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I'm sure i am not the first, and probably won't be the last, but I decided to invest in some brewing equipment this summer to stave off the $40+ bill of buying commercial beer or the $12+ pints at the local hole. Hopefully some generous soul will take pity on me and spare a quick glance at what...

Hello! I’m new to this forum and new to homebrewing. Lemme give a little backstory first. Until 3 months ago, I was living in Germany as an au pair, which gave me an opportunity to try many different incredible beers. During my stay, my all time favorite was by far the Füchschen Alt, or Altbier...

Hi All, I'm attempting my first 2.5 gallon BIAB brew this week and need some help with my recipe. I'm loosely following a SMaSH recipe I found on Reddit and I wanted to keep it simple for my first time. I'm attempting a pale ale with Rahr 2 Row Malt and Simcoe Hops. I have a 5 gallon kettle...

Hello everyone. New brewer here (well, on my fifth batch of the summer and totally addicted!) This forum has been a huge help to me and so here I am with my first post. Please be gentle! I've so far been doing 1 gallon batches from extract (light DME) and experimenting with different recipes...

I steeped vienna golden pils and csramel 20l for 20 mins The (2.5gallon) boiled 12 pounds (4cans) of maris otter light malt extract Added galaxy and Pacific jade hops at 60 mins 1oz each Calypso 2oz at 30 min Then belgian candi syrup and .5oz mt hood hops at 10 mins Dry hopping with german...

Hello all, I'll be bottling my first batch ever this coming Sunday after a two week fermentation process. The brewing and fermintation process seemed straight-forward enough with the instructions in my kit but the bottling day instructions are a little less detailed, so it left me wondering...

What three books would you recommend to a brewer that is looking to start brewing in about two months.

Brewing an IPA from a starter kit. Primary fermentation seemed too strong initially, I had given it alot of mixing and it's warm. It then seemed to be slowing to a halt and I hadn't yet added my hops. When I come to do so I took a reading which showed I'd gone from around 1052 - 1004, I...

Hey guys. This is my first time brewing mead with the honey my family harvest. So, for starters I used Red Star Premier Cuveé yeast, I looked up and it will create a dry mead. if mead is in someway like wine, I prefer my mead and wine dry, not sweet, but do you have any suggestion regarding the...

Hello! Super new home brewer (only 3rd brew). I brewed an oatmeal stout back in around November. I moved it to the second fermentation in December. I’ve heard of most people keep stouts in longer, so I was just getting ready to bottle it and saw these bubbles on the surface. I tried looking up...

Hey, so a friend and I recently bought a brewed a brown ale from a Beer Simply Beer kit. We decided that we want to make a good amount of beer so bought another recipe and bucket. The plan is to use a single fermenation bucket for each recipe, and to also bottle it out of the same bucket. I know...

Hey everyone I’m new to the forum and I need some help. My recipe states my beer is ready to drink in 8 weeks. When can I bottle it ? Before the eight weeks are up? Half way though? Any help would be great !

My first post here! Please forgive any errors! I sort of emergency ad lib'd an elderflower mead batch since the elderberry trees were hours away from being done blooming. Afterwards I calculated the total potential ferment ABV to ~10% (OG1.070), but I pitched with Safale US-05 ale yeast (~8%ABV...

Hi everyone, I have a 6gal milk stout currently fermenting this Saturday 05/19/18 will be a week. I want to add coco nibs that i bought sealed from my local brew store, I want to add it to my stout when i secondary it in a week but i have a few questions 1st question: I was reading that people...

I was wondering if this recipe would work out... I have a lot of El Dorado hops and also wanted to give a beer a touch of mango so... 10lbs Pale Ale 1lb CaraMunich 2 1lb Caramel pils 0.5oz Columbus @60min 1oz Amarillo @10 1oz Amarillo @5 1oz El Dorado @5 2oz El Dorado Whirlpool Dryhopping...

Hi, I've been posting a lot on this forums lately because of the great feedback I get each time, so... Any thoughts on this American Wheat Beer (5gal batch)? 5lbs White Wheat Malt 5lbs Pale Ale 1oz Willamette @60 1oz Saaz @15 1oz Cascade @0 0.5oz Saaz @0 Yeast: Safbrew WB-06 Give me your...

Can any of you give me a review of this hop? With what hops does it pair well? Is it good for dry hopping? etc... Thank you :)

Hello, I have just started my first must going and have been reading all sorts of helpful information, but have a few questions about this adventure. I started my must on Sunday, 04/08/18, and it has been bubbling up nicely. Had to clean up and re-sanitize my airlock after a couple foam-overs...

This would be my third homebrew, so im pretty new to this... any opinions on the recipe I came up with? Boil: 6.5 gal Batch: 5 gal Mash: 10 lbs Weyermann Pale Ale 3 lbs Weyermann Vienna 1 lb Briess Caramel 60L Hops: 0.5oz Columbus (60 min) 1oz Mosaic (30 min) 1oz Mosaic (15 min) 1oz Citra and...

Hey Everyone, I’m on my second brew ever and I just pitched yeast in the primary fermenter about an hour ago. I realized shortly after that I forgot to strain out sediment before I put it into the primary, and it already looks like there’s a thick layer of sediment building (about a third of...