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A long long time ago, perhaps in March I purchased all the ingredients for a Vienna Lager, Partial Mash. I jammed all the ingredients in the fridge/freezer and just never got around to it. Now that my basement is a nice 75*F and I am out of my bottled big beers I am wondering if I can convert...

Ok, so I made my 1st all cider about 3 months ago, an English dry. Had it in primary bucket maybe a 2 months, transferred over to secondary carboy and it was not only super tasty, but crystal clear. I mean crazy clear, very little sediment moved with it(im a beer brewer). Pop a T-shirt onto...

As I have changed over from all extract to Partial Mash/BIABS I always have to go and convert all the recipes I imitate over from either extract or AG, so I decided that when I make a decent PM of my own i'll post it up for any other people like me who like or have to do Partial Mashes This...

Is their any benefit whatsoever from using a medley of juices? So I have 3 gal Motts, 1 gal of a cider and 1 gallon of another fancy A. juice. I know if pressing apples using many types of apples adds complexity, will it make a difference if using store bought pasturized? Thanks!

Any recomendations? I'm looking at maybe 5-7oz of ginger with 20 minutes left in the boil, and maybe 2 oz ginger as a dry hop. I dont have the recipe worked out yet, but would like to take recomendations on what hops would work well with the ginger, I want it to have absurd hop...

Title Says it! I live down the road from Ken Schramms mead and having recently tasted his incredible Apple Cyser ive decided to try one of my own. An upcoming brewing event has the chance to get 5 gallons of some good cider from a local mill and decided on trying a simple fool proof Cyser...

Hi! I just picked up a cheap top/bottom fridge freezer off CL, and also just ordered myself a STC-1000 to keep the temp where I want it. I was going to use this fridge for general storage when not fermenting as well as lager in it. Sadly I also promised my wife the freezer. Now as I...

As I look through the recipe pages, I see just about all of them call for 60 minute boils. I understand of course this calls for less hops when you use a high AA bittering hop at 60 minutes, and also it imparts less flavor, but sometimes its like this: .25 X hop high AA @ 60min .50 X hop high...

Ive made a Vanilla porter the other week and as per the instructions you just add them 7-14 days from bottling, so I did that today. Added them whole after 2 quick dips in starsan. Doing some research after the fact it seems for best utilization they should be cut, scrapped and soaked in a...

Hello! This weekend I want to do my 1st partial as a hoppy APA, I have a 5 gallon kettle and a 3 gallon kettle, will be doing it on my stove top. Read the awesome sticky on BIAB which is how I will be doing it, but I still have some questions about the recipe. I am using free trial...

Im currently building a recipe for an IPA or maybe IIPA and since I hate and see no purpose of 60 minute boil over a 30 minute boil in some places. ( recently made a 25 minute Citra pale ale, turned out amazing) Anyway since I am trying to do a fairly big hoppy beer in a 30 minute boil all...

What the title said, Making a clone of Dragonmead Final Absolution, guy at LHBS said its the same thing, reading the description of the yeasts im thinking maybe not so much. Final Absolutions is a big tripple who's flavor seems to come heavily from letting the yeast do its thing. Should I...

Hey all, this is the recipe I am going for, from the recipe forum its Dragonmead Final Absolution clone, extract Extract: 3 x 3.3lbs Pilsner Light malt extract LME 1 x 1lbs Amber DME 1 x 1.5lbs Belgian Candy 12.4 total pounds of fermentables Hops: (IBU came out at 23 but you can range...

Hey, alright. So I got my hop crowns today from Great Lakes hops, Beautiful big roots and I even got a Lucky Dog extra Chinook. So 1 Magnum, 1 Santiam and 1 Chinook(with about 5 shoots the longest being about 3 inches) Any I have no intention of planting them outside anytime soon, Its 25...

6.6lb golden Light LME 1lb light DME 1lb Caramel 20L -Steeped in 2 gallons for 25 min, then topped up to 3 1/2 gallons to start the boil. Started off boiling 3.3lb LME and started hop additions, added rest of LME and DME at 10m mark. Wanted a nice light color on this, which I got...

Some time mid January I cooked up the BB Russian imperial stout. I keep it in my basement, which is between 55 and 60, but It seemed to be fermenting fine. Transfered to secondary after 3 weeks and afterwards( i know its backwards) took a hydrometer reading, was at 1025....shoot.(supposed to...

Hello! Im a little happy from my home brew here, so sorry for errors! Ive just had the relevation that I could make delicious quick wines in 1 gallon containers cheaper and more $ efficient that my current beers. Both of my beer fermentators are occupied with big beers ATT, so I am kind...

Has anyone had luck with this hop? As per database above it prefers shadier places, which works perfectly in my back yard. Apparently its fairly Saazlike but researching around I cant seem to find experience from people that have used it or have gotten a yield from it. Would be great on my...

Wife has a Aerogarden that provides good light, How long before may planting shall I start growing them indoors? I want them to have a great head start due to short Michigan growing season but I want them to be just small enough where they are still manageable to get into the ground. Also...

Hey, I just got done with this recipe: Citra Pale Ale 6.6 lbs Golden Light LME 1lb DME 1 lb 20l Caramel .5 Citra @ 25 .5 Citra @ 15 .5 Citra @ 5 .5 Citra @ 1 Gonna do a 1oz dry citra. I went ahead and decided to add 1/2 the LME at the beginning of the boil and the 2nd 1/2 at the 15...