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I had my Ale fermenting out with s05 in my fridge at about 64, it was just about done fermenting roughly 2 weeks. I hadn't checked on it for about a week and I noticed my son unplugged the fridge when he was working in the garage and never plugged it back in. I suspect the temps slowly ramped...

My first attempt at BIPA was basically a stout, the hops didn't work and the malt bill was all wrong. I've reviewed a number of the threads here picked up some interesting notes in the comments and tried to keep them in mind into coming up with this recipe. 5G batch 60min boil 1.074 77...

Hey all, I have a batch of weiss that I'm going to add some blood orange to. I'm going to add this at kegging. Just wanted to run this past you guys. The end beer is not a clear beer so I figured clarity is not a concern about adding to the keg. 2.5 lbs / 6 oranges Plan is to zest 4 and...

Took a stab at a 15 min boil today. The brew session flies by and is doable on your own but would be better with an extra hand to keep you on track. You have to have everything measured and ready to go before you start. I used a smaller pot for steeping the grains while the boil kettle was...

Zombie Head - American Wheat Ale with a strong hoppy flavor and aroma provided by Citra hops. So this concoction was dreamed up by after finishing the last of my 3F GumballHead Clone and then having a 3F Zombie Dust. I wanted to shoot for a quick and super easy beer to make in a short period...

I brewed 2 batches of beer, last month I didnt rack to a secondary, figured I can just keep it in the primary just a bit longer. Bottled a batch last week (6 weeks old?) still no carbonation yet about 6 days later, might be right but not sure. The 2nd batch has now been sitting for almost 8...

Well I made a Weizenbock and came up with this. Its dedicated to one of my favs JS Bach.

This is my first attempt at a beer label. The beer is an American Amber Ale, Amber Alert was a suggestion from a co-worker but, I opted for Red Alert lol.

I was previously under the impression that Munich grains need to be mashed but now I read in Jamil's Brewing Classic Styles book that Munich can be steeped. So I ask the experts here. I haven't done a mini mash yet so steeping for me would be the easy way out. I've started reading the mini...

Frozen Fruit I just picked up a 4lb bag of frozen blueberries, raspberries and marionberries from Costco. I was going to shoot for either a blueberry or raspberry wheat beer but figured I can live with the mixed berries, its got to be better than extract :) I've read up on dealing with...

I'm still a complete noob this will be either my 4th or 5th batch, depending on brew order. Im shooting for a light color brown ale and a distinct American Hops signature in an American Brown Ale. The ultimate goal is to find a Left Hand - Deep Cover Brown Ale recipe but I figured this might...

I found this last night, it was the only bottle they had at the store and it I asked if it was a regular item and they said they didnt know. I'm going to try it tonight. It was $16, I figured that Northern Brewer is selling 2liter flip tops for over $20 this half gallon bottle is a bargain and...

I've been going through the recipe database and I'm going dizzy with all the recipes there but what I really want is an extract or partial mash recipe that yields a strong 6% or higher brew. Of course I would want this to be insanely hopped as well. Am I pretty much limited to an IIPA to get a...

I brewed a batch of stout on Saturday and I noticed the krausen had dropped yesterday. I'm getting 1 bubble every 7 seconds. 1lb Simpsons Roasted Barley 6lb Gold LME 1oz Brown Sugar 70min Kent Goldings 30min Kent Goldings 10min 1 stick of Cinnamon 5 min pinch of cloves (4...

Northern Brewer kit, Belgium Wit. Wyeast #3944 Belgian Witbier Yeast 6.3 lbs. Wheat Malt Syrup 1 oz. Saaz (60 min) 1 oz. Coriander Seed (11 min) 1 oz. Bitter Orange Peel (1 min) 1 oz. Freshly ground Ginger root (6min) * my tweak to the recipe *Papazians book said that you could use...

When the beer is in the primary, at what point do you agitate the beer? Is it something that needs to be done only once? I purchased a lazy susan spin plate and put my carboy on it. After the first 24hrs I gave it a couple spins and it really seemed to kick the yeast into action. Ed

Hi all, Ed from Chicago here, Steve referred me, didn't know his id on the forum but I'm sure he'll come in this thread. I'm a brewing noob but I've been loving beer for over 25+ years. I've been fortunate living in Chicago always having great liquor stores with great beer selections...