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ya my electric bill averages $110 to keep the house below 70. My bill was only $65. During the the first 3 weeks of fermentation the temp was exactly 68F it wasn't until the beginning of the fourth week that was only home a couple days a week. I don't see why it would taste bad....i have just...

I recently made a simple red ale (Dawsons multigrain Red from NB). Unfortunately, do to unavoidable events in my life, the ale has been sitting in the primary for almost two months. During this time I was away from home often and was only there a couple nights a week. Today I got my electric...

it looks like 1 gallon will be about 3.5% abv...there is nothing obvious in the ingredients that would make it not ferment..but...I don't know what is in the "natural ingredients". If you add a little more sugar, you might be able to make a low abv wine. I imagine lactose may help keep it a bit...

I read this on http://www.livescience.com/13288-intoxicating-beer-facts-health.html The hops that give beer both its bitter taste and fruity aroma are also powerful cancer-fighters. Hops are a better source of cell-damage-fighting antioxidants than red wine, green tea and soy products...

I'm not religious but I picked Seraph(im) because I always roll paladin whenever I play v-games. X117 comes from Halo...instead of Sierra 117, I chose eXperimental 117. So I define it as an Paladin Spartan prototype. Kind of geeky, I know, but is sounds bad ass to me.

I agree with bribo on cutting the molasses, you do have a lot going on, but that's what homebrewing is all about (to me at least). I am having trouble imagining precisely what this might taste like. I say- give it a shot- just don't forget to post the results. Enjoy

I just used 1lb of flaked oats from my LHBS and toasted myself. There are many ways to toast oats, some toast in oven at low heat, more time, some high heat, less time, some put it in a paper bag for a week after toasting, and some wet the oats before toasting. I spread it out on a baking sheet...

It's just maris otter and honey malt, but it really does taste like good sweet corn. I don't mind drinking it, but I wouldn't mind some help! The dms flavor is there because I tried using a new pot, which is much thicker than the one I normally use, and my electric stove couldn't get it to a...

Recently I made a batch of brew that had a strong DMS taste to it. I mean it tasted like straight corn on the cob. It doesn't taste terrible, assuming you like corn. Would it be wrong to tell my less informed friends that I made "corn beer" on purpose so that I can get rid of it quicker? Or...

the mouth-feel is great. it almost coats your tongue. I have never really known the difference between stouts and porters. I have had many stouts that if I was blindfolded I would know it was a stout...same for porter...but there were quite a few that if I couldn't see it...I wouldn't be able to...

Maybe you could acquire a carboy bung, drill a hole for a slightly smaller diameter tube, and use that. The smaller diameter tube may not kink so bad. The smaller tube should allow more space on the inside of the tube, without the same risk of clogging. ( Smaller diameter tubes need less length...

I just wanted to acknowledge that I read this....I honestly have no idea. It will def be more clove flavor than you were going for..but a little banana may come out. Maybe after this beer is done you can post the results so anyone else who may have this problem can read it. remember, either way...

ok..I tried the first bottle of this as a taste test.....and it is flippin amazing! For some reason it only went to 1.020 (1.054 sg) and I got worried, but now I want to make more. I only toasted 1lb of the oatmeal and just threw the rest in. This is definitely my best beer to date. It tastes...

I recently made a oatmeal cookie chocolate mocha porter stout...it is neither a stout or a porter but in between the two....it is my best beer to date. often you get great beer without it being a specific style. I just had half of stout ingredients and half porter ingredients, 1 lb toasted...

ssooo... it turned out tasting like buttered corn.... heavy dms and diacetyl. I boiled for 90 and kept it right at 70F...i don't know what I did wrong. this is the first time this has happened, coincidentally this is the first time I got grain from this particular LHBS. I am going to try this...

I made a throw together batch today with some stuff I had around....how do ya guys/girls think it will turn out? 6 Gallon Batch 9# Maris Otter 1# Honey Malt 1#Amber DME (I got tired of looking at it in my cupboard) Mashed at 1.5qt/lb at 152F for 70min 60 min boil with .5oz East...

I had my first stuck fermentation today, now I'm quite upset. Grain was right, mash temp (152), full conversion (iodine test), pitched at 70F exactly, everything seemed perfect! OG was 1.052, ended at 1.020 with s-05. Temp stayed at 70F (+or-2F)whole time. All I can come up with is that I got...

Hops are anti-bacterial. Adding them with the wort before pitching yeast helps the yeast dominate.(Just in case anything got into the beer) Yeast will dominate quickly, but why give them a chance at competition. As for the dme/lme addition times, i have heard it both ways. Why don't you try...

Today I made what I thought was a stout recipe, but I think I made a porter or a brown ale of sorts. I was just wondering if anyone has done anything similar to this recipe and/or have ideas on what it may taste like. Thank you for your input. 5.75 Gallon Recipe- (Misjudged grain absorption by...

first of...Congrats on your first solo brew! I don't know much about dry- hopping, but i know a bit about bottles. PET bottles: pro- no bottle bombs, inexpensive, can "squeeze check" to check on carbonation, can't break (by accident) con: must rinse immediately after using (a brush could...