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Hey everyone, I brewed a Belgian Tripel and before I bottled I added sweet orange peel, coriander, and paradise seeds for 1 week. It has been bottling for a week now, just cracked one open and I think it might be the best beer I've ever made, except for one thing--the sweet orange peel...

Hey everyone, I'm going to brew my winter ale this weekend and need some advice for my recipe. I bought the Winter Warmer kit from Northern Brewer but want to up the gravity on it for more warming alcohol notes. The original gravity is 1.069 with the kit: .75 lbs. English medium crystal...

I brewed a blonde ale tonight and washed the fermentation bucket with dish soap. I thoroughly rinsed several times, but when I got the water level to five gallons I noticed soapy bubbles. I tasted them and in fact they tasted soapy. I also tried a little wort and that tasted soapy too. Is there...

I have my basic recipe for a holiday ale, but have some questions about additions. Recipe: 12 oz. caramel 80L 4 oz. chocolate malt 4 oz. black patent malt 6.3 lbs gold malt syrup- 60 min 1 oz. Brewers gold bittering hops- 60 min 1 oz. Willamette hops- 15 min 1 lb. honey- 15 min 1 oz...

I brewed a Saison on 7/23 using this recipe: .5 lbs. Crystal Malt 6.04 lbs. Light DME 2.5 oz. French Strisselspalt 60 min. .5 oz. French Strisselspalt 15 min. Coriander, Paradise Seeds, Lemon Peel, and chamomile at flame out Dupont Saison Yeast (built starter from dregs) Fermented in...

Here is my recipe that I will be brewing today or tomorrow: 6.6 lbs. Munton liquid light malt extract 1 lb. Briess dry light malt extract 1 lb. Corn Sugar (added into wort) 12 oz. caramel 80L 4 oz. chocolate 4 oz. black patent 1 oz. Brewers Gold (60 min) 1 oz. Willamette (20 min)...

Hey everyone, about a month ago I brewed an NB Imperial Stout with an OG of 1.090 (5 gal). After I took the OG, I added a yeast starter that had 16 oz. water and 1/2 cup LDME and 8 oz. maltodextrin. I used Wyeast smack pack Scottish Ale. What will be the increase in gravity given the 1/2 cup...

Hey everyone, about a month ago I brewed an Imperial Stout with an OG of 1.090. After I took the OG, I added a yeast starter that had 16 oz. water and 1/2 cup LDME and 8 oz. maltodextrin. What will be the increase in gravity given the 1/2 cup LDME and 8 oz. maltodextrin- .008? I'm...

So I'm going to brew a Saison either today or tomorrow. I was going to use the NB Saison recipe but went to my LHBS and it didn't have Gold Malt Syrup, so I had to replace that with Light DME. Here is my recipe: .5 lbs. Crystal Malt 5.04 lbs. Light DME 2.5 oz. French Strisselspalt 60 min...