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I brewed an 11 Gallon batch of what will be my Christmas ale on saturday.OG was 1.075. I made a 3L starter with White Labs Burton Ale (wlp023). Used a step mash with a relatively long step at 152. wort was well aerated and noticed a very short lag time, 3-4 hours maximum. I am fermenting in...

Hi All, I've been brewing for a few years now, but I upgraded my rig a while back to a 3-tier HERMS setup, and so far I've only put a few brews through it. I'm still learning the AG process, and I have a question about how you guys control your mash temps in your HERMS system. My system is a 3...

I've been brewing extract and partial mash style beer for a few years now, and recently decided to step it up by moving to All grain. I purchased a 10 gallon setup from a fellow HBT'er and I'd like to try to formulate a recipe to 'commemorate' the new setup. I'll cut my teeth on using it with...

Hey guys, I brewed a Brewers Best Belgian Tripel kit on December 16. I didn't trust the freshness of the LME so I replaced it with fresher stuff from AHS. The recipe caled for 6.6 pounds of LME, I ended up using 7. Also, the recipe had 1.5lbs candi sugar, I used 2 pounds. It came with a...

Hi guys, So in anticipation of brewing today, I made up a starter a few days ago. Well, it looks like the starter either didn't start or is going very slowly. I won't have time later in the week to brew, so what I am thinking about doing is boiling my wort as per normal, cooling and...

Hey everyone, I brewed up my first batch of beer on Sunday, it was a lot of fun and I am looking forward to my new hobby! I followed the instruction and I was a stickler about sanitation so I think it will come out okay. What I failed to do was take a hydrometer reading betore pitching...