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I'm trying to design an Oatmeal Stout that is about 5% ABV. I threw this grain bill together in Beersmith and tweaked it to get as close to 5.00% ABV as possible. I'm still looking for a good hop(s) to use and any advice on grains I should add/remove/tweak. Thanks! Batch Size: 6.08 gal...

I brewed a Pseudo Sue clone recipe but for some reason the color turned out much darker than anticipated. So now I have a delicious citra pale ale that’s outside the SRM guidelines for 18B American Pale Ale. My guess is that it’s in the 13 SRM range. Should I submit it as an Amber Ale instead...

SWMBO and I are visiting Chicago at the end of the month. Being from GA, I'm looking to find some beers up there that don't distribute in my neck of the woods. 120 Minute, Deschutes, Three Floyds, Daisy Cutter, Pipeworks, etc. are already on my list. I plan on hitting up some beer stores and...

In the latest BREW magazine, there was an article that demonstrated how to use acrylic transfers to design your own bottle caps. Since I had a batch that I was getting ready to bottle, I felt this would be a fun project. Here is the finished product: The reverse image transferred easily...

I brewed a Zombie Dust clone back in August 2015. I bottle conditioned and tore through the 10 gallon batch pretty fast. No carb problems. Fast forward to 2016; after brewing more batches I realized I needed to finish off the ZDs. Everyone I've popped open has had excessive foaming that seems to...

I'm doing a 12 gallon batch that will be split into two (hopefully) 6 gallon fermentations. I plan to ferment each with a different yeast. The OG should be 1.065 and I have a Wyeast smack pack and a White Labs vial for the job. Will this be sufficient or would you recommend a yeast starter...

This is an adaptation of a recipe I originally found from RADMAD and one I found on another forum. Both recipes were similar and I merely tweaked some of the ingredients in BeerSmith2 until I reached an OG of 1.079 and 22 IBUs, which I think is about right for this beer. I brewed something...

So I cold crashed my first beer for a week in the low 30s and added gelatin a day or so after the crash begin (trying to help the chill haze particles fall out). After the crash, I bottled before the beer warmed up using 4 ounces of priming sugar for a 5 gallon batch (IPA). The beers have been...

The mash was not as hard as I thought it would be and I pretty much hit my numbers. It started raining but I setup a tailgating tent beforehand so all is well. I'm doing BertusBrewery's Blind Pig IPA 2.0 clone with a few hop substitutions based on what was available at my LHBS...

I've got a DIPA in primary right now and have already done the first round of dry hopping (14 days before bottling). The second round of dry hops is supposed to be 4-5 days before bottling but I'd also like to try cold crashing. Should I dry hop on schedule and just plan to cold crash two...

I just upgraded from a turkey fryer to a 15 gal Spike kettle with three piece ball valve and thermometer. Now, I have a couple of questions before my maiden brew on the new equipment: I only hand tightened the valve and thermometer with the Teflon tape according to the instructions. I'm...

I have a Belgian (Xmas) Dark Strong Ale that has been in the fermenter (in a swamp cooler) in the low-to-mid 60s for three weeks. I pitched T-58 FWIW. I took a sample 2 days ago and it was 1.020 (OG was 1.085 and expected FG is 1.016). I'll take another reading in a day or so. 1. Assuming it...

I'm currently working on building a BrewPi but haven't sourced a mini fridge for the project yet. I've found a couple of beverage refrigerators on craigslist recently that look enticing because they would require no modifications while many of the mini fridges look like they'd need some work to...

Just curious what everyone else does. I'm in the middle of steeping right now using a turkey fryer. The temp hit 155 and I turned down the heat, then added the grains. I monitored the temp and it continued to rise as I continued to decrease the flame. At 170, I completely shut off the...

After 5 weeks fermenting and 2 weeks in the bottle, I couldn't wait to pop open my first one. It's a Double IPA from Brewer's Best. I think it's nicely carbonated but still green (which I was expecting). I just couldn't wait to try it. This ones only been in the fridge for 24 hours. I know...

I found this Corsendonk Xmas Ale Clone recipe in another thread, but the poster was planning on doing a partial mash. I'm still a newbie and would like to convert this to an Extract recipe. Here's the original recipe as found: Ingredients Amt Name Type # %/IBU 3 lbs Pilsner (2 Row) Bel...

It's been about 10 days since I brewed my first batch of beer, a IIPA kit from Brewer's Best, and the wort has been in the primary ever since. . Unfortunately, my goal of using a fridge in the garage on the warmest setting didn't work out too well as it lowered the temp into the 50s for the...

Hey everyone. After years of saying I wanted to homebrew (seriously, I've had Palmer's book for thee+ years), I finally bought a starter kit. It was an impulse buy at the time and as my scheduled brew day approaches I'm learning more and more that there's a lot I don't know. I stumbled onto...

So, after years of saying I would homebrew, I've finally bought a kit and am ready to take the plunge. I quickly realized that there is a lot I'm unsure of. I have a 30Qt Bayou Classic pot and a burner. I plan to do a full boil and will be starting with a Brewer's Best Double IPA. I even...