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I am going to do a partial mash of this. I have been coping AG recipes and matching up the % usage as a way to match the recipe. I recently brewed a Belgian dubbel using 1 lb of amber belgian candi sugar. It is in the bottle now but when I tasted it from secondary to bottle I believe it had some...

Brewing a Saison with 3711. I greatly under pitched (one wyeast smack pack) for a 5.5 gallon batch. I acquired a flask so this wont happen in the future. I kept it in the primary for 19 days @ 72 degrees. I checked my FOG was reading 1.004 and racked to secondary. I thought fermentation was...

For someone who doesnt have a large kettle. I am going to spend the money on a new larger nice one. Another user posted this on this thread. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007V493PG/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20 Seems like 16 gallon is pretty large.

I have a small apartment. I kept the AC down to 71 for the last Saison I brewed for the first week of fermentation. After that to save my electric bill I moved it up to 76-78. I am going to look into a swamp cooler I have been roughly mashing at 1.2-2 quarts. I have never used that large 8...

Hi everyone I am looking for some advice on what to concentrate on in order to improve my brewing. Right now I always brew in a bag, on my stove, trying to really hit my mash temps as best I can then I add about 4 lbs LME depending on the recipe. I usually have a boil volume of 4 gallons and...

I know the typical response for the hey what about using x in place of y is "GO FOR IT". That said I am thinking of using a small amount of vienna in addition to the set grain bill OR caravienne in place of the caramunich. I dont have much background on these malts so I don't know what that...

How did this come out? I was thinking of doing a Saison IPA but sticking more toward the Saison style. I am still unsure what hops to use, amarillo, saaz, Styrian Goldings?

Maybe this should be in the recipes thread but I am looking for advice on the BIAB mashing as well. Fairly new to BIAB and I have never made a Wiezenbock. I usually rely on adding extract for most of my recipes due to the fact I only have one 5 gallon pot and I am brewing on a stove. It...

I just finished brewing my 8th batch and I continue to have issues with carbonation and alcohol content. I am a extract/Partial mash brewer. I brew 5-5.5 gallon batches. My last two beers I added 150g dextrose prior to bottling. One beer ended up over carb'd champagne style bubbles. The...

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Hello all, Im looking for some insight on my latest recipe. I made some modifications to a typical german ale/kolsch recipe and I want to know why it tastes the way it tastes and any recommended improvements for the future. 1 lb Pilsner (Rahr) crushed grains steeped 30 mins ~150 F 1 lb...

I just brewed my sierra celebration clone. I added about 1.5 oz of hops at flameout. As I have done with my past two batches i screened my wort before putting it into the primary. I thought to myself, the aroma hops have only been in for 5 minutes or less, am I screening out the hop goodness...

any love for a extract brewer? i was going to use Briess 6lbs gold LME. And I was going to use some grains for steeping i was wondering which ones would be best. I was thinking some crystal? how much 60L or 120L? Any munich?Carapils? I can figure out the hop bill, Thanks for the help

Alright so my second batch of beer was ready today and it came out delicious. One problem though is it seems to have a low head low carbonation. This occurred on my first batch of beer as well but the beer had a bit better carbonation as it got older. For both batches I left 1 week primary 2...