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It was a 7-gallon batch; enough to fill my 36 24-oz bottles.

There are few things higher on my list of "THINGS THAT SUCK" than cleaning up after a boil over, ugh... :smack:

My Hefe (7 gal) was 8 lbs of wheat malt and 4 lbs of Pilsener malt, whole German Hallertau hops for bittering; my Czech Pilsener (5 gal) was 10 lbs Pilsener, 2 oz Munich, and 8 oz Carapils, Czech Saaz hops throughout the boil. My water is local bottled water, should I check the alkalinity?

Greetings All, I'm a long time brewer, I've been running across a problem lately that I'd like to try to get some help on. I've been brewing some of the lighter styles (referring to color) lately, and these beers typically come out a lot darker than I have been expecting. I did a...

Enjoy, but remember- it's a slippery slope... :mug:

I have ProMash on my computer (as far as I know they don't make an app) and I have BeerSmith 2 on my phone and tablet, plus there are tons of online gadgets/calculators/recipators. I prefer ProMash by a landslide, I've been using for over 15 years now.

My brewing software (ProMash) gave me the 4.4 oz of corn sugar for the carbonation level; I took the 4.4 oz and diluted it in a 5-gallon "wort" and got 1.003 as my gravity. That's the gravity added to your finished beer by the sugar, so I just subtracted the 0.003 (gravity from the sugar) from...

Are all cleaners equal, and are all sanitizers equal? Or should I be using different cleaners/sanitizers for different jobs? Are some considered "better" than others or is it a matter of personal preference?

I'm assuming this is a 5-gallon batch; if your carbonation level is 2.5, that's about 4.4 oz of corn sugar you should have added. But- 4.4 oz of corn sugar added to a 5-gal batch would only have increased the gravity of the beer by 0.003; this would make your "true" final gravity 1.023 (assuming...

UPDATE- For those interested, I think I've pretty much nailed this; the beer is now fermented (6.5% abv, nice ruby color) and I've been experimenting with extracts for the orange, ginger, and cinnamon aromas and flavors. I got myself a 1 ml pipette and started dosing low-hopped 12-oz bottles of...

Wow, I think you just made my decision for me. A thing of beauty...

I also have a converted keg. :mug:

I only use whole hops, and I loosely back them in cheesecloth bags. Looks to me like I'm getting plenty of flow through the bags. I typically give the bags a gentle squeeze at the end of the boil to recover some of my liquid gold. :)

I accidentally added twice the amount of bitter orange peel than the recipe called for; I managed to fish some of it out but it was still about 50% over. It's getting very high marks, I may keep it that way in the future.

Sorry, the quote was from the post where I found my answer, i was asked to post it to this thread.

"The rule of thumb is a 10% reduction in utilization. So not a huge difference either way." Mea culpa.

Mea culpa.

Disregard, I found the answer elsewhere in the forum. HBT rocks!!

Hi all, I'm about to brew and I've decided to use cheesecloth bags to contain my whole hops during the boil; the bags are loosely packed. Will this affect the hop utilization? If so, any idea as to the percent I should add to correct? Thanks for all responses. CK

Hi All, I'm thinking about treating myself to a stainless conical fermenter and I'd like to know if anyone has any recommendations; I already have a pretty decent homebrew setup (10 gallon fully fitted brew kettle, all grain setup, grain storage bins, 2-line keggerator draft system, temp...