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Right now I currently brew 3 Gallon BIAB batches on the following: 5 Gallon Rubbermaid Cooler (No Modifications) 5 Gallon Brew Kettle 8 Gallon Megapot w/valve (when needed) Essentially, I am adding 4.25 gallons of water, usually around 6-7 lbs of grain and mashing. After 75 minutes, I remove...

Hello all, Please comment on how you think this recipe may turn out. 3.15 lbs - LME Light 2 lbs - DME Light 2 lbs - Maris Otter Pale 1 lbs - UK Dark Crystal Malt (80L) 1 lbs - UK Chocolate Malt 1 lbs - UK Roasted Barley Hops would likely be Fuggles or something mild. Thanks!

Hello All, I have completed two recipe kits (both partial mash kits) now and am venturing off into my own recipes next. I have noticed the amount of wort boiled is usually much less than the actual amount of beer produced (by adding water later to the fermenting bucket) for say a 5 gallon...

The priming sugar is listed as corn sugar

Hi everyone, I just bottled a batch of a light blonde ale from a recipe kit I bought. The kit included a 5 ounce bag of priming sugar however the recipe only called for 2/3 Cup (which I used a bit less than that because the batch was around four and a half gallons at the end). How many cups...

Hello, I am wondering about the shelf life of a keg at room temperature after being filled with a fresh batch of beer.

Hello All, I have a batch going right now that I'm thinking about bottling for the first time. It spent 8 days in primary and was then racked to secondary (currently on day 11). My question is this: when bottling beer, how soon should you or long can you wait to add the priming sugar and...

Should you pasteurize your homebrew or is the 1 hour boiling of the wort enough? I didn't think you needed to until I was asked about it today.

Good advice, thank you. So I'm not exactly a pro at this by any means. Is there a chart or explanation on how to figure out my OG based on my grain bill?

Hello all, I am looking for hints and tips on building my own partial mash IPA recipe. I am looking for help on ratios between the grains and malt extract for a 5 gallon batch. For doing a partial mash brew are there any ratios between how much of the extract to use verses the five gallons and...

Hello, Is there a standard ratio of malt to 5 gallon batches? I have brewed a bit now and want to start creating my own recipes and I am not seeing a consistent pattern. I understand that different amounts of malt will yield different tastes and body, but I am not sure how much could be too...

I am starting my next beer soon and will use all glass carboys for primary and secondary fermentation. I am wondering if you need to use a 5 gallon container/carboy for your secondary, or if you can get by with a 6 or 6.5 gallon container/carboy? I've heard you need to use 5 gallon so that...

Alright, then I will just have to be patient and wait. Thanks everyone for your help!

The beer was carbed at 30-35 degrees. I think then it seems the beer / keg is over-carbonated. Would a good solution be: 1. Let out the CO2 from the keg using the valve 2. Let the beer sit overnight to release some CO2 3. Re-apply 5-10PSI for the next week until the beer corrects itself? Or...

Hello All, Well I just tried some of my first Oatmeal Stout last night and it was pretty good except for a couple things. I kegged the beer Monday night and let it sit at 30PSI overnight in the kegerator, released the valve on the keg and then set it to 5PSI for serving last night. At...