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Hey everyone! I have a recipe here that i just rececently brewed. I had been doing several stouts, including my chocolate peanut butter stout that everyone loves ,so i figured i would give the lighter stuff a try. I wrote this recipe and brewed this past weekend: 3 lb Pale 2 row 0.5 lb...

Hey everyone! I have a recipe here that i just rececently brewed. I had been doing several stouts, including my chocolate peanut butter stout that everyone loves ,so i figured i would give the lighter stuff a try. I wrote this recipe and brewed this past weekend: 3 lb Pale 2 row 0.5 lb...

Hi everyone. I have a slight issue that I am trying to figure out as far as where to put my fermenter. I have been using a heavy duty plastic shelf but i noticed its starting to give in and bend a little. I just do standard 5 gallon batches and sometimes i do two at a time. I want to buy...

Does anyone know if there is a such thing as a 5 or 6 gallon brew kettle with a thermometer? I think an 8 gallon is probably too big for my stove. I live in an apt so I brew stovetop

Hi. Does anyone happen to know a trick to keeping vanilla flavor from fading? I just recently tried my Dreamsicle wheat i brewed last month. I used an ounce of dried orange peel and saphir hops in the boil, and fresh orange peel in secondary along with 3 vanilla beans. I did as suggested and cut...

Has anyone ever had an issue with carboy caps fitting correctly? In fear of needing a blowoff tube for my next batch, i bought an orange carboy cap for my 5 gal carboy. The guy at the lhbs said that it would fit. It does fit but i am not sure how tight it's supposed to be because i have never...

Hi everyone!. Normally to remove labels i soak my bottles In OxyClean and it works like a charm, but iI cannot seem to cleanly remove labels from Red Stripe bottles. I cannot find any suggestions because everyone seems to think Red Stripe labels are painted on. Im here right now peeling the...

Hi everyone. I have an issue that I have never had before and I am not sure what to do. I wrote a recipe for a porter and, to test it out, I scaled it down to 2.5 gallons. After the boil, i ended up with a lot less volume than I expected. It ended being just over a gallon.. maybe a gallon and a...

Hey everyone. I have a question about racking to secondary. I started a wheat sunday. Its been going constantly at about 73 degrees. The bubbles in the airlock have already slowed to about once every 10 to 15 seconds. i want to rack it over onto some orange and vanilla bean. Should i rack now...

Hi everyone Just last night I bottled my first cider. I have some concerns about it though. A month ago i racked it over to a secondary and added more juice to it to bring up the volume. There was no activity whatsoever so i had to buy more yeast, make a starter and dump it in. It worked fine...

Hi everyone. I recently started my first cider. To the juice, i added pectic enzyme for clearing. After about 12 days, it was almost crystal clear. Then, a few days after it had almost completely cleared, suddenly it got cloudy again. Does anyone know why this would happen?

Hey everyone. I am about to attempt my first full batch of hard cider. I see a lot of recipes in the forums. I got a recipe from my lhbs. Their recipe cals for using pectic enzyme, tannin powder and all that. What r u guys' thoughts on using the additives?. I just want to make a clear cider...

Hi, i am just about to bottle my Creamsicle Wheat Ale. To achieve the flavor i wanted i added orange zest and a madagascar vanilla bean after primary fermentation. Several days ago i tasted a sample and i could clearly taste the orange and vanilla creamsicle flavor. It was very light and pretty...

Hi, i am just about to bottle my Creamsicle Wheat Ale. To achieve the flavor i wanted i added orange zest and a madagascar vanilla bean after primary fermentation. Several days ago i tasted a sample and i could clearly taste the orange and vanilla creamsicle flavor. It was very light and...

Hi all! I figured its about time for me to stop using kits and wrote my own recipes. Here is a partial mash recipe for what im calling a Creamsicle Wheat Ale. Please give feedback on this... I have a feeling i need it lol: Wheat malt 1.5 lb Carapils .5 lb Wheat DME 4 lb - 60min Pilsen Light...

Hi everyone. I have one question about racking to secondary. I have read that many brewers rack to secondary after a week. It has not been a week yet and my brew is almost done fermenting. If i wait until it is completely finished to rack to secondary wont i risk oxidizing it?. At my LHBS i...

Hi all! Semi-beginner here! I am on my 4th or so 5 gal brew, and I still have questions about racking. I have been using kits from my LHBS and the directions on these all say to rack to secondary when the fermentation slows down. They say not to wait until primary is totally finished because of...

Hey everybody. I am about to brew an american wheat and i want to add quite a bit of orange flavor. I bought some dried sweet orange peel from my local home brew store and i was wondering whether i should put these into the boil for the last 10 and just strain em out with everything else...

Hey everyone. I have a coupke of cider questions. After brewing several beers i figured id give cider a try, so i out together a small 2 gallon batch just to see if i could do it. This is a pretty dry cider ... Its actually reallly tart. I was wondering if anyone knows any good way to...

Hey all! I recently brewed a wheat ale with blackberries that turned out terrific. I used the preservative-free Oregon brand canned blackberries. The next wheat beer i do i would like to try fresh melon. I am not too sure how to go about preparing it. Im afraid that if i boil it , i will...