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Hey all, Recently brewed a pumpkin ale. Used 9.75 lbs of golden promise, .5 pounds of Carmel 40L, .5 of Carmel 120L and .25 of special roast. Also added in about 16 oz of canned pure pumpkin. Our gravity was supposed to be 1.055, but ended up Being 1.040. I used a new kettle, and also ended up...

Hey all, I recently made a clone of Surly Coffee Bender. After adding coffee beans to the fermenter (which I thought I sanitized well) this white layer appeared. Can anyone tell me what it is? And if it is bad idea to bottle this beer? Thanks in advance for the advice! -Bogan

This was incredibly helpful. I am going to give that method a shot (or something similar). Appreciate the information! :mug:

Yes, I am trying to do (my first) BIAB, but am not set on that if others have better recommendations. I have a 5 gallon carboy, a 6.5 gallon fermenter and a 2 gallon fermenter (considering taking off a smaller part of the wort and trying two separate dry hops). I am trying to avoid having a...

Yes sorry, my brew kettle is 5.5gallons (I also have a second brew kettle which is 4.0). The only other equipment I have is a large cooler which potentially could serve as a mash tun (and everything for fermenting etc). My concern is that I will not be able to submerge that amount of grains...

Hey Brewers, I am relatively new to brewing, and this is my first post --requesting help from wiser minds. I got ambitious and got ingredients for an IPA (12.5lb 2 row, 0.5lb Melanoidin, 0.5lb Carapils, 0.5lb Caramel malt, and plenty of Citra hops). It wasn't until I got home that I realized...