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    What time/temp to use when recipe says "steep" for extract

    Hey, I'm looking into my first solo brew this weekend and am looking for an easy solid pale ale. The majority of the recipes I come across mention some grain and just say "steep" by it. What temp and for how long do I do this for? Is this just steeped in my pre-boil volume, as in, I just...
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    My DIY immersion chiller touches inner wall of kettle

    Hello All, I am getting all my equipment in order for my first solo brew. I have a 20 gallon pot (going to start with 5gallon extract and move into 10/15gallon BIAB) and I bought 50ft of copper to make an immersion chiller. I didn't happen to have my pot when I bent my copper so I just used...
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    What size kettle to get for 10g batches

    Hello All, I have decided that I am going to go with the BIAB method for homebrewing. I would like to be able to go up to 10 gallon batches but I'm not sure how this translates to kettle size for the grain + water. It seems like a 10 gallon kettle is needed for a 5 gallon brew, so is it safe...
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    Barley Wine's Gravity still to high (4 months)

    We brewed a barley wine on 11/19/2011 and the OG was 1.131. After using Safale US-05 Dry Yeast, and then pitching champagne yeast 2 months later, we are still at 1.054 and it hasn't moved in about a month. We've tried swirling the yeast a bit as well as warming it up. We've tasted it and...
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    Possible Infection? (you love these threads, right?)

    http://i.imgur.com/6JxnJ.jpg Worried this breakfast stout might be infected. It's almost a month in the primary. Friend thinks it may be a brett infection. Any thoughts?
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    Seeking a Alesmith Wee Heavy Clone Recipe...

    Anyone have any thoughts on where to start with this? :ban:
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    How much sugar to prime with?

    Hello All! I recently made some hard cider with my wife. We wanted to get a baseline to start from so we split up 2 gallons of local flash pasteurized (no preservatives) apple cider into 4 growlers, 2 left plan, 1 with 1/8c brown sugar, and 1 with 1/8c honey. All for were fermented with...
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    What's your highest gravity beer that you've made?

    We just made a huge barleywine and hit a pretty high gravity. I'm pretty excited. Pic attached
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    Thoughts on my A.G. Barley Wine?

    Malt & Fermentables LB OZ MALT 13 0 Pale Malt (Maris Otter) 4 0 American Two-row Toasted 3 0 Wheat Malt 1 8 Munich Malt 1 2 Melanoidin Malt 1 0 Briess Caramel 40L 0 8 Barley, Flaked 0 8 Carared 0 7 Rye, Flaked 0 6 Oats, Flaked 0 4 Burnt Sugar 0 4 maple sap Hops USE TIME OZ VARIETY 90...
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    FG Higher than expected... thoughts?

    Hello All, My friends and I recently brewed a cherry brown ale. The recipe we used was suppose to be Original Gravity:1.066 and Final Gravity:1.019. After 2 weeks in the primary we took a sample and then we transferred the beer to the secondary and poured in our cherry puree. The problem...
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