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I chickened out and didn't do it :(

Haha wow thank you! With this in hand I can't see how anything could go wrong :D

Thanks! is there a name for this formula?

Yep, sorry about the confusion. I can start with 5 or 6 gallons of wort at 1.090 (or something high) and split that into two fermenters. Then add enough water so that I finish with 5-ish gallons of beer in each fermenter with lower gravitys. I'm just not sure how to calculate that. Ideally I...

I would like to brew a low ABV beer and split into two 5-ish gallon batches but I'm not sure how to create a recipe. I have a 10.5 gallon BIAB kettle, so I'm pretty sure I can't just brew it all and split it in half. I think I need to brew with less water in the kettle and top it off in the...

Thanks everyone, I really appreciate the comments. @Holden Caulfield I saw that article on harsh malts recently and forgot about it. Glad you shared it, it's super helpful. There's a part that warns not to use harsh malts for color and that's exactly what I was doing -- sitting in beersmith...

I'm brewing an Amber ale in the next couple of days and I'm not sure how I feel about the Crystal 120 here. In the beginning I was just trying to keep things simple and use three malts or less, but now I'm not so sure. What would you do with this grain bill? On hand, I have C-20/40/60/120...

My friend and I came up with the Holiday Ale recipe. We're looking for comments and concerns because we've never made one before. We don't really know what we're going for so we're looking for opinions. :ban: Extract: 6 lbs Light Dry Extract (8.0 SRM) Dry Extract 70.6 % 1 lbs Amber Dry...

Thanks! I can't take too much credit because the farmer had several different apple ciders. It was him that suggested using the Golden Russet. I think it is probably very acidic, but I would rather say that it's tart (if there's even a difference). The upfront tartness or acidity rolls...

5 gallons of Golden Russet apple cider (unpasteurized, from the farm) 4 lbs brown sugar Mangrove Jack's M02 Cider yeast (2 packs, dry) Added the cider to a 6 gallon bucket, then added 4 lb brown sugar. I half-ass stirred the mixture because I wasn't overly worried about it being homogenous...

Is any of this still for sale?

Anyone interested in a DME group buy?

I am looking for some more fermentation vessels. Anyone selling around Seattle?

What year is it again? :)

I am a thirsty friend. A friend of mine recently unleashed a batch of some fine ESB onto us for a board game night. We also brewed a zombie dust clone that night. I have his paypal info though so I will reimburse him for half the zombie dust and for the ESB batch that we decimated.

This poll is offensive. I resent the fact that this poll does not have an option for those of us that can only grow parts of a beard. I grow as much of a beard as I can. I have a sweet goatee and some cheek patches.

Whether or not you kick him out, offer some suggestions on where he can get help. You don't need to preach to him, but look up some local AA groups and just mention them. The community would be just as irresponsible by banishing him when it is a community that potentially enables his drinking...

Would you try making the same style twice or two different styles? Would be interesting for sure.

I think of intermediate additions as giving the beer hybrid characteristics between bitterness and flavor/aroma. I imagine a balancing scale where one end tips the balance towards bitterness and the other end tips the balance in favor of flavor and aroma. Somewhere in the middle, you might get a...

I wouldn't worry about it either. You're still looking at a high 8%ish abv.