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Do you guys think this looks right? I picked up these ingredients today for a Saturday brew day. Ingredients Amount Item Type % or IBU 9.50 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 90.48 % 0.50 lb Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 4.76 % 0.50 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L...

Is there a simple formula for converting a extract Recipes to AG?

I tryed this beer Friday night at our HB club meeting some one brought some from Colorado man it was really good! It would be great to try and clone but I cant get it in Houston so it would be hard to compare. Here is the info any suggestions would be helpful to clone this great beer...

I brewed a pale ale yesterday the gravity was low 1.041 but six hours after pitching safale s-04 the airlock had no movement so I pushed down on the lid of the fermentor and then the airlock started moving fast like it was stuck but now everything seemed good. But this morning the airlock is...

I brewed an all grain Mexican beer on May 5 and last night I noticed a 4” clear circle floating on top of the secondary. I used some gelatin for finings as I always do, but that suppose to sink right? Does anyone have a clue to what my mystery guest is? :confused:

I am wondering how you guys calculate your mash efficiency? I mean if you use a hydrometer after the mash/sparge the wort is still around 140F what is the correction used for this high of a temp I found a chart in John Palmers book but it only goes to 120F. I don’t want to wait for it to cool...

After 7 days at 63F I racked the following recipe over to the secondary it smelled awesome but the taste of alcohol was very evident. I have brewed this before and it was a real hit but I don’t recall what it tasted like going to the secondary. I am planning a big Halloween party and...

Hey everyone thanks for bringing my brews to new levels. Todays probem: I got busy and racked my APA to the secondary about 4 days later than I normally do and man its cloudy. I used gelatin as always do normally it clears up in 2-3 days but not this time. I really prefer my beer to clear...

I have stuff floating in the tops of my bottles. Could it be yeast? I bottled the beer 12 days ago but one of my friends bottles had mold in them as he did not wash them after drinking them. We washed all the bottles in a big ice chest B-brite cleaner then sanitized them in a separate bucket...

I tryed Pyramid Curve Ball today got six pack chilled it and man I was really impressed! My favorite beer is SN pale ale but I try to keep searching for the next favorite this beer is in the top 5 if not the number 2 slot. I should mention it was really hot here today but still I would recommend...

I brewed a Kolsch back on 5/13/06 I let it stay in the primary @ 70F for the first week then transfered to a secondary and it is still at 70F. I started to read about Kolsh and found that people cold condition it @ 45F for 8 weeks. I used german/kolsch yeast wlp029 should I drop the temp to 45F...

Its already getting hot in Houston so its time I ask you for your best summer ale recipe.

Just found this section. I am buzzed and it seems like a good time to do the intro so here we go. I am 32 and been brewing on/off since I was around 16 my first brew was Austaillian stout and there was an ass load of sediment in the bottom it tasted like motor oil but hey I was 16 it didnt last...

Not sure of all of there locations but I wonder how many drunk bastards venture out in the late night to score Jack in the Box Tacos?

I seem to be having trouble tonight every pale ale I get from my keg is Half Beer Half Foam I turned the regulator down to 5psi but still the same. The head settles out quick and I am pretty buzzed so things are good!:rockin:

Cool chart to measure beer reserve! http://www.foamrangers.com/volume.html :mug:

I just received a thermostat I ordered from http://www.zymico.com/controls/ I plugged it in set temp and went bed I woke up this morning and checked to see if my fridge was holding at 65F only to find this thermostat was dead! It wont power up at all! I plugged the fridge into the same outlet...

Does anyone have a grain & extract recipe for Breckenridge Christmas Ale? Maybe this will help me get some input from you guy & gal! http://www.breckbrew.com/beer/christmas.html

I read a thread on this site about using carboy caps for racking I had the pleasure of using this today. I used my co2 to rack out of my secondary with carboy cap to my bottles & keg it worked so well this will be the only way for me from now on! :ban: THANK YOU!! :mug:

I was wondering how you brewers come up with names for your brew? I named my last batch Pifers Paw Pale Ale because me freind (Pifer) stuck his fingers in the wort to see if it had cooled down to pitching temps yet (his first brew session).