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Hello all. What is the best tool that'll convert an all grain recipe to an extract with it coming out identical or somewhat near identical? I was thinking Beersmith, but wondered if there were any other programs out there. Not that I want to get away from my all grain brews, I'll be moving...

Ever since I got my orange 10 gallon cooler, am I the only one who sees on the sidelines at football games, a bunch of MLTs? Imagine the possibilities! Lol

This beer has sat in primary for 24 days and 8 days in secondary..so far. Is this still fermenting? A previous batch of the same brew sat in primary for 13 days and 13 in secondary before bottling and the beer was way way over carbed. I only assume that was the reason why I had gushers and...

Im still fairly new to AG..how much water should be used in the mash?

I'm fairly new to the BIAB method, Ive got two brews in so far. Two SMaSH brews and they came out better then most of my extract brews have. My question is, can I take any AG recipe and apply it to BIAB or will some adjustments need to be made? Thank you for any replies.

The sample before bottling it tasted very close, but after time, it lost something. Actually lost alot. This was my first attempt at AG. I have a friend who works for the company that does HVAC for Great Lakes and she always says she'll try to get me some Christmas Ale..I told her heck with...

Thanks for the replies..and the reassurance!..lol

Im new to wine making and followed Yooper's recipe https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f79/welchs-grape-juice-wine-21093/ I used Lalvin ec-1118 yeast and filled my gallon bottle to .75 full. Is this supposed to be a vigorous fermentation? So far 3 days into it at 73 degrees, Ive got bubbles just...

Great Lakes Brewery's Lake Erie Monster that is! With a 5 gallon better bottle sitting around empty, I gave it a shot and did my first all grain batch...a 4 gallon clone of LEM. Checking the gravity today, the sample I took was almost half a cup. So I had one Monster left and invited a...

I need to ferment in the bedroom where the AC keeps the temps around 65. The IPA I'm doing has been bubbling for the last 4 days, I've yet to catch myself snuggling up to it through the night, but anything is possible.

Would anyone have a all grain recipe for Great Lakes Christmas ale clone…Or a holiday brew that is similar? I’ve searched on the forums and found a couple links to recipes but no follow up on how they turned out. Here is the profile...

Just did my first all grain batch. At the beginning of the boil I added 2.5 pounds of corn sugar. The gravity sample that I tasted was very sweet. After fermentation, will some of the sweetness balance out with others flavors?

I think its safe to say my hydrometer is off. I checked it 60 degree distilled water and I have a reading of 1.002 1/2...or would that be 1.003? Anyway, what could cause this to be off that much?.. and is there another type recommended to get? Something easier to read maybe? Once I had seen...

Would that have the hoppy character of say a IPA, if one addition is at 60 min then the next at 15? How much priming sugar would I use for a 4 gallon batch then? I wanna come up with something small, but I want it to be good...and I don't want to blow the bung off the better bottle.

I’de like to make use of my 5 gallon Better Bottle while my primary is in use. What are your thoughts on this recipe? 3.3 lbs Briess Bavarian wheat LME 1lb Wheat malt DME 1lb corn sugar 1oz Vanguard hops 1ox Sterling hops Wyeast 1010 - use the whole package? I would boil in 3...

Would 3/8 od tubing make a decent chiller with the vinyl hose and stainless hose clam set up?

I was wanting to start doing 5 gallon boils and before that I thought of experimenting first. What I was thinking is boiling a measured 5 gallons of plain water for 60 min at a rolling boil. Then getting a measurement after to see how much is lost to evaporation and keep notes. Would wort...

In early March I did a Brewers Best, Imperial Nut Brown kit. It comes with Safale s-04 yeast. Ide like to replace that with a liquid yeast but not sure what to go with. My last three kits came with liquid yeast and all three gave me excellent fermentation and the FG numbers were right on...

How will a brew come out with no grains.. just boiling 2.5 gallons and adding the LME, DME and a couple additions of hops, then topping off and pitching? Im NOT thinking of doing this.. someone I know told me he was going to try and as a beginner myself.. something just didn't sound right.