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I have been given a load of rhubarb and strawberrys to use in a beer and would appreciate peoples thoughts on whether the following is a good base beer. I have aimed to make it as sweet as possible to offset the tartness of the rhubarb. I am thinking I will secondary it over the rhubarb and...

How many gallons are you brewing?

I'm using 120L crystal

Thinking of brewing this at the weekend but am a little concerned I might have too much roasted and chocolate malts (fairly new brewer). I am using Beersmith and was struggling to get it to show the beer dark enough for the style so am also afraid to reduce them. Any suggestions would be much...

Maris Otter 5.51lb Crystal 0.44lb Chocolte malt 0.42lb Roasted barley 0.22lb Torrified wheat 0.22lb Lactose 0.4lb (15 min boil) East Kent Goldings 1.13oz (60 min boil) Nottingham yeast Coffee beans ground 0.19lb (Secondary) Vanilla extract 2tsp (Secondary) Thinking of brewing this at the...

I've been storing crushed grain in Kilmer jars in the cupboard for a few months at a time with no noticeable changes. Hops need to be frozen once opened however, make sure to break them up before freezing them though so that they're easy to split while still frozen so you can take just what you...

Need some advise on how to finish a hoppy American wheat beer. My recipe was as follows and I would appreciate peoples opinions on whether to dry hop with tettnang or cascade or a combination of the two or even not to dry hop at all. Malt 3.42lb Golden Promise 3.53lb Belgian wheat 0.15lb...

I did my first few batches of all grain on a small scale biab method which didn't cost too much in equipment. Equipment only got expensive when I upped my volumes and the number of beers I brewed at once. I found the following site very useful...