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I second the Brülosophy podcast, for me, a big part of brewing is the science behind the techniques, it may at times be a bit more than the basics but it is like myth busters for home brewers.

Hi all, I have looked all over the web for any information or clone for a Stones Delicious IPA recipe. I don't want to replicate exactly the beer but I enjoy the light tropical summery flavors it showcases. I would like to make a beer that is more of a session IPA style, dialing in the ABV % to...

Great to read all the comments! Today I made a DIY carbonation cap as per this thread https://www.homebrewtalk.com/forum/threads/homemade-carbonator-cap.124602/ using an air chuck and a tire stem valve. Today me and my girlfriend bottled an American stout and we tested the new cap on some PET...

Love it!! thats great advice and with less hassle - Cheers!

Cheers BrewInspector, my worry is (maybe irrational) that I like to have the priming solution boiled, cooled and ready to add to the bucket beforehand, making this part an extra calculation on a brew day. I do use Beersmith software so I'm sure it's not rocket science in principle. I read in...

I could try to order through Amazon, it would take close to a month to get here though but if a friend is coming down I'd get some of those. I need to keg/bottle in a week though so maybe in the future. Cheers.

Tuanis! - Brewing here is definitely a learning process :yes:

Great tip and I read that works for a 12oz bottle perfectly. Here we also don't have sugar cubes believe it or not, maybe I can dose out individual amounts with loose sugar somehow. Cheers Mj

Hi everyone, I have a simple problem that tends to be repeating for me. I use 7 gallon Fermonster carboys and typically brew between 6 and 6.5 gallons in a batch. As I want to keg all the beer I consistently have more volume that will fit into a single 5 gallon Corny keg. My question is what to...

Hey Clint, I know it's a year late but I just saw this. I'm brewing in Costa Rica and have been struggling to find other people in Central America with information on all things brewing, hope to hear back from you.

This is great food for thought I really appreciate the tips. My system I use gives me a fairly average efficiency (I think 72%), I do a mash in a bag technique in a cooler whereby I lift the grain bag post mash, drain the tun into the brew kettle then sparge the grain bag by slowly pouring 170...

Okay, well for the last seven or ten batches my gravity has dropped (aside from my stouts and darker beers) to below 1.008. sometimes lower. For me I choose to brew beers below 1.060 just to keep in the normal range within 5-6% range. Cheers.

Yeah the BS ABV estimate is 5.5% using my profile, I don't step mash or rather I don't enter that into Beersmith. I do have a problem though with the yeast (US-05), it over attenuates and predictably drops under the 10's which blows out the ABV of anything I'm fermenting. Anyone who drinks my...

Awesome thanks for the reply I'll go ahead then. I was worried about the ABV levels and using less grain to achieve the lower alcohol percentage, the only worry I have is a thin watery but overly hopped beer. I need to tap this beer for easy drinking and turn around for new years, but I guess...

Hi all, I only have about a year of brewing under my belt and I’m hoping someone could help me with some guidelines to brewing a simple clean IPA, possibly a session level ABV of around the low to mid 5%. Sadly, the only base malt I have is a Belgian Pilsen Malt as I have run out of 2-row. I...

Ok consider me schooled lol I guess thats why I posted this in the beginners forum, thanks for the tips I’ve learned something that I haven’t read too much about in all my searches. Despite having friends use these carboys I have used the brew buckets as well but never do they give...

Thanks for all the replies perfect timing as I just cold crashed two more batches this morning and some of these responses are great clues as to whats going on. WhoDatDad. yeah the carboys are plastic but I don’t think they are PET which is now concerning me, I looked closely at them...

Thanks Newsman yeah that seems like the first thing I'll try, it's strange because I never notice the cracks in the sides until I wash out my carboys and notice all the cleaner run out the bottom, the mystery is how am I racking all that beer without it leaking out during syphoning? I just...

Hi everyone first time posting here I appreciate all the advice on these forums. I need some help solving my small problem when cold crashing? I'm fairly new to brewing but have successfully made a dozen or so batches, currently I cold crash in primary in plastic carboys and generally crash...

Hey Edu, are you still in Costa Rica? Just wondering as I read this post dated last year and I am also really new to brewing. Did you find any information about getting ingredients? I know there are a few brew stores one going by the name of Ticobirra but the prices are crazy there, I've...