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Cheers!!! I just made a pineapple IPA for a friend and I didn't take gravity readings before and after pitching 4 lbs (2 whole pineapples), like I should have. I cut them up and puree'd them into my 2ndary. Question: Does anyone know where to find PPG data for using whole fruit? I've seen a...

Okay kids, Maybe I'm not using the right language in searching Google, but I have a (seemingly) simple math problem I need your help with. I mash in two pots on the stove. One is 16 quarts, one is 20 quarts. I've been doing it by "eyeballing it" with >85% efficiency, but would love to make...

Good to be back on! Haven't been on here in years! Just go back into brewing and hitting it hard! Got 5 fermenters going at all times and trying some new recipes. My co-worker challenged me to clone a Budweiser. I said "why not", as I rolled my eyes. So I looked up a bunch of ideas for this and...

Anyone want to switch to all grain but live in a no bedroom apartment and don't care to or have the money to have 2 bedrooms full of brew equipment? Also, if your reason to switch to all grain is because you love calculus and must "hit the number" every time, then this post may not be for you...

About 4 months ago I brewed my first beer. It was a Sierra Nevada clone which I really messed up but it turned out great. I added all the hops at the beginning of the boil instead of following the schedule. I didn't cool the wort and waited about 9 hours after the boil to pitch the yeast...

Anyone know of an extract w/specialties recipe with boil times etc. for a Chimay of any type? No mini-mash or all grains please. Thanks guys

I wanted to thank all of you who have helped me through my first, very stressful, batch of beer. You may remember me. The guy with the Sierra Nevada Pale Ale clone who didn't know to cool the wort and added his yeist at 90 deg after letting the wort cool at room temperature/uncovered for nine...

I've been reading a lot of different ways to bottle in here. Everything from tablets, extract, cane sugar and even flipping the bottles upside down and letting them foam up then capping and shaking the bottles up every few days to keep the carbing going. What ever happened to just putting 3/4...

Making a Hacker Pchorr Weisse clone. I've heard rumors of ppl adding bananas or their peels to the boil. Anyone have any experience with this and if so what are the results vs a typical weisse recipe? Primary: Hacker Pchorr Weisse clone Bottled: Sierra Nevada Clone

Senerio: Pale Ale has been done fermenting for 4 days now. Hydro at 1.014 for 4 days in a row. Dry hops in hop bag on top for 4 days. There is still lots of white little floating things (yeist, hops, whatever) all over the place. Other than the floaties it's clear and the aroma is GREAT! Not...

When transferring to my bottling bucket, how deep do I put my siphon tube considering I can't see how deep the soot on the bottom of the fermenter is? I'm assuming I don't want to suck up any of that stuff.

Hello all, I've been brewing my SNPA at <70F with success so far but my electric bill to keep my apartment that cool all the time in Oklahoma heat is outrageous. I've been finding some great deals on mini friges on craigslist but am concerned about several things... First: if I put my wort in...

Hello all, I've been brewing my SNPA at <70F with success so far but my electric bill to keep my apartment that cool all the time in Oklahoma heat is outrageous. I've been finding some great deals on mini friges on craigslist but am concerned about several things... First: if I put my wort in...

Question, My Sierra Nevada recipe says to dry hop after a week when transrerring to secondary fermenter. I don't have or plan on using a secondary fermenter. When should I add the dry hops and how long should I leave them in the primary before bottling? Thanks, Robert

Hello again, My book is telling me to add 3/4 cup sugar to bottling bucket before bottling. Is this minutes before bottling or weeks before bottling? My Sierra Nevada recipe doesn't say anything about adding sugar. Is sugar something you add to all brews before bottling and the SN recipe is...

My book says to "check specific gravity periodically untill the readings stop going down." When should I first check my wort's SG and then how often thereafter? So this means it's okay to take the lid off my bucket to check it right? Thanks, Robert

Making a sierra nevada clone. Recipe said add yeast below 80 F. Waited 9 hours and had to go to work and wort was only at 84 F. I pitched it anyway hoping for the best. Did I just destroy my yeast? Thanks, Robert