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Anyone have any thoughts about my first IPA recipe? malt & fermentables % LB OZ MALT OR FERMENTABLE PPG °L 86% 15 0 American Two-row Pale 37 1 6% 1 0 American Crystal 40L 34 40 6% 1 0 Munich Malt 37 9 3% 0 8 American Dextrin (Cara-Pils) 33 1...

I am planning to brew a Belgian Strong Ale from WLP550 next weekend. I have not yet made a starter. What would you recommend as far as starter volumes and steps before brew day. Should I start with a pint, then add a pint on Thursday or should I make it larger? Thanks. Edit: Batch Size 6...

I brewed a german wheat beer yesterday that is fermenting like crazy. I missed my OG because of bad water management technique on my part so it started at about 1.42. I added a 1L starter (Wyeast 3333) at about 4:00 yesterday and it took off within about five hours. It is sitting in a...

So I have finally moved into a new place with the SWMBO and I need to build a brewstand. I am going to go with a wood single tier effort with a march pump. Can anyone tell me what the part number is for the ball valve and coupler in this thread...

I just updated the actual FG's in the recipes. They did not seem underattenuated and both were definately done with their fermentations. Is there a problem with older pellet hops that may have been in the freezer too long? Some of the hops were new. Both were 90 minute boils so the bitter...

I have two beers under my belt this year. One, a Wit, has been in bottles for 2 1/2 weeks. The other, a cream ale, has been in bottles for about 10 days. Both are carbed just fine and pour very nicely. Both, however, are way too sweet. The wit has only very slight taste of the .5 oz of...

Use Oxyclean and fill the BB all the way to the top with hot water. You will get a ton of foam but in one day your bottle with be totally clean. Anything that comes into contact with the water will be gone.

I am going to do my first Pale Ale this week. Any feedback would be great. Grain 2-Row (10 lbs 0 oz) Grain Carapils (1 lbs 0 oz) Grain Vienna (1 lbs 0 oz) Grain Caramel 40 (1 lbs 0 oz) Hops Williamette Pellets (2 oz) 60 min Hops Cascade Pellets (.5 oz) 20 min Hops...

So I have a Belgian that has been in Primary for the last 12 days using Wyeast 1762. However, I have been leafing through "Brew Like A Monk" and looking at each of the recipes. It appears that almost all of the Belgian breweries are only leaving their beer in primary for about 4-7 days before...

I can't see a reason to spray this stuff after you put on the label. It would just get on the bottle and stink up the bottle.

No brewing this weekend but I brewed Tuesday. #10 Belgian Pilsner #1 CaraVienna #1 Carmel 20L #1 Dark Candi Sugar (no syrup damnit) 1oz Styrian Goldings (60) .5oz Saaz (15) .5oz Saaz (2) Wyeast 1762 Abbey Ale 2 I am calling it Ambrosia (ok, not so original).

Just finished bottling, turned up the Pink Floyd, and cracked a Regenboog Vuuve (so so), so my day is going well. The question. I bottled Cream of Three Crops. Made it exactly like the recipe and my OG was 1.050. My final was 1.004. Besides the fact that set a personal record for...

I am having a hell of a time meeting my target OG. I think it is because I am using too much water. Is there any real benefit to sparging twice vs once. Shouldn't I just measure how much wort I need after my original mash and sparge once with that? I am using 1.25q/lb of mash water...

I just bought some Krylon Clear this morning at Blick Art Supplies (don't know if there is one near you). The cost was $5.99. Be aware, this stuff really reeks. I sprayed outside and let them dry and I can still smell them.

So I have a Belgian Ale in primary and used an airlock. It seems to be bubbling very irregularly. (yes sometimes I stare at the airlock). Almost all of my previous batches were very regular, almost metronome-like. This one bubbles for five or six times, rests and then bubbles for one or two...

Cream Ale in secondary, fermentation complete. White gunk floating. Looks clean white and lacy. http://i678.photobucket.com/albums/vv142/Chicago1948/P5200047.jpg http://i678.photobucket.com/albums/vv142/Chicago1948/P5200049.jpg

I don't have the time and funds to install a sight glass at the moment and I am wondering if anyone else has marked the inside of their keggle/HLT? I have a Sharpie but I am wondering if that will impact the beer at all. I was thinking of scratching some lines into the keggle but would rather...

I have two beers in primary and one blow off tube. Both beers are foaming up past the carboy cap. I have been changing the airlock on one every couple of hours for the past several hours but I have to go meet the SWMBO tonight. Its about 67 degrees in my place and I can add frozen ice...

I brewed yesterday. #6 Two Row #2 Flaked Rice #2 Flaked Corn .5 oz Willamette .5 oz Mt. Hood Safeale-05 (pitched from packet) 7G pre-boil, 5.5G in the carboy. OG 1.049 Slight airlock activity after about 17 hours. Is this normal? What can I expect for a FG?