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So the jamil z recipe I found online uses both, but I've also seen some with one or the other? Any thoughts or stories? Im planning on using some pilsner malt plus Munich and dark Candi syrup.

I just ordered a homemade recipe from AustinHomebrew. Accidentally got 1.5 lbs of Carapils in the recipe bag, instead of 0.5, and noticed it too late to correct it. I am tempted to just go ahead and use the recipe, but does anyone know what happens with too much carapils? Weird flavors...

Any thoughts on the following recipe? .5 lbs. American Chocolate Malt .5 lbs. American Black Patent .5 lbs. American Caramel 60°L 1 lbs. Munich Malt 7.5 lbs. Liquid Light Extract 1 oz. Target (Pellets, 8.0 %AA) boiled 60 min. .5 oz. Challenger (Pellets, 6.5 %AA) boiled 15 min...

I'd like to hear some about brewing successes and failures with adding oak chips to a beer. Does the flavor at all approximate real oak-aging? Would you make a beer like this again? Did it taste AWESOME? I'm very tempted to get either an oak-aged porter kit from AHS or NB, or re-make my...

Seth Feld's Gumball Toe July 5, 2008 Category Light Hybrid Beer Subcategory American Wheat or Rye Beer Recipe Type Partial Mash Batch Size 5.5 gal. Volume Boiled 3.5 gal. Mash Efficiency 65 % Total Grain/Extract 9.25 lbs. Total Hops 2.5 oz. Calories (12 fl. oz.) 199.4...

so i activated the pack around 3pm yesterday, but unfortunately couldn't actually brew as planned. Last minute realization basically... So I'm wondering if I can go ahead and use it today, about 28 hours later, as is...

I might have asked this when I first joined, but I'm just wondering if any of the Chicago Beer Society members, or frequent attenders of First/Thirst Thursday are on here...

What do you store your grains in? I have a lot of stuff sitting around that needs to get in something airtight til I can use them. I tend to never have more than 2-3 pounds of any given grain on hand since I'm a PM/extract brewer, but I'm not quite sure how much space I need to hold that...

So to get my beers tasting as great as possible, I've decided to start adding any LME in a recipe as a late addition. A lot of kits seem to come with LME, so I figure this is a good way to deal with it; when I make my own recipes I stick with DME and large grain bills for steeping/PM... My...

I'm thinking of buying two 3 gallon carboys for doing smaller batches of beer, so I can brew more frequently and also experiment a little more (since there's become a whole group of friends with expectations!). I tend to always brew with Wyeast Activator packs and though I've yet to make a...

4 lbs. Maris Otter Pale 0.5 lbs. Crystal Malt 40°L 0.25 lbs. American Victory 0.25 lbs. Dextrine Malt 3.5 lbs. John Bull Maris Otter 1 lbs. Dry Extra Light Extract 1 oz. Target (Pellets, 8.0 %AA) boiled 60 min. 1 oz. Challenger (Pellets, 6.3 %AA) boiled 15 min 1 oz. East Kent Goldings...

Even with some pretty serious hot water and sanitizing, there's a vague smell of hops from my primary bucket, even when totally empty. It's hard to notice every time you stick your face into it, but its definitely there. Should I take it as a sign to stop using it for primary and get a new...

Has the difference between American IPA and American Pale been blurred beyond distinction? I've had hoppy pale ales with a bit of malt backbone, ive had ones that went easy on the hops, ive obviously had IPAs that were hop bombs, and I've had IPAs that are more imitations of the English IPA...

Has the difference between American IPA and American Pale been blurred beyond distinction? I've had hoppy pale ales with a bit of malt backbone, ive had ones that went easy on the hops, ive obviously had IPAs that were hop bombs, and I've had IPAs that are more imitations of the English IPA...

I really wanted to get beyond bottles. But I dont have the space for kegs or an extra fridge. I know when I first joined I saw some not so great reviews of Tap A Draft... anyone had good results? tell me about your bad results as well.

I'm planning recipes for late may/early june right now. I always know the next two things I'm making. And I have the ingredients for my next two beers already.

So I've started formulating a reddish hoppy american wheat recipe. Basically my own take on Three Floyd's Gumballhead. Partial Mash @ 155 for 90 min w/ 9.0 quarts (sparge with 5 quarts) 1 lb Red Wheat .5 lb Cara Wheat maybe .5 Torrified Wheat? 1.5 lbs of Rye 3 lbs of 2 Row 4 lbs of...

I've zero experience with either of these hops, aside from BMC-esque australian lagers and Simcoe in some commercial IPAs I've had. Anyone with familiarity, think these could be used in an american red ale? I'm thinking something pretty full of malt flavor, maybe even more a brown than a...

I try to brew a beer per month, at the least, and plan them somewhat seasonly, which is what a lot of y'all seem to do (i went to school in GA, im trying to get away with that y'all). Since Spring in Chicago can be pretty chilly still, I've got an Amarillo IIPA, an American Amber on the way...

sorry, maybe silly to post a recipe critique after the brew has been made, im just curious what people think. originally inspired by the Edmund Fitzgerald clone, but changed based on other recipes online about that beer, and because of what I had on hand already. 5 gallon batch 3 lbs...