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I am not sure where to include this post. So I decided to include it in the most visible post. I want to make a Graf and possibly enter it into a competition. However, I don't know if graph would be considered an beer or a cider, I feel it is a cider. I was wondering if it would be in the...

I juiced gallons of pears from my trees to make wine with and have about 2 gallons that I froze to use in a beer. I tasted a beer made by Southern Tier Brewery recently make with apples. Not sure how it is exactly done, but I assume it is done by fermenting on apple slices. I want to try a...

I am making this beer for a great friend that makes Black Birch syrup. It is a stout recipe I got somewhere and adjusted to my liking but added black birch syrup. Here is what I did. Type: All Grain Date: 3/12/2011 Batch Size: 5.00 gal Brewer: Spence Boil Size: 6.41 gal Asst...

I am in the middle of an AG AHS Juniper Rye Ale. I have no worries, just relaxing having a Toasted Oatmeal Stout from a previous batch. I love to brew! The pipeline is going to burst soon! :fro:

I just got my new refractometer today. Just in time too, I am going to get some fresh fruit tonight to begin some wine. Saturday I brew an Oatmeal Stout. Good bye to the hydrometer (still a spare). :ban:

I have some Simcoe and Cascade hops in my freezer. I want to make a beer but I am not sure if I should make an IPA OR bitter. Maybe even a plain old pale ale. I want this beer to be ready for Labor Day. I also have access to fresh Hallertauer, Nugget and Tettnenger hops too. What kind...

Type: All Grain Ingredients Amount Item Type % or IBU 7 lbs 8.0 oz Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 76.92 % 2 lbs 4.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 23.08 % 1.00 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] (60 min) Hops 30.6 IBU 0.50 oz Fuggles [4.50 %] (5 min) Hops 1.6 IBU 1 Pkgs...

My wife loves my homebrew! She has a short list of about 3 beers she wants to see me make regularly. A sour ale similar to Magic Hat ODD Notion series, a wheat, and a noble hops steam beer. Although I like all these I need time to add my favorites, Oatmeal stouts, pale ale and stouts. What a...

I am becoming a frugal person. With the cost of everything going up, I decided to wash yeast. I made a Hocus Pocus clone a month ago using Windsor yeast. I washed the yeast as per the directions posted on this site. Saved and used it yesterday to inoculate a batch of Oatmeal Stout. The...

What do you think? Beginning now. Do hop additions look good? Should I have added some crystal grain? Type: Extract Date: 3/21/2010 Batch Size: 5.00 gal Brewer: ME Boil Size: 5.72 gal Asst Brewer: Boil Time: 60 min Equipment: My Equipment Taste Rating(out of 50): 35.0...

I understand that there are 5 noble hops varieties. I know of Tettnenger, Hallertau and Saaz. What are the other 2? I want to make a Noble hop ale similar to Sam Adams. :fro:

I have been doing extract for some time now and have done several full boils using 2.5 gallon boil recipes. What modifications to the amounts do I need to do to keep the flavor profile close? I am doing a Karankawa Pale Ale from AHS. Do I need to cut the amounts of hops and do I need to...

I wasn't home for most of the day and forgot to bring in my kegs from the deck. The temperatures are at 9 Fahrenheit outside and my kegs are rock solid. Are my kegs in danger of rupture?

First time kegging, a Sleemans Steam Beer. I acquired a 20 lb co2 cylinder with all the hoses and regulator for free. I used 3/4 cup priming sugar instead of 1/3 cup in the Korney. Is my keg going to explode? I know it won't burst but what is going to happen to my beer? Too foamy, too...

I will be going AG in the near future, but I am going to attempt to perfect a recipe or two with extract. I am going to try this to make a sour ale. 6.5 lbs pale ale extract 10 oz acid malt 6 oz caramunich 4 oz chocolate 1 oz Columbus hops Safale S-04 yeast 5 gallon boil steep...

I have a chance to get about 8 free 5 gallon corny kegs with hoses and taps. They do or did have soda syrup in them. I intend to dump the syrup, and rinse them. I want to kill anything living that might be in there. What is the best to use. I was thinking caustic, then a good water rinse...

I had the recently toured Magic Hat Brewery in Vermont. I tried a beer called American Sour and it was great! I want to make a sour beer, but don't have expereince in it. I most likely will use extract. Is it the yeast that contributes to sour taste? Here is a description of yeast from...

I understand that Simcoe is the only patented hops. I really like this hops. I like to grow hops. Is this variety available to the home grower? If so please point me in the proper direction. Thanks

I have bought almost all my kits from Austin Homebrew Supply. I haven't had a complaint yet. Today I received a Pumpkin Ale at the request of my wife, and one of my favorite commercial beers Sleeman Steam Beer (Ontario, Canada). I am stoked to get the pipeline full. I got busy and couldn't...

I just made a AHS Oatmeal stout, mmmmmm! Wife demanded I make more beer this weekend! The recipes called for 1 oz Nugget for bittering. I was sitting in the backyard where I brew and gathered about a 1/2 oz of hop right from the bine. These guys are nugget too. I have homegrown Tettenanger...