

This batch is all grain sunshower honey apple wheat. It's two weeks in primary, FG of 1.014. I was about to add my Granny Smith apples and this is what I got. It tastes ok. OG was 1.054. Do I have an infection here?

I made sunshower honey apple wheat on Monday. My first attempt at all grain. I nailed my conversion efficiency but my brew house efficiency was only about 64% because of wort loss etc. anyway, I pitched wyeast 1010 no starter out of the swelled package and before I realized it, my wort was still...

As I make my first venture into all grain, how's my corona mill crush looking?

Hi everyone. I'm going to build my mash tun tomorrow. I'm going to use this cooler from Walmart; http://www.walmart.com/ip/Igloo-Island-Breeze-48-Quart-Cooler/16437961?findingMethod=rr And I'm going to use a cpvc setup like in Orion's cooler a few posts down from this. Any suggestions?

Hi all. I was checking out Airborneguy's guys Sunshower Apple Wheat recipe and decided to try converting it to partial mash. My big change is, his recipe calls for 6lbs white wheat, I'm gonna use what I listed below keeping the rest of the mashing grains the same. What do you think? HOME BREW...

Hi all. I was checking out Airborneguy's guys Sunshower Apple Wheat recipe and decided to try converting it to partial mash. My big change is, his recipe calls for 6lbs white wheat, I'm gonna use what I listed below keeping the rest of the mashing grains the same. What do you think? HOME BREW...

Are there any resources to easily find substitutes when converting recipes? I don't have the ability to go all grain and I enjoyed my first partial mash. Rather than posting or asking everytime I need a recipe converted, is there someplace I can immediately look and see what my subs would be?

Just brewed this and pitched a packet of WB-06 at 6pm. It's a beautiful thing three hours in

Will humidity effect the fermentation process? I'm keeping my bucket in my 3/4 bath because its smaller and has electric heat where I can regulate the temp. Will people taking showers cause any adverse reactions?

So here's my recipe. Before the purists bite my head off, I know it's not a true dunkelweizen. I wanted something with abig body and some kick. My first experimentation. 6.6lbs wheat LME 3.3lbs Munich LME 6oz crystal 40 6oz crystal 150 3oz carafa III dehusked 1oz Hallertau 4.7 I'm going to...

Hey everyone. I'm doing an extract brew modified from BCS recipe. My recipe is below; 6.6lbs wheat LME 3.3lbs Munich LME 6oz crystal 40 6oz crystal 150 3oz carafa III dehusked 1oz Hallertau 4.7 I'm going to do a 5.5 fermenter batch. Boil for 70 minutes with the grains steeped at 160 for 40...

Hey all. After the success of my BIAB kit from brewers best, I feel confident enough that I can now make a recipe from Brewing Classic Styles. I have a couple questions though.... All of their recipes call for 7 gallon boil. How do I calculate how much extra grain and extract I'll need for a...

Well, when I brewed my first beer, a brewers best English brown ale kit, as any first time brewer I was a little nervous. Did I sanitize right? Did I burn anything? Did I contaminate anything? Was my bottling ok? I kept a sixer on the side to sample at different stages. I took one and...

So after mulling over dozens of recipes and styles, I decided I'm going to try and brew one of my favorites. A Dunkelweizen. Here's the recipe that I've turned up: 8lbs Wheat LME 3lbs Light LME 1/4lb Chocolate malt 1/4lb Black Patent 1/4lb Crystal 80 1/4lb Roasted Barley 1oz of Hallertauer...

I would like to try the banana bread ale "mistake" in the recipe forum. I don't have the means to boil 5 gallons. Can I just do a 3.5 boil and achieve the same results? Thanks

Hi everyone. Got a true brew kit for Christmas and put up my first 5gal batch this past Sunday. English brown ale.

Hey all. I got a true brew kit for Christmas. Just brewed my first batch of beer Sunday. English brown ale. Here's my questions..... The brewers handbook, and the instructions with the ale kit varied a little. The handbook said after cooling my brew pot, just dump it right in my primary and...