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Some brewer friends and I are plotting a Barleywine brew to fill a whiskey barrel. We don't have the barrel yet, but we might have a lead on getting a Templeton Rye Whiskey barrel. I will keep this thread updated as a way to document to the brew and ask some questions of you that have done a...

My fiance has developed a taste for tart fruit beers, like Framboise's. I plan on starting a lambic soon, and will probably blend some of that with fruit. However, I would like to have something tart and fruity that we can drink sooner. I have done a few recipe searches on here, but have not...

Alright, i have been saving ingredients for several recipe ideas and there has been quite a build up in my freezer and pantry. Here is a recipe that I started tonight. 3 Gallon batch. 3 pounds clover honey 1.5 pounds table sugar 1 liter red grape juice concentrate (from the LHBS, not the...

I have been brewing for a while, but I am about to try my first brett beer. I asked a fellow homebrewer if he had experience with Brett, and he gave me two beers. One is a Biere de Garde with the Wyeast trappist blend, and the other is a brown ale with the Wyeast Olde ale blend. Both of these...

This thread is exactly what the title says; What commercial beers, if any, have not lived up to the hype? I'm around a lot of beer fans and we talk about craft beer a lot. I'm also fortunate enough to work near a great craft beer store, so i have sampled some of the well marketed beer offerings...

My original thread; https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f36/planning-brett-old-ale-questions-295429/ I am planning to brew my first "sour", an old ale similar to the 11-11-11 Old Ale that many HBTer's did. But first I wanted to pick the brains of people with Brett experience. Here's my basic...

After reading alot of the 11-11-11 Old Ale swap threads, I have been inspired to brew a beer along these lines. I have been researching a bit about brewing with Brettanomyces, but I still have a few questions. -I want the Brett "funk", but not too much. My thought is that I will mash high and...

my current rig consists of my 10 gallon boil kettle, outfitted with ball valve and thermometer. i have a 10 gallon cooler mash tun, and an unmodified 7 gallon kettle for heating sparge water. i have been doing batch sparges with decent success. next year i would like to get a march pump. i was...

one of my buddies hosts a big bash every january at his cabin for 3 days. last year i brought a couple cases of homebrew (a coffee stout, a pale ale, and a strong ale) and they were a big hit. i now have the ability to keg so i thought i would bring a few kegs to the party this year. the...

i want to try sour/lambic beers, but have no idea where to start. suggestions? i live in minneapolis, so if you know of a particular store i can go to that would be great.

i have 1 pound each fresh amarillo and simcoe hops coming to my LHBS tomorrow for me. 1/2 of each is going to steep in a 10 gallon batch of imperial red that i made last weekend, and the other 8 oz of each is going into a pale "harvest" ale. heres the recipe i have so far partial mash 10...

ok so i brewed this last weekend with a friend, so if i messed up i cant really fix it now, but i would like some advice. we were going for a big hoppy red, as i have a pound each of amarillo and simcoe coming to the LHBS soon. we will wet hop the snot out of this thing. we brewed on very...

i just placed an order at my LHBS for a pound each of fresh amarillo and simcoe hops. i have about 4 weeks before they arrive. i think im going to brew something next weekend so i can wet hop it with some of the hops, and brew another beer the day they arrive. ideas? recipes? one of my...

I just bottled a very light belgian ale with Wyeast 1214 belgian abbey ale. it was a light straw color, very dry, and a slight banana flavor. the recipe included: 8 lbs castle pilsner malt 1 lb table sugar .75 oz styrian goldings @ 60 .25 oz styrian goldings @ 15 mash at 149F for 80 min...

im going to attempt this on wednesday or thursday. its my 4th AG and my first belgian. im not worried about staying true to style, but i want something that will be highly consumable on hot august and september days. let me know what you think! mash 10 pounds castle pilsner malt at 149 F for...

tomorrow im brewing a 10 gallon batch of pale ale. here is my "grain bill". 12 pounds gold LME 4 pounds vienna 2 pounds cara-vienna 20L 1 pound carapils (should i skip this ?) i need some advice on my hop schedule though. here is what i have available: 1 ounce Chinook pellets 10.3 AA...

so i just tried the belgian pale by Flat Earth brewing co. in st paul, mn, and i loved it! however ive never brewed a Belgian. anyone have any tips on building a BPA recipe? heres the info on their website: "Our first offering from Flat Earth Brewing Company is this complex Belgian-style pale...

i recently toured the Surly brewery and got to try their "mild" i though it was a nice drinkable session beer and my girlfriend loved it so i want to brew it or something similar. i have not brewed anything in this particular niche yet, so help on a recipe is appreciated. from the website...