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I'm going to lead off with my own experiences, but I'm posting with the hopes that this spurs some discussion from everyone about how they brew for volume. Background: I'm getting married in August, and I'm planning on serving my light lager recipe during dinner and possibly throughout the...

Hi guys, This is my first year growing hops. I got two root balls from a family friend, they were two or three years old. I planted them last fall, and they were sprouting fine, 2-4” tall plus one bull shoot that was like 18" but got eaten by I suspect a skunk. My uncle gave me a pail of cow...

Grain bill: 8.8lb Maris Otter 4kg 1.1lb Crystal 40 .5kg .55lb UK Brown .25kg 3.5oz Wheat malt 100g 1.8oz Roasted barley 50g In the middle of mashing a bitter. Was weighing out my grains and realized that my 1 lb of crystal 40 wasn't...

So, I made my first IPA Monday night. Haven't brewed since September, did my first wine and apple cider though. A few things didn't really go according to plan so I thought I'd see what you guys think. First, was with my grain. Used 5.5kg of 2-row, comes in 2kg bags, easy enough right? It...

Sorry if this is the wrong spot for this. Where did all the subsections in the recipe database go? Now there's just "Homebrew Ale and "Homebrew Lager" and a few specialty one. :confused:

Apologies if this has been answered before but I didn't se quite what I was looking for. I often see a time given for dry hopping, ie 3, days, 7 days etc, which I understand is days before packaging? How does this work when you are cold crashing or fining with gelatin? I typically put the...

I'm not quite sure if this is a bitter, an amber ale a pale ale, or what. I brewed this on the weekend. 4.5 gal batch OG:1.060 Predicted FG: 1.015 IBU: 38 4.4 lb Maris Otter 1.7 lb 2 Row 1.1 lb Munich 10L 1.1 lb Victory 1.1 lb Vienna 1 lb CaraHelles 15L .5 oz Magnum 12.6% @ 60 .3 oz Fuggles...

I've been noticing that quite a few of my bottles have sediment clinging to the sides of them, and this comes out in the pour. I also tend to have some floaties that look a little larger than the rest of the yeast particulate. Not very big mind you, about the size of cornmeal grains. Any...

So I made up a batch based on Edwort's Haus Pale Ale yesterday. Swapped out for Galaxy hops to try a new hop, and used Carahelles 15L as the LHBS didn't have Caramel 10L. Anyway, due to either my grain temp or water temp being off, after I added in my grains I was at 156 instead of 152. I...

Hey guys, I'm relatively new at this, have done 4 all grain batches and 2 extracts before that. I've been doing lots of reading and learning here, so thanks to everyone! :mug: I've been thinking of doing a series of SMASH beers to learn about different hops and malts. I did one so far...

Hey everyone, hoping I can get some idea why this happened. I just opened a bottle of my Irish Red after two weeks carbonating (I know, it's early but I wanted to check on it) and it was... suprisingly sweet :( Drinkable, and better than my first batch. Here's what I did: 5.5 lb Light DME .5...

So, I'm only three batches in but decided to give all grain a try. My first batch was an extract pale ale loosely based on a recipe in How to Brew that turned out okay, then I did a little one gallon batch with some leftovers that didn't turn out (9 bottles carbonating to see what happens). And...

Hey everyone! Total newbie here, I've brewed just one extract brew so far thats actually not bad, a little bitter. I have everything for my next brew on Sunday. I came home tonight and got my pot out, and inside was a spare bag of Pilsen light DME and a package of yeast. So, I threw together...

Hey everyone, I'm just getting into brewing. I've made one extract brew, roughly following the Cincinnati Pale Ale in John Palmer's How to Brew. Although, looking back at it now I"m not sure how I ended up changing it so much. Turned out quite drinkable, if a little bitter, so all is well...