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I have a good robust porter recipe I'd like to add vanilla to. My neighbor bakes and offered vanilla pods without the black specks. Questions would be: can I just use the spent pod? How much? And what part of the process do I add it? I brew AG if that makes a difference. Thanks

I hope not, but my neighbor stoppped over yesterday evening and he mentioned that he hit up a brewpub over the weekend(+1!). He told me that his favorite was an oatmeal stout because it reminded him of Guinness(-150). This hasn't been the first time someone has compared a beer to Guinness...

I'm inquiring as to what some of you use in this department? I'm always trying to improve my fermentations in any way. My LHBS guy is mainly a wine-o so he doesn't know too much on the beer side of things; pretty much why I use this forum! What seems to work the best? How is it used? etc...

Been brewing for 2 years and have broken 3 hydrometers so far. Yesterday while brewing an Amber Ale, once again the tube cracked! Now I have 2 ounces of wort sitting in the fridge until I can get to LHBS to get one on Wed. I think it is time to upgrade to refractometer! Do they make...

Just pulled an all nighter and am on my 2nd mash as i type this. Gotta love friday off!!!! 1st brew was an IPA that went flawless....i'm on my 4th cup of coffee and hope my ESB goes just as smothely!!! Good thing for coffee, bruce springsteen, and bon jovi!!!!

I've been brewing for a year an half now and this is the first time I have encountered this issue. I recently brewed a blonde ale about 5 weeks ago. It was in the secondary for 2 weeks in the refrig at 38 degrees. When racking into the keg i drew a sample and it was clear as day. I kegged...

Never crossed this section of the forum before until I read the most recent HBT newsletter. Basically starting this thread to see if anyone is from northeast PA and looking to have a brew day that wouldn't require traveling very far. Follow up or PM me if needed. Thanks

Looking to brew this soon so it's ready for christmas when family comes in. I'm looking for suggestions and/or reassurance that it should work as this will be the biggest beer I've ever done. There aren't very many doppelbocks in the recipe database. 8# pilsner malt...

I was just drinking a founders centennial IPA and was intrigued by the amount of hop flavor it had. I've seen recipes that throw a lot of hops at then end of the boil to preserve alpha acids and not have them isomerized, but what if there was 1 large hop addition at 30 min which is...

In the past my APA/IPA's have stuck with hops that were completely alike each other. For instance, used only citrusy hops. I wanted to dabble in different hops characteristics, this is what I came up with: 8.5# Briess 2-row 2# Lt munich weyermann .5# Aromatic .5oz Summit (18.5%) at 60...

Brewed this on 6/19/10 with primary ferment 10 days at 53F OG:1.053 FG:1.011 IBU: 33 8# Weyerman Pilsner malt .5# Carafoam .2# C10 .75oz Horizon 60min .5oz Spalt 30min .5oz Spalt 10min 1oz Liberty flameout Lagered in carboy 6/29/10 - 7/14/10 at 34F Transfered yesterday to keg...

I am trying my second lager attempt and I just invested in a chest freezer with temp controller. I brewed a German Pils saturday and after I got home from work today the fermentation lock was bubbling away nicely. Here's where I learn from mistakes: I undeniably have very little common sense...

I tried to get tickets for the late session about 2 weeks ago and found out that it was sold out. If anyone going that comes accross an extra ticket, I can take it off your hand. PM me or shoot me an email: [email protected] Thanks, I hope this is the proper place to put this thread!

This is my wife's favorite commercial beer ,but not right now. She is pregnant with our 1st daughter and when she is ready to start having some homebrews again, I want to have this ready for her. Any input would be wonderful, please let me know what you think of this recipe so far: 8# crisp...

I brewed an IPA on 3/20/10: 10# 2 row 1.5# munich (10L) .5# crystal 60 **** load of hops (mix of simcoe, columbus, citra, and ahtanum) 1 pkg safale 05..... *******KEEP YOUR PRIMARY FERMENT BELOW 68 degrees F at most****** I took the risk of fermenting in an upstairs closet. In...

Was brewing a Blonde Ale today and instead of doughing in with .2oz of gambrinus honey malt like I wanted to, I accidentaly added .25# honey malt. Should I not listen to music while brewing? Should I not be 4 beers deep before dough in? For real though...will .25# honey malt make a...

I've been reading about US 05 getting some peachy esters with fermentation. I am ready to rack a batch of IPA tomorrow that I just tasted tonight after checking gravity and it is chock full of peaches. OG was 1.066 and FG is 1.007 (tad bit dry!). It has been warm lately (~70F ambient air)...

Just did an APA this past weekend and ended up boiling 6.5 gal down to 4.5 in 60 min (I have a 7 gal kettle). I have had problems with this in the past and just said screw it. It really does not seem like I am boiling too vigorously...it is just barely rolling. Any suggestions? Is there...

Brewing a blonde ale this weekend with these 2 hop varieties. Anyone have experience with either of these? Anticipated OG will be 1.047 Hop schedule: horizon .5oz 60min santiam plugs .5oz 30min santiam plugs .5oz 5min IBU around 25. Anyone think...