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Hey guys, I am in need of some help. I am going from brewing 10gal batchs to 5 gals bathces. I am using a 15 gal keggles. The one as the HLT and one as a Mash ton. I was have terrible efficency whith the mash ton while doing 10gal batches. I am guessing the majority of the efficency problems...

Fellow Hopgrowers, I am a first year hop grower. Planted three rhizomes - Cascade, Nugget, and Tettenger. The Tetts took off, over 3 feet in 4 weeks, cascades took a couple weeks to sprout but have come up, and my Nuggets are a lost cause. Needless to say I am excited. But due to my...

Ok, time to sound off on your favorite. Last year I had GREAT results from WLP 820. I was looking to see if it was worth trying another yeast this year. I am planning a small batch (1/1.5 gal) of my Oktoberfest before I brew 20 gallons to be ready for the fall. What are peoples...

Ok, here is the deal...... Last year we brewed what we like to call a "Quad IPA". We took our IIPA recipe, double the ingredients and put it in the same volume (10 gal.). Our goal was a 20% monster, and we hit 18.7%, not bad for our first try. We just started round 2. We just pitched...

I have having problems with beersmith not showing my ingredents when I open a beer recipe.This also happens when I go to create a new recipe and add ingredents to it. Is there some sort of lock option or something I could have pressed to do this? How do I fix it? Thanks

Looking for info on harvesting yeast from commercial beer bottles and their cakes. Has anyone done this and how did you? Thanks Lost

Greetings, A little more advance question. We have recently converted kegs into fermenters, using half barrels and quarter barrels for fermentation. They work great!! Very sanitary and easy enough to clean. My question goes out to other that have gone this route. Is there anything out...

Greetins all, So I have been researching alot on brewing systems, and I feel like an idiot for not being able to understand the difference between a DERMS (Direct Exchange Recirculating Mash System) and a RIMS (Recirculation Infusion Mash System) brewing system. Could someone please explain...

Greetings fellow brewers.......... So its been boggling me all week, and I need an answer. Typically my friends and I brew 10 gallon batches, infact since going all grain that is all we have done. We are always right around 80% efficiency. Last week we did two "small" batches of 5...

I turn to the masses.......after doing research, I need a discussion. Never seemed to have a problem hitting FG numbers before but perhaps I just wasnt paying attention. Recently, my friends and I, have been struggling to get to the FG estimate given by Beersmith. We are fermenting in the...

Hey guys, In the process of putting together a mash tun using a cooler. Random question I can't seem to think up the answer to on my own is if you make a manifold at the bottom, aren't in theory, you missing out on potential high concetrated wort?? Obviously a false bottom works best...

Hey Gang, I am trying to calculate a high gravity OG. I dont have any software with me, and would like to do the calcs manually. Is there a chart somewhere out there with the SG of all different grains and additives?? Thanks for your help, cheers! :mug:

We are at the tail end of turning our Double IPA into what you would consider a "Quad" IPA. Normally running 8.5%, we have pushed it all the way up into the high teens with multiple rounds of DME and sugar. A general question has come up however, how do you calculate an accurate ABV...

Hello, I am looking for homebrew competitions in michigan or the surrounding states. I would like to see how my beer stands up to others beer. Thanks Lostboys

Hello all I am looking to do a high alcohol beer. my plan is the run the primary like I normally do. I was then going to pitch high gravity yeast and keep throwing fermentables at it until it won't go any more. Looking in suggestions on this process and what fermentables I should use. I am not...

So a couple questions about the gravity of some beers we have been making. From batch to batch we have had a Double IPA go from 1.100 to 1.088 initial gravities. With the exact same ingredients and time table, how do the numbers vary?? Boil to long, not long enough??? In the same regard...

Hey gang, General question to see what people think. If a beer is in the primary for 7-10 days and doesn't seem to be active anymore is there a need for a secondary?? We have always used a secondary no matter what, but I am curious how needed it is if there is nothing being added to the...

A couple batches in on my Porter recipe and I am having trouble with it. It has a decent finish but not nearly enough "body" up front. Here is the recipe, any recommendations??? 6 lb. Pale Malt Extract (liquid) 1/2 lb Carafa 2 1 lb 80 Crystal Malt 1/2lb Victory Malt 1/2 lb flake oats...

Hey gang......Lost Boys checking in. We have been brewing for a little over a year now. We started as a small hobby and have quickly turned our love for it into wanting something more. Lost Boys consists of 4 best friends creating original recipes. Not sure where the name came from, but...