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This is an IPA recipe I put together to showcase the German hops Mandarina Bavaria and Hallertau Blanc (not to be confused with "regular" Hallertau). It was a hit with everyone and we will be making it again very soon. Everyone wanted to know what kind of hops were used because they'd never...

Heya ladies and gents, I brewed an all-grain Irish Stout on Sunday and pitched a starter or White Labs Irish ale yeast - OG 1.062 (no lactose). I don't have a fridge, so I use an 18-gallon bucket as a swamp cooler, and maintain temps using small amounts of ice and frozen 12-oz water bottles...

I made an AG sweet stout that turned out very well, but it was only 4% ABV. I want to try to make the same recipe again, except make it closer to 6% ABV. I use BeerSmith, so do I just need to increase the ingredients so it's ~6%, and keep the percentages the same as the 4% version? E.g. if I...

This was a birch beer extract kit (the little yellow & brown box). I made it with my 7 year old who loves birch beer, and really want to get this right for him. I used Red Star Pasteur Champagne yeast, rehydrated in 98 degree water (Red Star says 97-102) for 10 minutes, and added to 98 degree...

I'm trying to achieve something malty and agreeable, but not cloyingly sweet. Yards Thomas Jefferson Tavern Ale is a good example of what I'm going for, but with lower ABV. I tried to keep the crystal amounts low, but white wheat has a malty character of its own that I'm not altogether familiar...

Does anyone know how to properly convert an extract recipe to all-grain? Short list (full recipe here): 9.9 lbs Light LME 1 lb corn sugar 0.5 lbs Crystal 40 (speciality grain) 0.25 lbs Carapils (specialty grain) My attempt at a conversion: 15 lbs Maris Otter (to replace Light LME and...

The other day we brewed an all-grain stout, boiled, and started to cool it with the immersion chiller. Got to about 120 F, and a screwdriver rolled unexpectedly and ended up right in the pot. Crap. 120 degrees won't kill germs. So we put it back on the burner, heated back to 180, and timed for...

I brewed a Midwest Hex Nut Brown Ale last night and wanted to see if anyone had any critiques on what I did/didn't do. I also made my first starter for this one. I've attached images in case it helps; couple questions in bold. Recipe...

Hey all, I have a polar ware 15 gallon brew kettle (601BP), purchased with future brewing in mind. I'm still doing 5 gallon extract kits in it at the moment because I'm still learning. When I move to all-grain, I plan to make some 5-gallon and some 10-gallon AG batches. Will I need a 15...

Recipe: http://www.brewersbestkits.com/pdf/New%20BB%20Recipes/1022%20Belgian%20Dark%20Strong%20Recipe.pdf I thought I was very careful - followed all times and temps to the number; I used a 15 gallon kettle and I did steep with 2.5 gallons. The muslim bag wasn't extremely loose, nor was it...

After using my wort chiller, should I do anything about the water remaining inside? Or is it simply not an issue since this water doesn't come in contact with the wort? My wort chiller is large and the coils are tightly-packed; it doesn't really drain when I turn it upside down. The smaller...

I recently brewed my first beer, an Irish dry stout. I'm fermenting in a bucket and have a secondary (better bottle) available. I've been reading the forums and seeing a few threads saying stout can be kept in primary for 3-4 weeks then bottled, skipping secondary. Is this because stout doesn't...

Hi all, I'm new to brewing beer. I'm really glad to have found this forum - very informative posts. I've learned a ton already, and I'm already stockpiling recipes. EdWort's Apfelwein sounds awesome. I got a brewing starter kit and an extract kit last week knowing nothing about homebrewing, so...