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For my chocolate, pumpkin porter that I just kegged, I sliced the vanilla beans in half lengthwise, scraped the seeds and put everything in a small container of vodka to soak over night. This will kill off any bugs that may be lingering on the beans. Then, I just dumped everything into the...

I just completed the survey. This weekend I'm brewing a breakfast porter with Cherrywood Smoked Malt. It should be delicious!

Perfect. This will definitely be happening soon. Thanks guys!

Cool. So if I have it correct, I just mix the LMEs with 4 gallons of water, pitch the lacto and let it do it's thing for a few days. Sampling for sourness. Then boil, hop, chill, and pitch the yeast. I'm planning on doing this sometime in the next few weeks when the temps start to be above...

Dragging up an old thread, but I've got a couple questions about it. When you say this, are you making the wort like you would any other ale? 60 minute boil then move to fermenter and pitch the lacto? How long did you let it go on the lacto and how sour was it? I'm thinking I want...

I have my first 1 gallon all grain porter getting busy in my fermenter. I'm planning on racking it to secondary on top of bourbon soaked toasted oak chips. Does anybody have a suggestion of the amount of chips I should use and how long I should let the beer sit on the chips?

Boyd, I'll take another reason on Tuesday and report back with what it is then.

I knew I forgot a piece of information. I mashed at about 156*f. It might have dropped a few degrees over the hour. I then brought the temp up to 168*f for 10 minutes. After mashing, I pulled the bag, placed it in a colander over the new kettle and allowed it to drain for 30 minutes.

3 weeks ago today, I brewed my first all grain biab small batch. The recipe was a 5gallon recipe scale down using Beersmith to my 1.38 gallon batch size. The OG missed the estimate by only .001. (1.051 compared to 1.052) My problem is this...I took a hydrometer reading today in preparation of...

Thanks the info Yooper! It just shows me that I have a lot to learn!

Thanks Yooper. So, if I wanted to do a honey wheat ale, when and how would I add the honey?

Noob question alert! Do priming sugar as any flavor to the beer? I'm about ready to bottle my second batch, a Blue Moon clone, and wondered if priming with honey would add anything to final flavor of the beer.

Thanks guys. I'll have to check those out.

I bottled my first batch yesterday. it is a www.smallbatchhomebrew.com East Coast Steam Ale. It smelled delicious. I should have tasted it but for some reason I didn't. It sat in the fermenter for about a month because I didn't have my bottling tools yet. SMH. Now I'm looking for my next...

Hey guys! I'm new here and to homebrewing. I received a kit from www.smallbatchhomebrew.com as a Christmas gift from a friend. I just brewed up my first batch. It is an east coast steamer ale. I can't wait to try it in a month or so!

Awesome! Thanks for the link. I'm getting ready to brew my first batch today. I'm going to flip through this and see what last minute tips I can find.