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So I'm making a festive beer, something similar to Jubelale (Deschutes). I'm pretty set on the recipe, but wanted to add some figs and dates into the mix, for that kind of figgy pudding flavour. I have some Special B for raisiny taste, but also got 8oz of both dry figs and dates. My thoughts...

Hey I'm looking for some input on my porter. I made a partial mash beer and it has been fermenting for almost 3 weeks (on Tuesday). I have been brewing a few years and feel like I've always ended up hurrying my beers through this period, bottling after 2/3 weeks, once fermentation has...

I've just started a (partial) mash for a porter I'm making and wanted some quick input on hop profile, here's my malt profile: 4lb Pale 2-row 8oz Choc malt 4oz Malted Barley 4oz 40L Crystal 8oz Special B 1lb Honey 3.3lb Light Liquid Malt extract. So for hops I have a ton of home-grown...

Ok, here is the recipe for my first attempt at a Caldera IPA type beer (one of my favourites!), it's only a partial mash, mostly relying on extract as I'm quite a novice: 1lb Honey Malt (Domestic) 1lb Munich Malt Steeped for 30 mins at 150-158 deg Sparged and added 7lb Local (FH...

So I added coconut to this into the secondary (first real try at a secondary). I toasted some, and boiled the rest in coconut water, trying to sanitise it as much as possible. Its been a day (I didn't add any other sugars or more yeast - figured there'd be enough to get it going again) and...

So I'm brewing a Stout (with Coconut and Chocolate in it - I know, not everyone's taste, but I think it might be good). I'm using lactose and chocolate malts, amongst other stuff, but have been trawling the forums to find the best way to add the chocolate flavor. I can't seem to find a...

I was going to bottle my beer a few days ago (weds) but decided to leave it a little longer. I sanitized my bottles with iodine that day, my question is: will they still be sterile today (Sat)? how long generally will that stave off the evil bacterias? I know, if in doubt I should re sanitize...

Hi, I am brewing an English style IPA today,\ I'm using the following: 7lbs Light LME 1lb Maris Otter 6oz Crystal Malt 4oz EKG hops - 6.8%AA 4oz Fuggle hops - 3.8%AA Now, I'm really just considering the timing of the addition of these hops. I've never really used either before and...

Don't know if this is the nest place for this question but here goes: I have numerous bines on my second year chinooks-it's looking good, but many of them have started shooting out more bines from the points where I got flowers from last year. I don't have strong support for these, and I'm...

I'm thinking about brewing a blueberry hef, mostly using extracts but with a partial mash, does anyone have any suggestions for how to get a good blueberriness in it? I bought a 32oz bottle of pure blueberry juices from Trader Joe's the other day - how much of that do you think would be good...

So I'm making a pilsner - this is my first time using something other than Ale Yeast. Everything seems to be going great, it has been fermentig at around 50 degrees for almost 3 weeks (today). I am brewing a 5 gallon bath and using WYEAST 2001 Pilsner Urquell Activator yeast - I think at the...

Well Hallowe'en is just around the corner, and this novice beer maker would love to hear anyone's good recipe's for a nice pumpkin beer to celebrate. I'm still mainly using extract, but can grainify if needs be. A simple pumpkin beer or something more interesting? I'm open to offers...

Has anyone got any good extract bock recipes? I've fallen in love with the stuff recently and despite brewing my own (other) beers, I keep finding myself buying expensive bock's at my local store. Doppelbock would be good too.... All I can find are grain recipes and I don't think I'm equipped...

I've got 6.6lb dark malt extract 1/2lb crystal malt 1/2lb 2 row barley and want to make a vanilla stout or something similar (vanilla!). Has anyone got a good recipe and what else I need for this. Also I've seen many with secondary fermentation in them, but haven't used this method yet, can...