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I'm going to brew an extract straight lambic tomorrow. 4 pounds of light dme and 3 pounds of wheat dme. I'm using same aged hops. Since I'm not going for hop utilization rather the preservative power, can I just boil for 15 minutes? I'm also thinking about not doing a full volume boil since...

What yeast did you use?

I've got a rye saison that should be ready for the keg next weekend and I'm trying to figure what to do with this yeast cake. My fermentation chamber is full so I want to make something I can at ambient temps. My thought is a RIS Questions- Will the 3711 dry it out too much? Should I mash...

I brewed a Flanders Red which is my first sour beer about a month ago I used the Wyeast Roselare blend Two questions - I'm aging in a plastic bucket. I read some posts that this is OK, but others say it's too much oxygen. I made too much wort so I fermented out 1 gallon separately. I added...

Excellent...thanks all. I can't wait to get a beer in these kegs and give them a try. Bottling was becoming much a chore and a deterrent to brewing

so I hooked it back up to the keg, added some CO2 and then turned it off. Went to 0 New question - The CO2 in the keg is a white cloud. Is that normal? I thought I read somewhere that's liquid CO2 which is bad....

I just picked up some corny kegs, manifold and CO2 tank tonight. I hooked everything up tonight and pressure tested one of the kegs.. Even after I turn the CO2 tank completely off, my gauge that reads the PSI in the tank is still showing 1100 pounds. Shouldn't this go to 0 after I turn off...

fruit beer was my initial thought too. I'm going that route...

I've got an American Wheat that I brewed with lemon and lime zest. It's pretty good and I'm entering in a contest. Any thoughts on which category I should enter? 6D doesn't specify an overwhelming citrus nose which this beer has...

What's an appropriate amount of water to dilute the DME in? I'm going to use .55 pounds.

Thanks everyone. Should I bitter the addition with a clean bittering hop that will closely match my intended IBUs? I thought able adding dextrose but I don't want to dry out a mild. It's only going to be 1/2 # of DME.

I brewed a BIAB 2.5 gallon mild last Sunday. I forgot to take out my tun deadspace in brewsmith and ended missing my gravity by 6 points. I had no DME to boost the gravity so I pitched the yeast. I picked up some DME last night at my local shop Will adding some DME this late in the game work...

25,051 + 5 = 25,056

I brewed a pumpkin beer about a month ago. Mashed 4 cans of pumpkin. It fermented like crazy! Came home from work brew day + 1 and had a blow off. Admitted mistakes Didn't control temperature The bottles smell like band aids. Tastes ok but smell is horrible Will it improve over time in...

If I want to back sweeten a 5 gallon batch, how much Splenda should I add??