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Hello all! I will return home in a few weeks and am looking to brew my first beer of the summer! I have never brewed a SMaSH, but it seems as though a SMaSH IPA could be rather delicious . . . In regards to flavor profile, I'm looking for that piney/resinous flavor, as well as a 6.5-7% ABV...

Hello all! Well, it happened . . . I had my first overly-violent fermentation. I found out about it via an early-morning phone call. Being a young brewer, I move between two homes on a weekly basis due to a somewhat complicated situation. I do all of my brewing and bottling on the weekends...

Hello all! I'll be attempting my first brown ale this weekend and would very much appreciate any feedback you might offer. Overall, I'm going for a drinkable beer that is somewhat sweet with a nice, full, nutty taste. Batch size: 5.5 gallons (I have poor efficiency) OG: 1.052 FG: 1.013...

Hello all! I currently have a breakfast stout in a primary fermenter and, after 1 week of fermentation, plan to add 4oz of cocoa nibs and, toward the end of fermentation, ~4oz coffee cold-brewed in 20oz of water. My question is: why don't we see more of a concentrate being made with...

Hello all, I currently have my third brew, a double IPA, in a dry hop. As soon as I bottle, I hope to start the next ale: a breakfast stout. I'm not necessarily trying to stay in a particular framework, but rather am throwing together what I might envision to be a breakfast stout based upon...

I'll be trying my third batch of brew at the end of this month, and I invited my older brother to join me so that I might show him how a mediocre brewer "do." I offered a few ideas as to what we might attempt, and he came at me with a curveball . . . carrot cake. As an avid fan of carrot cake...

Hello all, Below is a prospective grain bill and hop schedule. I am posting this here as I don't have much time to make a final decision as to what hops I wish to buy/use. 13 # Pale Malt .5 # Crystal 60 .5 # Biscuit Malt Hops: 1 oz. Simcoe - 60 mins ~ 38.5 IBUs .5 oz. Chinook -...

Hello all, I'm planning to start my next brew soon and am really wanting to do an IPA. I was inspired by Victory's "DirtWolf," but the availability of hops at my local store combined with my imagination has morphed this recipe into a different beast. Would you care to take a look at the grain...

Hello all, I am currently working on an oatmeal stout (my first brew). The OG was supposed to be around 1.05, and I ended up with 1.054. After a week of sitting in a primary (6.5 gallon carboy wrapped in a blanket) my slightly-less-than 5 gallon batch has reached 1.01. This is the intended...

Hello all! As a recently-turned 21 year-old, I've decided to partake in the fine art of homebrewing. I took the plunge and went straight to all-grain and started with a Samuel Smith's Oatmeal Stout clone. I brewed last Saturday and am hoping the fermentation finishes-up by this Sunday. Now...