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I know, this debate has been debated many times. I've been brewing since I think January 2010 and I'm ready to start making my brew day more efficient wherever I can. I have a 5 gallon set up and I don't see any plans on the horizon to go bigger. Although, the idea of 10 gallons at a time does...

It's been a really long time since I posted here. Anyway, digging an old recipe out for an RIS I'm going to brew this weekend for planned consumption in winter 2018 (also used for Christmas gifts). I've made this a few times and usually oak it or maybe throw some bourbon in to trick it up a bit...

I prefer Wyeast 3711, that being said my LHBS didn't have any in stock when I purchased my ingredients. I was doing some research on temp and it seems WLP565 likes the hotter temps and maybe needs them to finish off to a dry finish. I have a couple of options on how to get it hot and...

The week between Christmas and New Years I will brew my Christmas beer for 2013. I would be interested in feedback and suggestions. The base recipe I have brewed before and it turned out very good. For this addition I added the Munich, oats, chocolate wheat and the flaked wheat. Also I will oak...

I bought a counterflow chiller from a friend that quit brewing. I used it for the first time two weeks ago and ended up transferring the wort to fast which resulted in 85* wort much too warm for where I like to pitch. Curious if there is an easy way to test the wort temp flowing into the BK...

I am thinking about brewing a black saison this Friday to be ready for consumption in February. I haven't used this yeast before. Here is the recipe I found in : "A Saision for Every Season" - Drew Beechum Ingredients for 5.5 U.S. gallons (20.8 L) 11.5 lb (5.21 kg) Belgian Pilsner Malt...

I have a bunch of Columbus whole hops to use and thought I would make an single hop IPA. I made this up on the fly Type: All Grain Date: 9/20/2011 Batch Size (fermenter): 5.50 gal Boil Size: 8.05 gal Boil Time: 90 min End of Boil Volume 6.24 gal Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.00 %...

Trying to fomulate my first alt recipe and trying to get close to Kaiser's Recipe found here: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f63/kaiser-alt-49953/ Since I'm at work I only had access to Tatstybrew.com to formulate recipe. Curious if this looks right, am I missing anything or need to take...

I am getting ready to buy a digital temp control (Debating on Ranco vs. Johnson) along with the thermowell upgrade. My question is do you guys use your kegerator as a means to control fermentation temps? If so how well does that work for you? I worry about raising the temp on the kegerator...

Yeah, I'm probably a little late for some styles of beers especially heavily spiced beers that take a significant age period. I need to order soon and get a brew day planned in the next week or so. Here are my ideas: Double Chocolate Oatmeal Stout Clone of Brekenridge Christmas Ale...

My wife and kids make and annual trip to visit family in WV and OH. It's "sad" that I save my vacation for beach week and other vacations and I am unable to attnd these execursions and am forced to stay behind and fend for myself. Truly a sad week. On tap for the weekend plans are: Brew...

I've done some reading this morning on whole hop utilization and have a question or two or could use some advice. Due to the hop shortage my LHBS would only give me 3 oz of centennial pellets and the remaining 3 was provided with whole hops. Below is my recipe with the hop schedule. 1...

becuse of the hops shortage. I was ordering 7 oz of Centennial for an IPA and they tell me they can only sell 3 oz of any one hop becuse of the shortage. I'm not really sure whay to substitute here maybe Columbus?

I would like to start growing my own hops I have a very large garden and want to add hops to the tool box. I know it's too late to plant and get hops this year and I have found that most of the sites I reviewed last night are sold out of rhizomes. I did find a company that sells plants and...

This will be my first attempt at yeast washing. I really want to save my Wyeast 3711 since my LHBS doesn't carry Wyeast. I have read through "Yeast Washing" thread linked below and I am trying to figure out where to get a jar large enough to hold the liquid from the carboy. I was thinking a...

A good friend of mine that I have converted from a BMC guy to craft beer gave me $100 gift certificate to buy more beer ingredients becuse he felt bad for drinking my beer. Anyway, I have never purchased anything from this site and I am looking for any advice on which kits are good or which...

I tried to stay true to the historical style with the recipe. Just mashed in at 147 I'll check again in 10 minutes to see if I need to add any hot water. For the yeast I made a 2.7 liter starter last night Recipe: Saison Brewer: Jeremy Asst Brewer: Style: Saison TYPE: All Grain...

Thanks for simplifying the technique. Since I started brewing I have continued to try and improve my process and techniques and this is the next evolution for me starting with my next brew day. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/wiki/index.php/Whirlpooling

I didn't think WLP001 would attenuate all the way down to target gravity of 1.012 but it did. I guess pitching a 3L starter helped the attenuation. I just dry hopped this past Saturday and I am wondering if I should let this dry hop an extra week or so to help mask the alcohol taste? Or will age...

When I first started brewing I couldn't wait to sample by beers. So I moved to primary too soon, I bottled to soon, I started drinking my beers too soon. I have discovered that with a strong pipeline going I have no problem waiting for beers to finish each stage of the process. My allowing...