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Heres my recipe for what I'm calling my Southern Cross IIPA.. Style: Imperial IPA OG: 1.079 Type: FG: 1.020 Rating: 0.0 ABV: 7.73 % Calories: 258 IBU's: 95.10 Efficiency: 70 % Boil Size: 3.80 Gal Color: 10.7 SRM Batch Size: 3.00 Gal Boil Time: 90 minutes Fermentation Steps Name...

.5 lbs of organic chocolate malt (steeped) .5lbs of caramel 80 (steeped) 1/4 cup of flaked oats (steeped) 3 lbs Light DME (Boil - 60 min.) 113 tootsie rolls (Boil - 60 min) .5 oz of Crystal - 60 min .25 oz of Crystal - 20 min 4 oz of unsweetened cocoa - 15 min .25 oz of Crystal - 7 min 1...

I just created a blog for my adventures in homebrew/drinking assorted craft beers. The link is http://septemberstormbrewing.blogspot.com/ . Any feedback is greatly appreciated. I put up a post about the beer I brewed today called How's Your Beer, Toots? (a tootsie roll beer). If anyone is...

I'm only on about batch 6 now but I've read countless threads here and a few books but I still have a nagging question and I'm sure I overlooked it at some point but some guidance would be appreciated. I refrigerated my first batch after 3 weeks, some flavors were a bit harsh thanks to n00b...

I want to add cinnamon and vanilla flavor to my Smashing Pumpkin Ale...I've read in various places that people soak cinnamon sticks or vanilla beans in vodka or spiced rum. I'd like to know people's experiences with this and maybe get some suggestions about how/when to add this and how much to...

I just did a smashing pumpkin ale from NB and it's my first batch with spices. Is it possible that the spices could stay afloat after the kraussen falls? It looks kind of weird right now but I think I can attribute it to the spices. Any experience/advice on this would be greatly appreciated.

Here is a link to the recipe I am using http://www.northernbrewer.com/documentation/beerkits/SmashingPumpkinEX.pdf I was wondering if it would be a problem if I used either safale s-04 or safale us-05 for my yeast seeing that I sort of pieced this recipe together at my LHBS. Any help is...

Once a beer has reached it's FG what are the advantages besides clearing to letting it sit in the better bottle? Seems like I'm just wasting time where it could be conditioned and consumed. Any insight into this would be greatly appreciated. Cheers

I read that it's ok to cool overnight and pitch the yeast in the morning while the wort cools...I set my alarm for 2 am just to check the temp of the wort and it's about 85 degrees still. I was wondering if there were any negatives to this...I just put a large ice pack on the bucket to try and...

Pilsner Liquid Extract - 3.15 lbs. - 60 min Pilsner Liquid Extract - 3.15 lbs. - 45 min Centennial - 1 oz. - 60 min Hallertauer Mittelfrueh - 1 oz. - 20 min Fuggles - 1 oz. - 10 min Irish Moss - 15 min ----------------------------------------- Estimated OG - 1.045 Estimated FG - 1.012...

I recently created my first recipe and am somewhat new at the brewing life. I am adding 5 oz of blackcurrant flavoring during bottling. I was wondering if I should cut down on the priming sugar because of the sugars in the flavoring. Any help would be greatly appreciated..

Anyone ever use a soda stream to carb beer? Seems like an inexpensive way to carb beer...just wondering what people think about it

My beer is severely undercarbed, there's no foam at all...don't know if this is recommended but I was thinking maybe I should uncap, add some more priming sugar and recap. any other suggestions? It's been in the bottle for 12 days now.

I'd love to hear what some of you think about this recipe...and give me some hints on what i could do to improve it. 6 lbs Pilsen Malt Syrup 3 lbs Gold Malt Syrup 1 oz UK Golding Hops - 60 min 1 oz UK Golding Hops - 10 min 1 oz Brewer's Gold Hops - 30 min 2 oz Black Currant Flavoring -...

I'm in the middle of my first batch, just racked to secondary on Monday...I sanitized like crazy but something looks weird. I'd love some opinions on this to see if it's still ok...I think it's just some trub but I'm not sure. Thanks in advance for any help