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any body got any suggestions for this recipe? I've got the sparge water heating up now.... http://www.brewtoad.com/recipes/zeus-2 I also have some columbus and amarillo on hand... the amarillo is pretty old but has been in the freezer. I was going to dry hop with an ounce of zeus as well, and...

any tips appreciated... 5.5 Gallons OG:1.093 FG:1.027 ABV:8.56% IBU:51.11 SRM:40 13 lb American - Pale 2-Row 37 1.8 70.3% 2 lb Flaked Oats 33 2.2 10.8% 1 lb American - Chocolate 29 350 5.4% 1 lb Lactose (Milk Sugar) 41 1 5.4% 1 lb American - Roasted Barley 33 300 5.4% 0.5 lb...

So I built a heatstick (1500w element). I tested it today in about 5 gallons of water and it got it up to a boil in about 25 to 30 minutes with an additional gas burner to get it started. Anyhow my question is, I had it plugged into one of those orange 3 way extension cords so that I could reach...

.5 saaz 1.5 columbus 3 amarillo 1 northern brewer 1 centennial 1 chinook 50 lb pale malt 25 lb 2 row 25 lb vienna 10lb Thomas Fawcett Crystal II .75 lb special B 2 lb red wheat

goint to be brewing my first lager and was going to try to keep it real simple. 5 gallon batch 10lb vienna malt .75lb crystal II (65l I'm told) 1oz tettnanger 60min German lager yeast wlp830 This sound okay?

going to be brewing some sort of ipa or iipa tomorrow. the rough plan is 2 row vienna malt 60L but I wanted to know how these hops might go together... I have an ounce of each. Magnum Northern Brewer citra I also have some columbus & centennial in the freezer but was going to...

Brewed this yesterday and unfortunately ended up at 1.05. Here's what I used and what I did. Any suggestions on how to hit my numbers would be appreciated. this is for a 6.5 gallon batch: 80% 12 0 Briess Pale Ale Malt 13% 2 0 Weyermann Rye 7% 1 0 Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L mash at 154 for...

So, I've got the goods to make up this batch. I'm using what hops I have left in the freezer. this is for a 6 gallon batch: 80% 12 0 Briess Pale Ale Malt 13% 2 0 Weyermann Rye 7% 1 0 Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L mash at 154 for 60 minutes boil 60 mins 1.0 Chinook...

I did a recipe about a month ago that didn't quite turn out as I had expected. No aroma to speak of & bitter. Not terrible but now I have two cases of it and want to be able to choke it down easily. It's already bottled (about 1 week old) Any suggestions? Recipe as follows: 11 LB Weyermann...

I think I messed up... was going to make a 1.5 liter starter for a beer with 1.055 OG but I used 9ounces of DME... am I hosed or what?

I think I messed up... was going to make a 1.5 liter starter for a beer with 1.055 OG but I used 9ounces of DME... am I hosed or what?

Two quick questions I'm making a big 5.5 gal batch Imperial IPA (9-10% abv) and was going to use two vials of WLP001 and make starters for them. So I should 2 liters of water and one cup DME for each? Is it okay to use a milk jug or juice jug?

Okay, I tweeked this one a bit and looking for more suggestions. thanks in advance. 13 LB 8oz Briess 2 Row Brewers Malt 3 LB Pale Malt (Maris Otter) 1 LB Corn Sugar (Dextrose) 1 LB Caramel/Crystal Malt - 20L 8oz Cara-Pils/Dextrine 8oz Gambrinus Honey Malt first wort...

I'm trying to get together a recipie for an Imperial IPA, kind of a cross breed between Hoptimum and Hop Slam. Was hoping to find some advice here. Here it is... Original Gravity: 1.084 Final Gravity: 1.020 Bitterness: 99.7 IBU Alcohol: 8.5% ABV Yeast: White Labs California Ale...

On my last brew day I discovered that my cooler (10 gallon) was too small for a 10 gallon batch (30 lb grain bill). I hoping that everything turns out, the gravity didn't get as low as I would have liked but... Anyhow, moving forward, could I just split the grain in half and do 2 mashes? I'm not...

Just got done brewing my very first batch and as I was putting the air lock into the hole of the bucket lid, the rubber stopper passed through the hole and straight to the bottom of the brew. I figured I had no other way to complete the job but to strain it into a funnel and into my Better...