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Hoping it is the power of suggestion... I bottled my oaked imperial stout tonight, oak chips were soaked in BenRiach 12 year old (VERY peaty single malt Speyside). It spent about 3 weeks in primary (first week of August), then I racked to secondary and left it for 5 or 6 weeks and bottled...

I made a version of the st pumking clone on the recipe sub forum, and aside from a few spice alterations, and using a big freaking pumpkin instead of the 2lbs the recipe called for, i ended up with an og of 1.120. I used the English ale yeast from the first post in that thread, which has...

I bought a plate chiller recently, as my 88qt BK only covers about 1/3 to 1/2 of my immersion chiller, which makes chilling the wort a pain. My BK isn't fitted with a valve at the bottom, so I was thinking I will have to run a length of silicone tubing from the wort to the pump up and over the...

I have an Imperial Stout that's been in primary since 3 weeks ago or so...gravity seems stable, and I was planning on racking to secondary and adding oak chips that have been soaking in a single malt speyside scotch since the day I started the fermentation. I was planning on letting the whole...

Hey, folks! I was planning on making another purchase to my growing collection of beer making supplies this weekend, and I am at a bit of an impasse. I would like to get into AG brewing soon, since I discovered with mini mash kits that a) I think that the smell of the warm grains is heavenly...

I am planning on buying a new home in the next year or so and the thought crossed my mind, as I'm sure it has to just about anyone else looking into homes...just how much space do I need in the long run? There aren't any basements around here, so I would likely end up using a part of the garage...

Hi again, I guess I've been bitten by the bug pretty badly...I was brewing another beer today (Belgian specialty ale with the OG down a bit [1.048] to ferment out quicker) and I figured I would take the time to get a gravity reading on the Imperial Stout that's been fermenting for the last week...

Hi again folks! I put the lager on the back burner and got going on a mini mash Imperial Stout that I was told by the LHBS would be ready by or slightly before Christmas. My grains dropped my Hot Liquor temp down farther than I expected, so most of my mashing time was trying to hit the right...

Hiya all. I ended up getting a 2nd fermentation bucket from LHBS to be able to have 2 beers going at a time, but I ran into an issue. The hump in the bottom of the freezer is 9.25" tall and after building a little shelf to extend the hump far enough over, I found that the airlock is an inch or...

My blonde ale went in a week ago at 1.042 and is now at 1.016 for the 3rd day in a row. I did see a few bubbles on top of my airlock (full of star san so they stick around) when I went to take this morning's gravity reading....oddly enough the previous 2 times I took gravity readings, there...

Hiya. I got my water company to email me a water quality report, but there is so much info on this thing, I look at it and it doesn't really make much sense. I would appreciate it if someone could help me understand this thing, and maybe one of the other 2 residents of my town if they are here...

Decided to start my first brew today. Sanitized everything, plus filled a spray bottle with star san and boiled 3-4 gallons of water with a campden tablet (also pre bolied another 4 gallons for top off water with another campden tablet), then added 3 lbs of pale LME and a package (1 oz, I...

안뇽하세요 (Korean for hello). New brewer here, very grateful to have found this community. Brand new to brewing, but I do love the taste of most beers. I have been "into" craft beers for around 7 years or so and was always intimidated by the idea of making it...

I was wondering if there were really strong reasons for not starting out with AG. I have loved beer for quite some time, and really got into trying to sample as many different styles from different breweries as I could. I haven't really had a style that I didn't like, although I prefer some...