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Hey guys, I have brewed a couple northern brewer recipe kits and have liked them so far. I like the milk chocolate stout kit and the Dead Ringer IPA. Both were excellent. The Dead Ringer is well balanced and not too hoppy for an IPA...I just love the hop flavor. The milk stout kit is tasty...

Does anyone know how to use a pyrex flask with an electric stove? Are there any ceramic diffusers to put over the element to protect the flask? Has anyone had any luck just setting it right on the element? What about lab hot plates or hot plates from walmart?

I brewed a pumpkin ale with 8 cans of libbys pure pumpkin (14#) :ban:. Its been 2 weeks since brewday and I cannot taste any pumpkin in my beer which is currently in the secondary. Has anyone else had this issue? I thought that using such a large amount of pumpkin would impart more flavor, but I...

I am building my E-HERMS brewery and a thought just came to me: Do I want to permanently install my herms coil in my HLT or make it removable? (I have already decided I am not using compression fittings as I have had a very difficult time getting them on a bent copper tube.) For all...

Okay guys...before commenting understand that I kind of knew I was getting myself into this before hand, but I needed to make one more brew before heading back to school for the summer! Okay...so I brewed an Ordinary bitter a week ago from this last Saturday and due to good fermentation temps...

Grain Bill 10.25 lbs. Rahr 2-Row Pale Malt 0.75 lbs. American Caramel 30L Boiling Adjuncts 1 lb. Corn Sugar Hopping Schedule 2.5AAU Chinook (0.216oz, 11.6%aa) @ 60 minutes 4.8AAU Northern Brewer (0.546 oz, 8.8%aa) @ 60 minutes 5AAU Cascade (0.6 oz, 8%aa) @ 15 minutes 3.6AAU Cascade (0.45 oz...

I am not an extract brewer....but for one of my first brews I made an imperial chocolate stout. It ended up being a partial mash because about 1/3 of the sugar came from extract. But anyway...the recipe I was using called for Light LME and I ended up using Dark LME. The brew ended up being extra...

Okay so my grain bill for my ordinary bitter recipe for tomorrow is 7 pounds. From what I have read I should make a thick mash (1qt/#grain) for this style. If I follow that mashing schedule and the 1/2 gallon per pound of grain guideline for sparging, I will have under 5 gallons of preboil wort...

Hey guys...just thinking about brewing a sweet chocolate stout this weekend...do you guys have any preferences when making sweet stouts?? :drunk: This is my first one and I am not sure exactly how to shape the recipe! Here is just a rough outline... 7# 2 Row 2# Carapils (1# Belgian...

I noticed that when one dry hops with pellet hops, most of the hops reside on top of the beer in the carboy. I figured the final product would have a better aroma if I could submerge the hops in the beer instead of having them float on top...thus I would gently hit the side of the carboy which...

Okay...so I want to brew a hoppy ale and this is what I was thinking...just let me know if y'all have any suggestions...if not I might brew this tomorrow. 10# 2 Row 1# Carapils 1# Vienna 0.5# Caramel 90L 0.5# Caramel 30L 1oz Sterling @ 60 2oz Vanguard @ 60 1oz liberty @ 20 1oz...

Hey all, this is my idea for my first IPA... here are some goals for this brew: Solid body Decent alcohol level to complement a more citrus/fruity/piney hoppy flavor. Do NOT want spicy hoppy flavor I just want to make sure it isn't a disaster before brewing this Saturday :) 10# Rahr 2 Row...

How many of you guys brew your own concoctions vs. trying to brew to a specific style. By that I mean just adding different malts to you grain bill and then classifying it when its done. If you have made an awesome home brew concoction, I would love to hear about it!:mug:

Here are the hops I currently have that I am looking to use... 1oz Argentine Cascades 3.2% 2oz Vanguard 4.4% 2oz Liberty 4% 1oz Sterling 6% 1oz Willamette 4.2% 1oz Crystal 3.8% 0.8oz Chinook 11.6% 0.6oz Cascade 8% If you were me what style would you brew?:drunk:

I just recently entered my old ale into a home brew competition. It was my second beer ever, and my first contest ever, thus I have no idea what a good score is. It scored a 31-32 average, and I didn't place in the top three in my flight. Is this score below avg, avg, above avg? I am just...

Just recently I listened to Jamil's fruit podcast, which was very informative. One story that he mentioned was trying a beer which had been bottle conditioned with raisins! Has anyone every tried it? I was thinking it might be good for a porter or Belgian trappist ale...:drunk: maybe...

Hey guys...If I were to make a banana beer and wanted to use real banana, could I just add whole banana to the secondary or primary at high krausen without sanitizing? Shouldn't they be sanitary already if they come right from the peel?

What is the one type of homebrew that you ALWAYS like to have on tap at your house?:mug:

Hey guys...I just got done brewing a porter. After I chilled my wort I took a sanitized spoon and swirled the wort around to center the trub in the middle of my brew pot. Unfortunately, I didn't wait long enough for all the trub to settle...and realized this after I was half way through...

If you and a bunch of friends were compiling a sweet stout recipe, what one ingredient (and general quantity) would you make sure your joint recipe included?