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Since having kids (I now have three littles), my time to brew has become extremely limited. My setup is a two burner/tier rig I cobbled together with a couple pumps for all-grain batches. Brew days, including setup and cleanup take a solid 6 hours or so, which rarely have any more. I'm looking...

Earlier this spring I brewed a big doppelbock (OG 1.102). I started with Norther Brewer's doppelbock extract kit and added some extra DME and some light brown sugar to up the gravity. Right before it I brewed a Bavarian Dunkel and repitched some slurry (about 400 ml) from that into the...

So about 10 days after pitching my 3L starter of Wyeast 2206 Bavarian Lager to my Bavarian Dunkel (NB kit) I removed it from my temp controlled fridge and placed it in my basement closet where it raised in temp to 66F. It was initially pitched at 46F and after about 4 days when fermentation...

I'm planning on brewing a Bavarial Dunkel in a few weeks and was thinking that rather than wasting the yeast when this is done in primary, I'd like to do a dopplebock and maybe pitch onto the yeast bed from the dunkel . My question is, would there be any drawbacks to fermenting the dunkel in...

So, this is going to be another stuck/incomplete fermentation thread.. Here are my brewing notes: 11/27/2011 • Brewed Norther Brewer Imperial Stout kit plus 4 oz each of 60, 90, and 120L Crystal malt • OG = 1.088 for 4.5 gallons (planning on adding ½ gallon of cold brewed coffee, SB Christmas...

My third brew was a sweet stout with cold brewed espresso that I called "Caramel Macchiato Stout". I was very pleased with the results and got great feedback from others, even non-dark beer drinkers. Awhile back I got a bottle of Great Divide's Espresso Oaked Yeti and loved it. This got me...

I'm going to be bottling my first lager in a week or two and was curios if I should allow it to raise to room temp before bottling. It's an Oktoberfest that has been in my freezer @ 31F for about 3 months. Should I pull it out a day before bottling so that it can raise to room temp? Due the the...

I have my first IPA in primary and after listening to some pod-casts and reading some, I'm thinking this brew may benefit from a little gypsum. I have two questions.. Is it too late to add gypsum (was thinking about adding 1 tbsp to priming sugar boil when bottling)? Is gypsum beneficial...

Hello all. I was recently given an IPA kit as a gift. I have a Northern Brewer Honeyweizen kit that I’m planning on brewing next and that got me thinking if a “Wheat IPA” might work. What I was thinking was adding 3.15 lbs of wheat LME as a late addition to the kit, then reusing the yeast cake...

I'm a few days from racking my BBP into my secondary over oak and Maker's Mark. I've read a wide variety of opinions on how long this beer should sit on the oak cubes. The kit came with 2oz of Medium Plus U.S. Oak. I've heard anywhere from a few days to months. Many people say to take periodic...

Hello all, I'm planning on brewing a Sweet Stout (dressing it up to be my "Caramel Macchiato Stout") and a Bourbon Barrel Porter for my next brews. I bought Danstar Nottingham for the Stout and Wyeast 1728 Scottish Ale for the bourbon porter, but was thinking that the 1728 yeast might be better...

Hello all, I would like to attempt to brew a "Caramel Macchiato Stout" as my second beer. Hopefully I'm not being too ambitious, but that's the point of home brewing, right?! For those not familiar, a caramel macchiato is a Starbucks drink with steamed milk, espresso, caramel and vanilla...

I'm planning on starting my first batch this weekend, using a Brewer's Best Scottish Ale kit: http://www.brewersbestkits.com/pdf/1038_Scottish_Ale.pdf As I said, this is my first attempt at home brewing; I got a starter's setup for Christmas and just finally have a little bit of time at home...