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Hey all I've been away for a while and due to work and kids haven't brewed anything but the occasional cider in 4 years. If yall wouldn't mind giving this a look over I'd appreciate it. I'm gonna try to keep it simple with brew in the bag. New England IPA 5.5 gal batch biab 10 gallon kettle...

Im sure its a no dont do it. But as we all know life gets in the way, i have 3 kids work 2 jobs. Last time i went to the brew store i got everything for 2 brews. Well i only made one. The grains are crushed if i rember right its 7# pilz 2# vienna 2# wheat. I was going to make a ipa with all cent...

Ive got this 5 gal and no way to use it. Id prefer to trade maby a couple carboys [glass] or a grain mill. I dont know what they cost. Make me an offer prefer local pic up sac ca area.

So i noticed this last night in my air lock. Its on a sour beer maby that has somthing to do with it. I keep them filled with star san.

Ive been brewing 3 years this is my first sour attempt. 8# 2row 2# vienna 1# flacked wheat .5#acid malt Step mash 25 min 149 rest of 60min at 154 Boiled 30min 15 min .25 oz tettnang for 4 ibu Yeast imperial organic sour batch ( 1 lacto 1 sacc 2brett) no pedio. How long shpuld i wait to add...

So i love blood orange ipas not 100% on what hops to add. I picked up 2 pounds last night. I love citra but its been in all my ipas as of late so i want to skip it this round any help with other hops would be great. 5 gal 9# pilz 2# vienna 2# wheat 12 oz table sugar Mash 149 60 min Target 60 to...

So im making an ipa 6#pilz 3#vienna 1#wheat 8 oz sugar I have a halfpound of cent and 3 oz mandrina balvaria I wanted to do a large wlp 4 oz cent 2 oz mandiran at 170* but i worry about dms.

So heart of darkness is s great mead using a huge amount of currants black and rsdpberrys as well as cherry. I wanna try somthing similar with cider. Im thinking 4 gal apple cider tree top or muselmans Ajusted to 1.070 with sugar 2 packs redstart montache yeast Base should be about 9% Once...

Went to bottle tonight. Found a fruitfly in the airlock..... the cider had started to turn to vinager. I dumped it sucks but ohwell it had 5# raspberrys was supist to be for xmas. Can i clean my bucket or is it trash?

So this will ve the first really big beer ive done. Othere than a 8% dipa that was 7% sugar. Im think 5 gal, alao thinking about adding some burbon to it in the keg. Mash at 152 75 min witb some added aphla 14# 2row 1.5# rolled oats 1# brown malt 1# victory 1# c 40 1# choclatemalt...

So i dont have dme or lme ive got a few bottles i wanna use for dregs but i wanna drinkthem sooner then i can brew.(working 70 hr weeks) can i make a starter from sugar water and kdap? So i can grow the dregs a dew weeks before adding them?

So ive been brewing 3 years now and keep putting off making sours but im tierd of waiting. Fistly will 3bottles worth of dregs be enough? I have 2 bottles rrbc one consicration on supplification. The other is bruery terreux rueze. I was thinking of going a blond then racking half onto...

So i know about how to xalculate the bittering but i wanted to do an exsperiment brewing the same beer one with hop extract exspt the dh and one with hops. I was going to go with a well known grain bill and nutral yeast to keep all things fair. But im not sure what 5ml of citra exstract will...

Like it says im just about to bottle can i clean it enough or should i wait? I guess i could sacrafice a fermenter. Ther was 3 in the bottom in about a half inch of star san.

So long story short, i work two jobs and dont have enough brew time ive been really wanting to do a Mandarina Bavaria single hop all german ipa. Bit summer is getting near and i really want a saison maby i can get both in one beer well sort of. 6# pilz 3# vienna 1# wheat 1# candi sugar...

Im brewing a dipa tonight amarillo centennial cascade and citra i was thinking of adding some coriander and orange peel. Would this add to the beer or get in the way?

I want to build a chiller i was going to make a two stage with 10 feet or so in an ice bucket. Would 50 feet or 3/8 work better or 25 feet of 1/2 inch, the price is about the same 30$ for each?

Just looking for some help ive mafe ipas but nothing this big shooting for atleas 8% abv 5gal batch. Grain bill is sorted out, eff about 71 on avg. 13# 2row. Rahr 2# vienna 1# flacked barley 1# sugar end of boil to help dry out Wyeast 1272 American ale II I have bittering down 1oz 14%...

So i saw some dried orange slices at the groc store the otherday all there grain and nuts dried fruit ect was 50% off so i picked up 4 oz alkng with some spelt iats snd red wheat. Has any one ever used dried slices i figure its simalar to peel but has a bit of dried fruit on it. Think i should...

So ive been brewing for just over 2 years, i love sours but never tried to make one. I have a bottle of rrbc benifaction from 2013 do you guys think its still viable for dregs? Might try cloning suplication but was thinking of going more twords a soured belgain blond with no fruit.