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I want to be able to notice the rye but still have a nice citrus hop flavor. I tend toward the sweet side on IPA's but I don't brew too many and can't seem to ever hit what Im going for with hops... any opinion from a more experienced brewer would be appreciated. 7.0 lb Pale Malt 4.0 lb Rye...

I've been experimenting with Tawny Port wine in stouts. It is a great additive to sweeten things up a bit and add a fruity complexity. I have found that the Sandeman Tawny is an affordable well suited wine for this purpose. Did your stout come out to bitter? Add about 500mL (per 5 gallons) to...

I finally managed to get my hands on some 525SS Tap and SS shank. My mini fridge converted to a kegerator is coming together. I see a lot of threads on cooling the beer lines. My question is at what length of non-refridgerated beer line do you need to worry about cooling? I am building a wood...

I'm trying to tackle the belgian strong style. My first attempt, a dubbel, came out drinkable but thats about all I can say. It was mostly due to an unforseen rise in fermentation temperatures to 75F. But besides tasting like booze and bannanas it was very dry and flatter than I expected it...

Does this seem normal? The lack of Krausen and Air Lock activity bothers me.

5lbs Honey 1.5 Gallons Apple Juice 0.5 Gallons Grape Juice S-04 I usually do this recipe with another half gallon of AJ and only 2.5lbs of honey. However I scored a sweet deal on honey so I was thinking about trying this recipe, comes out to 13%. I brew 1-2 batches of cider each fall...

60 min 0.5oz Cent 30 mon 1oz cascade 5 min 0.5oz Chinook 1 min .5oz Cent Standardish pale ale recipe with the above hop bill. I was planning on a 30 min Chinook addition but my buddy fed me too much beer and I switched the 5 and 30 up... should have been .5 chin @ 30 and 1oz casc at 5...

I am thinking about doing a jacketed mash tun to control temperature. As far as I can guess and surmise from brewery tours and limited proffessional experience this is how breweries would control temperature. It seems a lot simpler than a herms or rims system. Possibly even easier to build...

Ball lock and pin lock post o-rings are not all the same and may be the source of your quick disconnect/post leaks. Ever since I got my pin lock keg and disconnects the slighest jostling of the line caused beer to leak out. The weight of the beer line alone could cause a leak at times. Large...

8lbs 2 Row 1/2lb 20L 1/2lb 40L 1lb Chocolate 3oz Carafa Special III Nottingham 1oz Centennial at 60 1/2oz Tett @ 10 I cobbled this porter together with leftover ingredients I had from other batches. How'd I do? The only ingrediant I bought specifically for this batch was the chocolate...

First time fermenting S-05 since I went to glass carboys vs ale pales. In other words I've never seen an S-05 fermentation. Have done a lot of fermentations since with nottingham, which I though was similar and they all involve nice foamy krausen. Its 63-64 in my ferm closet. I added irish moss...

I always wondered how much grain/husk make it through my SS braid in the bottom of my MLT. I came across this neat little fitting for free. A 1/2" hose can be screwed right into it. The screens are quite small as you can see. I attached it to the end of the drain hose on my MLT. It was there for...

So I got all flustered when the lhbs was out of marris otter (subbed 2 row and vienna) and accidently ordered 1/2lb each of 20 and 40L instead of 1/4lb each. Is it going to be too sweet? It was supposed to be an APA... 7lbs 2 Row American 1lb Vienna 1/2lb 20L 1/2lb 40L 0.5oz Simcoe...

This recipe was inspired by Biermunchers Centinal blonde a long time ago I brewed a batch and liked it. I tryed a few more of his recipes and liked those too. After that I began to desiging my own beers but I have to give a shout out to BM for getting me started on AG recipes. I was looking...

The biggest asset this store has is the guy who runs it. Of the 7 LHBS I have visited (I move a lot) he is by far the most knowledgeable employee I have ever run into and willing to share his knowledge. I spent 30-60+ minutes in there picking his brain everytime I visited. The store is small but...

Everything I brew consistantly comes out darker than I expected and planned. What would cause this? Maybe I am getting better effeciency than plan? I don't take a lot of hydrometer readings, guess I should start. I always just assumed 70% effeciency doing batch sparges.

Making a Noble Porter aka German Malts and Noble hops. Going for simple porter with noticable hop flavor and hints of coffee. Input? 5lbs Pielsner 4lbs Munich 0.75# Chocolate 0.5# Carafa III 0.5 oz Pearl @ 55 Minutes 0.5 oz Pearl @ 35 Minutes 0.5 oz Hallertauer @ 20 Minutes 0.5 oz...

My wife has been into stouts lately so I told her I'd brew one... She tends to like sweet, oatmeal or chocolate stouts the most although she seems to like them all for what its worth. She particularly likes Left Hand Milk Stout. Anyway heres my go at a stout recipe I thought she might like...