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I have the edelmetal burner. I recently converted a keg to a kettle and my first 10 gallon batch took the burner about 45min to come to a boil for 13gal of wort. I know it runs on a 10psi regulator. Will swapping in a 30psi regulator help or is that dangerous? I'd hate to get another burner, but...

I've read a lot about adding dark grains late in a mash, but I'm still not sure about ph adjustment when doing this. Please chime in on my method. I made a water profile for the full grain bill with a total mash water volume of 6 gallons. I made another profile excluding the dark grains with...

Quick question. Wanted some insurance for bottling my brett saison. Finished at 0.998. Is it safe to carbonate with full amount of priming sugar? or will brett still eat and add more carbonation. ie. i want to carb to 3.0 vol so should i add enough sugar for that or less to account for brett?

I have the following recipe. I'm debating if the dry hop looks ok or if I should substitute chinook for citra and amarillo for cascade? I want a woodsy pine presence with a fruity flavor mixed in. Thoughts? 17 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 8.0 oz Wheat Malt, Ger (2.0 SRM)...

Hi all, I am not familiar with using a rims system, but my cousin has a new one and we are doing an imperial oatmeal stout on an upcoming trip. I know for my setup (10g cooler) I was anticipating a 10% or so drop in efficiency for this big beer (1.10 og). My cousin has the high gravity brewing...

recipe is as follows for 5.5 gal. batch, I don't know if this would be too fruity and if I should maybe add something like simcoe instead of summit? Thoughts.... 11lbs 12oz. 2 Row 1lb 4 oz. Vienna 8 oz. Crystal 40L Hops: 0.8oz. Summit @ 60m 0.5oz Citra @ 10m 0.5oz Galaxy @ 10m 0.5oz...

I'm looking at possibly making a prickly pear ipa. Does anyone know where I can find some information on this? I'm trying to develop a recipe, not sure how much fruit to use in this. Thanks

How much will 14 ounces of bourbon raise the overall alcohol content of my brew? I think i'm just having a brain fart. My beer is estimated 6.5% alcohol. Thanks

I am going to brew a christmas ale soon. I made one last year that turned out nice, but this year wanted to maybe use a lager yeast instead of an ale yeast. My question is...if I lager will my spices still come through after 2 months of lagering or is there a way to add them at a later time? Thanks

I'm brewing a baby brew for my first child. Any input on this is appreciated. Thanks Razzbaby Wheat 6-D American Wheat or Rye Beer Size: 5.0*gal @ 68*°F Efficiency: 75.0% Attenuation: 75.0% Calories: 163.34*kcal per 12.0*fl oz Original Gravity: 1.049 (1.040 - 1.055) Terminal...

I'm attempting my first partial mash tomorrow. I am mashing 4.75 pounds of grain. I have calculated 1.5 gal of mash water and 2.5 gal of sparge water. I am going to record water loss due to grain for future brews. My main question is once I get my total wort volume of roughly 3 gal can I add 3.5...

I have been looking at recipes all over. I am wondering if I should be using the dark LME or should I just use light LME? Also the grain bill I would like some feedback on. I have not tried to make many recipes except for a DIPA and Xmas ale so any feedback is greatly appreciated. Got Milk...

I am brewing a belgian dubbel from NB. I used wyeast 1214 and made a yeast starter. I pitched it around 1130 pm on monday and at 730 a.m. the next day it was going nuts. There was active fermentation all day yesterday. Today it has slowed down considerably. The temp is at 68. Their website says...

I brewed a dipa last week, 1.085 og. My beer fermented like crazy. It's at 65 degrees now at day 9. This is my first high gravity brew and I have about a 1.5" layer of trub on bottom of carboy and about. 25" to. 5" on top. Should I rack this to secondary or is it ok? I planned on doing a two...

I just made a IIPA, recipe is below. My target OG was 1.084. I read 1.060 on my hydrometer. With 10.5lb+ of extract and sugar is this even possible. Top of was 5.25 gallons. I was reading some other boards about not mixing up enough with solids settling ect. I put it in 6.5gal carboy for primary...

Finallizing a IIPA recipe. I like the steeping hops idea and want to try it. Hows this recipe look? Whats a typical fermentation schedule for a IIPA. I was thinking 3 in primary. Cold crash or use gelatin. Transfer and dry hop for 5 days before bottling. Thoughts? Someone mentioned to me that...

Hi. I've never posted here. I am going to make an ipa soon and I have lots of apollo and cascade hops. I was wondering if I should add any other types of hops to make this or is what I have good enough? I was thinking also using some simcoe or columbus? Any thoughts?