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This is a constantly evolving recipe. Brewed on Friday last week. It is happily bubbling away right now. I'll let you know how it turns out... mfs Citrus Burst Wheat 14-B American IPA Author: Mike S. Date: 7/22/2012 Size: 6.2*gal Efficiency: 75.0% Attenuation: 75.0% Calories...

All, Would like some critiques of this monster before I brew. It will be going into a five gallon Rye whiskey barrel from Few Spirits in Evanston, IL. Since the focus is on the rye flavor and the oak barrel I'd like to have express it. Just afraid I'm going too heavy on the rye here. Hops...

I have recently aquired a five gallon rye whiskey barrel and am going to use in in the aging of this brew. See what you guys think of this recipe I'm working on. Going to hop burst this brew as well. Thinking of dry hopping but going to taste after done fermenting to see if necessary...

I put a few ounces of pellet hops in a mesh bag and then put that bag into another and added to corny to dryhop for a week. Beer is carbonated and tastes great but is completely full of hop debris. I need to figure out a way to somehow filter the beer before a party tomorrow afternoon. I have...

I have a batch of california common I am fermenting. OG came in at 1.058 on 1/18/12. Had it fermenting at about 55 degrees until 1/24/12 but came in this morning and the cooler had dropped to 34 degrees. So, should I take it out and leave at room temp, here it is about 68 degrees, or leave in...

Used the following recipe: 10.0 oz Pale Chocolate Malt 10.0 oz Dark Wheat Malt 3.0 oz Roasted Barley 5.0 lb Dry Wheat (Muntons) 4.0 lb Dry Light (Muntons) 1.0 oz Tettnanger (4.5%) - added during boil, boiled 60.0 min 1.0 oz Saaz (5.0%) - added during boil, boiled 30.0 min I was...

I brewed a pretty hefty Belgian Tripel two weeks ago. Took the sample today and gravity was 1.012 down from 1.09. I was looking to get 9-10% by volume but it is too hot on the finish from the sample I tasted. I'm hoping if I rack to secondary for couple weeks the harshness of it dies down a...

Looking to do something with a Wyeast 1762 Belgian Abbey II that I have propagated. Thinking of a wheat beer/cider graf with a partial mash that would end up with two gallons of cider in it. I am worried that it needs a bit more bitterness...not sure how many IBUs a typical witbier has in it...

Please check out the recipe we came up with for a Honey Blonde. Any critiques or comments are welcome. The only thing that didn't fit into beer tools is Wheat DME which we are substituting for the Wheat LME. We will probably use .75 lb. in the boil. Blonde Ale Size: 5.24 gal...

Here is a Chocolate Milk Stout recipe I made from various recipes I found online. I want to make this a pretty big beer and have a decent amount of chocolate flavor. Let me know what you guys think. 1 lb Crystal Malt 80*L 1 lb Flaked Oats 12 oz Pale Chocolate Malt 4 oz Black Patent Malt...

Made a fairly big Robust Porter yesterday and pitched a vial of California Ale Yeast, WLP001. As of this morning there is no activity yet. Worried that I under pitched with an OG of 1.07....I have a smackpack of Bel Abbey 1214 and wondering if I should use that to ensure fermentation. Grain...

I just got a 60 qt. stainless kettle that has a false bottom and drain valve. Wanted to know if it is common to cool the wort in the kettle or to drain off and then cool? I'm assuming the cold break would clog the drain right? Can this kettle be used as a mash tun as well? If I want to do a...

All, I'm going to brew up a porter for my next batch and this is what I have come up with so far for a partial mash/extract brew. I'd love to hear any suggestions or critiques. 6.0 lb NB Amber Malt Syrup 3.15 lb NB Pilsen Malt Syrup 1.0 lb Simpsons crushed black malt 3 oz. Northern...

Does anyone know if the Sanyo SR3720M stainless counter high fridge will work for a top mounted tap? Has anyone converted this? I found one on craigs for 95 bucks...seems like a steal if it will work. mfs

Has anyone had luck adding flaked oats to an extract brew? I am under the impression that in order to utilize any of the starch within the oats it must first be mashed with malted barley so it can use the enzymes of the malt to break down the starch into fermentable sugars. I ask since I just...

Ok, we got the northern brewer cream ale kit but wanted something with more body and kick. So here is what the complete recipe is thats boiling away right now. The following were mashed/steeped for 20 min: .75 lb Gambrinus Honey Malt .25 lbs Dingemans Biscuit 1.0 lbs Flaked Oats...

Ok, so I had been debating on how to proceed with this cider...was tired of having my cider turn out too sour and with little sweetness leftover. I came up with this recipe based loosely on Brandon's Graff recipe. I will update its progress. Let me know what you guys think. Thanks...

So how does this sound? Can you use flaked oats if you mash with crystal malt? I want to be sure there will be proper enzymes available to convert the sugars of the oats. I was looking at Brandon's graff that uses fortified wheat and wondered if oats could be used instead. Is this a stretch...

So I have a pound of crystal malt and trying to think of how to use it in my next five gallon batch of cider/cyser. I plan on using a pound of fermentable sugar per gallon of cider. This will consist of honey and brown sugar. I like the idea of adding the caramel flavor to the cider by...

So I tried that new goose island specialty brew which is a belgian ale named 'Sophie'....since it is bottle conditioned I thought there might be some active yeast in the bottle. I poured the dregs of the bottle into an almost finished apple juice PET bottle along with a couple tablespoons of...