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A buddy of mine found an old can tucked away in the garage. He has no use for it. It expired January 2011 from what I can tell.

This will act as my first published review. This is the first original recipe that turned out better than I had expected. I've made 2 other original beers, but this one was the best. Enjoy and cheers! Grains and Fermentables: 4 lbs Light DME (37.2%) 4 lbs 12 oz American 2-Row (44.2%) 8 oz...

I recently completed my first AG recipe for a DIPA, and I realized that the hops alone are going to be close to $40 (7oz. Nelson, 6oz. Centennial, 1oz. Cascade) if I buy by the ounce. I've never used 14oz of hops before, so I'm thinking I should start buying in bulk. I've seen several online...

Greetings. Partial mash home brewer here. Since I'm not doing a full boil (only about 4 gallons), is there even a point in taking a pre-boil gravity if I'm going to end up adding top off water post boil? I'd like to be able to calculate my efficiency. Will the top off water (and lack of...

Greetings. Partial mash home brewer here. Since I'm not doing a full boil (only about 4 gallons), is there even a point in taking a pre-boil gravity if I'm going to end up adding top off water post boil? I'd like to be able to calculate my efficiency. Will the top off water (and lack of...

Let the groans begin.... I couldn't find an answer to my exact question, but I'm sure someone will link a thread that covers this exact topic. Sorry in advance. Anyway, I've never done a secondary. I never had a reason to in the past. However, I brewed a 1.100 imperial stout that I want...

I made a 2L starter using Wyeast 1056, but I don't have a stir plate and I wanted to make sure that I had enough to pitch, so just to make sure I went to my LHBS to pick up another smack pack but they were out of 1056. I grabbed a vial of WLP001 to use as a substitute. Has anyone had any...

Greetings! I'm brewing a batch this week and using a starter for the first time. I have an estimated 1.072 starting gravity calculated at 60%. Before I've used 2 smack packs when pitching, but since I'm making a starter this time, will 1 smack pack be suffucient? I plan on using Wyeast...

I'm brewing an IPA this weekend, and I was thinking about using Wyeast 1056. Is this an adequate yeast? In case you are wondering, I am doing a partial mash, and the O.G. should be right around 1.060.

I'm making a partial mash IPA and my grain bill is as follows: 3lbs. 2 Row 1lb. Caramel 90L 1lb. Munich 10L 6lbs. Light DME What does light DME consist of? I ask this because I may be converting all of my partial mash recipes to all grain shortly. What is a good replacement grain...

Ignore this thread. I double posted by mistake.

I've been blowing up the board lately, but I'm really concerned. We fermented for 3 weeks, bottled, and last night (after exactly 2 weeks in the bottle), we cracked one open. It had been refrigerated for over 24 hours. It was supposed to be an IPA, but honestly it tasted like champagne...

Hey all, I'm brewing today, and I'm going to use Wyeast London Ale 1028. My OG is expected to be somewhere around 1.070-1.075. The package says to pitch into wort up to 1.060. Is the going to be a problem, or should I consider changing yeast?

Okay, so check it out. I've read DeathBrewer's tutorial extensively, but I still have questions. First I'll post the recipe I'm using, and then I'll ask away. I'm going for a black IPA. Grain 3lbs. 2 Row 1.5lbs. Crystal 120L .5lbs. Carapils Dextrine .5lbs. Chocolate .5lbs. Roasted Barley...

Greetings! I'm planning my first partial mash on Saturday. I have read DeathBrewer's AMAZING partial mash tutorial, but I still have a question. He said that he uses 2 gallons of strike water per 5-6 lbs of grain. Does the water/grain ratio matter as much in a partial mash as it does in an all...

We bottled our first batch last Saturday, and today I was informed that a bottle had exploded. Here are the facts: -This was an extract kit which included priming sugar. -We followed the directions precisely. -The beer was in primary for 3 weeks exactly. No secondary. I have a hunch...

Can someone hit me with a good sorghum based GF IPA? My brewing partner's wife has celiac disease, but prior to being diagnosed, she was a beer lover. We want to brew a GF beer for her birthday as a surprise. She hasn't ever really had a GF beer that she's liked, but maybe you guys know of a...

My brewing partner's wife has Celiac Disease, and unfortunately can't have gluten. Before she ws diagnosed, she was a major beer lover. She's been drinking cider and GF beer since she was diagnosed, but there isn't a single GF beer that's even close to drinkable. We were thinking about brewing a...

We bottled our very first brew today, and we of course tasted the batch before priming and bottling. It tasted absolutely awful. It's supposed to be an IPA, but it didn't taste anything even resembling as IPA. I understand the beer may still be green, and it was at room temperature and...

I understand that recipe calculators aren't 100%, but the three that I've used have given me bewildering results. The first one was: http://powersbrewery.home.comcast.net/~powersbrewery/mastercalculator.html Predicted OG: 1.063 Final Gravity: 1.016 IBUs: 53 ABV:6.4 The second one...