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Hi everybody! I've recently saw one episode of brewing tv regardind the production of sahti, a finnish beer made with juniper. This video scared me a lot when I saw what kind of juniper they were using! Than I saw also here that some people posted picture of the same kind of juniper, so I want...

Here some pictures taken from my last brewsession: Belgian dark strong ale http://sphotos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/315701_4837655821106_1051881005_n.jpg http://sphotos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/480728_4837656021111_53771349_n.jpg...

Hi! a couple of month ago I've brewed my first cascadian ale/black IPA/call it wherever you want.... Black beer with lots of American hops! It turned out great! I'm going to summarise the recipe: Maris otter as the base, some dark crystal malt and black malt ( black malt added just...

Hi ! yesterday I've tried for the first time to freezing yeast using Glycerin solution; I basically followed this procedure: 1)Mix glycerin and water in the ratio of 30 ml glycerin to 70 ml water. This will yield a 30% glycerine solution. 2) Boiled the solution in a pressure cooker ( I've put...

Hi everybody! I'm trying to improve 5-6 styles of beers that i brew every year by pefectioning my recipes, and dry stout is one of them. I've tried different yeast and different waters, and now the result is very good! not too far from the ones I've tasted in Dublin. the recipe in term...

Hi everybody! in the last few weeks I've tried to priming my beers with speise technic. Of course it works well, the only problem is that I've found different calculators and all of them give me a different volume of wort but I'm taking notes so I think that after few batches I won't need this...

Hi everybody! Anyone expirienced bad results brewing ale styles( and with Ale I mean English Ale like IPA, Porter, Souts etc..) using pilsner malt as the base? Of course pale malt is the best choice with this kind of beers but I can see a lot of recipes including pilsner malt, and in my...

I can't wait to try it :mug: this is my system with some upgrade: -new structure (weld free) -new sparging system -new filter stainless steel) I'm going to make my first batch the next week! :rockin:

Hi, I've made what I think is a 12,5 ppm solution of Iodophor using 12,5ml of Betadiene in 10L of water ( like you said here: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f11/what-sanitisers-cleaners-used-43688/ ). The problem is that the solution looks like too light in color to me. It' like a pilsen beer...

Here what i found yesterday... as you can see it's a bit late for harvest... but i took some just to try it!! http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs214.snc1/8129_1238870813730_1288062946_702691_7809456_n.jpg...

I was ispired by this beer: http://www.bov.ch/labels/Scotland/sco-isle-of-skye-black-cuillin.jpg so today I've tried to brew something very similar... here's some pics:mug: http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs234.snc1/8129_1237595781855_1288062946_699556_1520865_n.jpg...

Hi! I used for a couple of times this temperature controller for my belgian ales: 03.jpg (image) does anybody tried it? It is necessary to use some bleach or any other product like iodophor in the water?

Hi everybody! :tank::tank::tank: My name is Sam and I'm an Italian homebrewer! :tank: