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Hey i tried to brew a 10 gallon batch of oatmeal stout this winter, it was very cold and my tank was low so kept freezing up.. mashing and mash temps were good but i never actually got the sucker to boil -although close. I cooled over night in 5 gallon pails ( i know i know but it was cold and i...

Hi any advise would be great, i haven't been able to brew because I'm in college and way to busy so I have planned a big brew day with my brother over the xmas holidays. Planning on making 10 gallons centennial blonde ale and 10 gallons of a red ale or porter. My problem is that i never noticed...

Hi I recently brewed the nierra sevada clone recipe 10 gal and split into two 5 gal carboys, pitched hydrated s05 into one and danster winsor into the other. winsor started active fermentation within a few hours and high kaurison later that evening and totally dropping out 1.5 days later. S05...

Hey after over 10 years of brewing I did my first all grain batch. I had done lots of partial mashes and thought why am I doing partial mash, I might aswell do all grain. anyways I built a mashtun out of a picnic cooler (which worked great and never dropped a degree in 60 mins) I don't...

hi I am going to order some grain online. I have so in the past, but would like some advice.. most of my beer contain some sort of combination of caramel malt LME and wheat... or if im doing a porter/stout black, chocolate and roasted barley.. these are what my local shop carries. I have tried...

not sure how this one will turn out, first I had a boil over within the first 15 mins, much of the hop matter seemed to be over the side of the pot and on the ground. second my partial mash stuck due to the high ratio of oatmeal to grain. I managed to get 2 ltrs of wort to drain off of the...

ive always wanted to brew a german style hefe weizen.. just kegged my first batch and turned out great!. I used a coopers wheat kit, used fermentis wheat yeast (06?) instead of adding any malt extract or sugar I did a mini mash of 2 lbs wheat and 2 lbs 2row. very similar to sneidler weisse...

just picked up a 3.8 cu ft danby freezer yesterday for 20 bucks on kijiji .. works great, I can put it on for an hour in the morning and shut it off and when I get home from work it is still 7 celcius. just a picnic tap inside with the keg and tank. will need to add a collar to get another keg...

hi I have been brewing mostly extract/partial mash for the last 10 years, I have most always got higher abv than beersmith or other brewing software predicts. for instance I brewed a recipe that I hadn't brewed in about 9 years but I remember being really good, here are the fermentables 3...

so I have several pots, a large 10 gallon and smaller 5 gallon, I sometimes do full boils and other times half boils with late malt additions.. I got to thinking, could I set my smaller pot inside my large 10 gal pot and do two partial boils? say wheat beer in one and porter in the other. so...

hi, Im enjoying a batch of oatmeal porter/stout that I threw together, from the engredients I had on hand. I was sure id remember the engredients but low and behold a month later im going did I or didn't I add roasted barley to this batch? ive brewed this way a lot in the past, ahh lets add...

made 2 gallons of apple wine according to recipe on site... heres what i did i bought 2 1 gallon jugs of 100% presidence choice apple juice no preservatives.. i added around a pound of sugar to each jug, then split the yeast (lavlen champagn) I did the primary right in the jugs of juice from...

Does anyone make yeast starters for dry yeast? ive always just rehydrated the yeast for 10-15 mins stir it up a bit and pitch, shes bubblin in 6-12 hours, im thinking of trying one with my batch tommorow im using saflager-23 im too cheap for liquid yeast.

I learned a new primary technique for me anyways. I was at my lhbs and i noticed that they had there airlocks on the edge of the bucket lid rather than the centre, they told me they ferment with the buckets on a bit of an angle to create more headspace for karuasen (sp) not by volume but by...

Hi im trying to plan a few brews in advance and would like to try a rye pale ale style... ive used rye malt in a porter but it didnt realy come through all that much, ive got a couple pounds of rye malt and some flaked malt. Any ideas which hops go best with this style? the peppercorn rye bock...

ive made lots of beer but this was my first wine , a VDV kit "chileen cabernet merlot" very good even after 35 days before bottling. just bottled tonight we are planning on giveing bottles away for xmas along with a couple holiday themed beers. My wife is also happy the wine turned out!

this subject may have been discussed before, not sure... my problem is that my OG readings are higher than estimated in beersmith. here is the recipe but it seems to be the same for most 6.60 lbPale Liquid Extract (8.0 SRM)Extract72.5 %0.75 lbCaramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM)Grain8.2 %0.75...

Hi I switched to a blowoff tube a couple batches ago cuz my airlock kept getting plugged... the batch I just brewed I had to move to the laundry sink because the 3/4" blow off tube kept getting plugged and or couldnt keep up with the pressure the lid kept coming off and spewing out the side. I...

I am thinking of useing some rye malt in a porter recipe, like 1/2 lb or somthing, any thoughts on using rye malt for porter? I think i would dig it but id like some feedback for ammounts ect. I generaly like robust porter styles.

just bought a bottle of Presedents choice bbq sauce 1 litre bottle, with a swing top. Out of curiosity I turned it upside down and sure enough EZ Cap on the bottom, sweet! I know what brand of bbq sauce I will be buying from now on.