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I'm a little short on time for my planned brew day this Sunday. I'm planning on making a Bo Pils. I need to make a 4L stater. Using WLP802. I have a stir plate and a gallon carboy with a flat bottom. My question.. Instead of stepping up the starter over the next couple of days (running out of...

Went down to transfer my Kolsch this morning and the darn airlock was off. I checked gravity two days ago and it was at 1.006. So I'm assuming it was done fermenting. Should I still be concerned? It was in a closed fermentation fridge.

Looking for a little guidance on my hop schedule. Currently building a IPA or APA with several hops. So far grain bill is: 13.5# Pale Malt 1.6# Munich 3.6 oz Chocolate Malt I 'm happy with grain bill just wondering how to hop. I have 1oz CTZ that I was going to bitter with. This is what I...

Doh, I misread my water additions (it was late). Went with 10gal instead of the calculated 9.17. So the outcome was that I missed my estimated OG of 1.055. The measured OG was 1.044. Big deal? Not concerned about the ABV being too low. More concerned about the bitterness being out of whack...

Working on a beer for my wife. She is not a huge fan of hoppy beers, so I thought an amber would serve her well. Thoughts on recipe?

Been working on this over the winter. First go is a Simcoe SMaSH. Cross your fingers

To frame this discussion I would like to start by saying that I switched to AG about a year ago. Currently I am using a 10 gal gatorade cooler to mash in. Working in a college town I actually found the cooler amongst the trash when the kids disembarked for summer vacation. You'd be amazed by the...

Hello Everybody, Been brewing off and on for a couple of years now and last spring I finally made the jump to all grain! Well after taking the winter off I am in the planning stages for the spring. When I first started extract brewing I made a lot of mistakes, one was designing my own recipes...

A few questions about under pitching yeast. Last night I brewed a Falconers Flight IPA the O.G ended up being higher then expected (1.080) It was late so I just dumped in the WLP001 Pure Pitch without a starter. This morning it was bubbling away and seems to fermenting just fine. So my question...

A while back I had a thread about brewing a Falconers Flight single hop brew. Due to circumstances (mainly life) I was never able to brew it. Well things have slowed down a bit and I am happy to say that the brew kettle is back in action. Here is the original recipe Dry Malt Extract - Light 9.9...

This is my idea for a FF single hop APA. I know the FF is a blend of several hops, so technically I guess it wouldn't be a single hop but..... I'm trying to keep it simple. Any advice would be greatly appreciated, especially with the hop schedule. 9# Dme (Light) .75# c-60 .5# Carapils 1oz FF...

Back in September I made my first Perry . Crushed and pressed myself and used a very simple recipe. 4.5 gal of fresh pear juice 2# corn sugar 2t yeast nutrient 1 pk 1118 It fermented rather quickly and over the months it became perfectly clear . I was planning on bottling Apr 1. Last week...

Hello all! Im currently putting together my "grocery " list for my next trip to the LHBS. Was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for what I should brew. Was intending on brewing two separate brews. One good for hot summer days with low abv. The other for warm summer nights with a higher...

I am currently doing my first extract full boil. I ran into a problem,when I was rinsing the steeping grains. I have about 2 gallons of the grain steeped wort that wont fir into my brew pot. Can I just use this to top of my wort in the fermeneter? I hope this makes sense, writing in a hurry