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Hey everyone, So it would seem my wife wants me to brew a horchata beer. Does anyone have a tried, tested and true recipe? I have never drank one personally but did find several blue moon clones online. Any good?

My wife gifted me an advent calendar that was delayed time and time again. Well it finally came in today and my first thought was to post this on HBT to get a community perspective on what I got. Hope the pic is clear enough to read. Has anyone tried any of these beers? .

Found this in the basement of the house I'm renting. Good for brewing or is there a difference?

Hey everyone, Before I go out and purchase supplies I am looking in creating a recipe with what ingredients I have left. Need your help! I brew all grain, 5.5G batches. Current inventory is as follows: Grain: 4 lbs, 6oz - 2 ROW 3.5lbs - WHITE WHEAT 1.5lbs - PISLNER 0.5lbs -...

Hey Everyone, Here is what I came up with using what ingredients I have on hand. Maybe an APA? I only have 4 oz of centennial and was looking for more flavor/aroma (hence the late additions) and was wanting to keep the bitterness to a minimal. Grains 8 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0...

I recently followed for recipe for a brown ale that called for a 1oz of French oak chips toasted in the oven at 325f for 10 minutes. Smelled delicious, buttery vanilla like aromas, needless to say I was very excited thinking this was truly going to provide an interesting characteristic to my...

I have always done batch sparge but would to try fly sparging for my next brew. My question is when you are ready to collect your first runnings do you collect all the wort from the first runnings and then fill up to an inch above the grain bed? Or do you collect just enough to the point...

Never designed my own recipe before but i would to take a shot at creating a simple stout recipe, one that I could use has a base recipe to venture off into other stout styles down the line. What confuses me are all the sub genres in the category. Should I just base my recipe on an Irish...

I am following a recipe that calls for huskless black malt but can not find it listed from my online grain provider. Does it often fall under a different name and or might there be a good substitute if not? Thanks,

Hey Everyone! I just scored this 3 tap kegerator off craigslist of $150!! Cools perfectly but now need to purchase all equipment needed for kegging my beer. There are three taps in which I will likely replace at some point but not initially as they still look to be operational. Other...

I apologize in advance as it seems this topic has been covered several times but still very much confuses a beginner like myself. I am brewing a porter this weekend with an est. OG of 1.045. Beersmith tells me I need 175.3 billion cells. The attached picture is yeast I harvested from a...

I need your help reading my water report so i can fill out my Beersmith mineral profile. Attached you will find my water quality report (community circled) and Beermith profile requirements. Do I even have the info beersmith is asking for or do I need a more detailed report? Thank you in...

I am looking to brew John Palmer's "Port O' Palmer" recipe from How to Brew and it says to use Wyeast 1056 American Ale. I would like to substitute that for WLP 013 London Ale because that's what I have on hand (harvested it fresh from a starter from my last batch) Would anyone be reluctant in...

Found some older threads on the best online stores for buying in bulk. I am looking to buy my base malts and perhaps some specialty. Who do you order from? Who currently has the best prices? Thanks in advance! :rockin: :mug:

After 24 hours <pic #1> my fermentation was vigorous and then very suddenly the Kraeusen began to disappear and by day 3 <pic #2> nothing. Has my fermentation stalled? American brown recipe used London ale wlp 013. Never used this yeast before so not sure on its behaviors. Og was 1.053...