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Edit : new recipe at post #9 Hi, I'm trying to formulate my first recipe ever. I'm looking to do a hop-forward IPA with lots of fruitiness using Nelson Sauvin, Galaxy and Mosaic alongside the Conan yeast. I think those hops fits really well together (after reading online), but I'm not too...

Hi! I was planning to do a 2.5 gallons batch of Jamil's amber ale (from Brewing Classic Styles). However, my LHBS (which is quite small, but have a good turnaround) didn't carry any of the required hops. The official recipe required: Horizon @ 60 min Centennial & Cascade @ 10 min...

On saturday, I went to my LHBS to buy ingredients to brew on sunday. I usually hand him an ingredients list, and he fetches them for me. He's known to be a very knowledgeable guy, usually, and he never let me down, as far as subsitution goes. However, I didn't think of it right away, but on my...

Hi! After a three years hiatus (a house, new job, new dog), I decided to start brewing again. I bought a turkey fryer with a 36 quarts aluminum pot included (I do 2.5 gallons batches, so it's plenty). Today, I did as suggested in this thread...

Hi everyone, I've brewed 2 batches so far and my third batch is in primary. Each batch has been of 2.5 gallons. The problem is, with the two first ones, every bottles only had a very weak carbonation. The first one was in primary for 3 weeks and in secondary for two weeks...

Hi all, so I will be doing a 2.5 gallons batch of IPA sunday along the lines of Hoppiness is an IPA from BCS (but Columbus insted of Horizon, Cascade instead of Simcoe for and Citra instead of Amarillo). I'll be performing my first partial mash with it. Also, I'll only do a partial...

Hi folks, I've built a very simple Immersion Wort Chiller. I start a thread on it here because... well, it may help someone like me who's not close to be a good handyman. I tried following a lot of designs and instructions, but every one failed me at some point. Some lacked...

Hi, everybody. I'm trying to upgrade my brewing equipment and I just learned that one store in my city (Montreal) sells Bruheat boiler. I know, I could try and make one myself, but... I'm not much of an handyman, and well, as it involves electricity... I prefer to buy it from people who know...

So I just bottled my second brew after about 5 weeks in primary (no secondary). It was Papazian's who's in the garden grand cru, which calls for, as fermentables, for a 2.5 gallons batch: 2,96 lbs LME 1.1 lbs clover honey 1x vial of WLP400 White Labs Witbier yeast. I didn't make any starter as...

So, I was coming home from work at about 7:10, because, well, there's was a nice little party to congratulate a friend who just finished his Ph. D. in physics. We drank some wine, champagne, ate some cheese... before I head to my home where SWMBO was waiting for me. I arrive at 8:00, we eat and...

Hi, at the end of may/beginning of june, my and SWMBO are going to do a 2 weeks trip in Europe, We arrive at Vienna (~5days), then we go to Salzburg ( ~3 days) and we end up in Prague(~5 days) before going back at Montreal. She almost organized everything we would visit and do, but we...

Hi, so I've been using the same star-san solution since the racking phase of my first brew. I'm now preparing myself to bottle the second one in the week-end. However, I just checked my star-san solution (made with distilled water), it's still crystal clear, no doubt about it, but I noticed...

Hi, my second batch will be bottled soon (4 weeks in primary -- no secondary), and I don't wanna screw up by putting the wrong weight of sugar. I've done a belgian witbier (Papazian's Who's in the garden grand cru) using WLP400 with no starter. The thing is, I only do 2.5 gallons batches...

So I've made a stupid mistake and I want to throw myself against the wall or something. I've brewed Who's in the garden grand cru from Papazian's book. This is suppoded to be Hoegaarden Grand Clu Ale clone. For a 2.5 gallons batch, the recipe calls for these ingredients : 2.5 lbs DME...

Hi! I'm preparing my brewing plan for tomorrow, and something just hit me. The recipe (Papazian's Who's in the garden grand cru) calls for crushed coriander seeds during the boil. However, I fear that my kitchen strainer is not "dense" enough (the holes are a little too big I think). So...

Hi all, so, I tasted my beer coming from my first brew tonight. But before that, let's just do a little recapitulation of my adventure in the homebrew world. It all began in August 2009 when I had the idea "Heck, I just love beers, I could brew some myself, I heard it's not that...

Hi all, I'm preparing myself for a soon-to-be second batch. A lot of the recipes here, on this board, are for all-grain brewing, but I'm doing brewing with malt extract and specialty grain. I noticed Beersmith's Convert tool, to go from an All-Grain recipe to an Extract (or the other...

Hi all, during my first brew (extract with specialty grains) some weeks ago, I stired continuously during all the boil of the wort (the 60 minutes). But I wonder if that was necessary. Sure, I know it's important to stir when adding the DME/LME to prevent scorching. But do I need to...

Hi, today, after 2 weeks in primary, I racked to secondary (to add vanilla extract, 1 tbsp in a 2.5 gallons batch). While I racked to secondary, I took a sample in a tube to measure the gravity of the 2 weeks old beer. I don't know if I should be worried or not, but my gravity reading was...

Hi, I've brewed my first batch (I posted several threads here these past weeks), it now sits in the primary for the 9th days and... well, so far so good (knock on wood). The recipe I'm following, https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f68/none-more-black-vanilla-stout-96969/ is calling for 14...