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I everyone, so far I've been working only on 5gal carboys, but all the sudden a friend of mine just got a job on a large scale brewery, so he's taking me with him as well, as a helping hand. The brewery works with 1080gal conical fermenters, so they´re looking for someone who can manage yeast...

So, I was brewing a 19L (5gal) batch with a couple of friend of our favourite Red Ale, for the pre-boil we hit a gravity of 1050 and we were presented with a question: how many grains (ounces) of table sugar we'll need to add to raise the pre-boil gravity by one? this is a pure curious...

Hi everyone I want to brew my first chocolate porter, I'm looking for some feedback beforehand. I'm looking for a sweet and chocolate profile in the finished beer, so I'm thinking about using this grains: Pale Ale malt Chocolate malt Caramunich I Crushed cocoa beans and as little hoppy as...

Hi everyone, I've read that using table sugar as an ABV booster can be harmful to the beer if you overdo it, but let's say that I just want to boost my beer by 1%ABV, in what step of the brewer process I must add the sugar for just boosting the ABV?? Also... I've heard that you can use sugar...

Hi everyone, I got a little problem with my batch, The first pic is a glass of my blonde ale, two months after bottling, I use natural conditioning, so I'm guessing that all those particles are from dead yeast, is this normal for this amount of time? I always keep the beer in the fridge, Have...

Hi everybody, just brewed a batch of a simple Blond Ale: 4.4 lb Maris otter 1.1 lb Carapils 0.5 oz Cascade just to begin in the brewing world, while brewing I just come up with a few questions about boiling. I wanted a mildly bitter beer with a relatively high hop presence, so I just...

Hey guys, I've been working in a simple blonde ale using just Pilsen malt and carapils, the body of my beer is fine... but not great, so I'm looking for ways to improve it's body: The first thing that crossed my mind was a protein rest, but I've read that a performing a protein rest in a...

Hi everybody, I was planning to brew an inexpensive and simple blonde ale, but as simple it is, it should have a special characteristic to shine, so I thought why not just a strong citrus present in both flavor and aroma I tried with a flame-off addition of hops with a hop stand of 10 min...

Hi everybody, I'm having efficiency troubles in my batches, I getting nearly 50 - 55% efficiency, I use a very simple BIAB setup, just a 5 gallons kettle and the typical BIAB bag, I might guess what it's the problem, but I want your opinions as well Right now I'm discarding all other factors...

Hi everyone, from long time ago I'm fond of Red Ales, So I decided to brew my very one, but I wish to get this kind of RED in my brew, any suggestions for getting it? My grain bill is Pale Ale Malt: 4.4 lbs CaraAmber: 1.1 lbs For the color Im' thinking in roasted barley, but no idea of...

Hey everybody, I'm a novice brewer working on an American Golden Ale and so far it's going well, but I feel it lacks aroma, so I'm willing to try a flameout addition of hops, but It concerns me the IBU contribution of this technique. About the technique, I understand so far that consist about...