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Trying to workout a basic, clean low(ish) abv saison recipe. Would like to include rye for some spiciness (and body), but not sure if this would work. Any feedback is appreciated! Pilsner - 6 lbs (60%) Wheat (flaked) - 2 lbs (20%) Rye - 1l bs (10%) Vienna - 0.5 lbs (5%) Sugar - 0.5 lbs (during...

I’m getting ready to add orange peels to my wheat beer, but I have some questions - (1) The peels have been sitting in the freezer (frozen) for the past few weeks. Do I need to defrost them before adding to the beer? Or can I add while still frozen? (2) Should I move the beer into a secondary...

Update - did everything the same (volume, water heated in mash tun with bucket heater, etc) with the only difference being that I stirred and agitated the water with the aim of “dispersing” the heat and took temp readings at different places. Got the strike temp to 159, added 10.5 lbs of grain...

Thanks for all the comments and advise! I'm going back and basically starting over with BeerSmith to see if there was some equipment profile issue. Really would like to figure this out. As for the thermometer, I used the same to check the strike temp as the mash temp. Bummer. As for the...

Looking for some guidance. I'm currently attempting my first brew-in-a-bag batch (technically, a mash-in-a-bag) and I've hit an early snag. Aiming for a mash of 154, BeerSmith told me to heat the "strike" water in the tun to 159. This seemed low to me, but I followed the instructions. After...

Been tinkering with this recipe and looking for some feedback. Pilsner - 5 lbs (50%) White Wheat Malt - 3.5 lbs (35%) Light Munich (10L) - 1 lbs (10%) Red Winter Wheat - .5 lbs (5%) 1 oz Helga - FWH 1 oz Southern Cross - 5 min Wyeast 1010 Thanks!

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Thanks for the great insight! I actually was going for something on the full-bodied and full-flavored side of the spectrum!

Thanks corax for the insight! Good to know about the brown malt.

Hello - New brewer, new to the board, and first time posting. Wanted to get some feedback on a brown ale recipe I've been tinkering with. I brewed it once and was happy, but figured there's always room for improvement. Maris Otter - 8lbs 80L - 1 lbs Brown Malt - 0.5 lbs Victory - 0.5 lbs...