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I have a question. I think my ferment stalled and the temp dropped. Since I don't have a brew belt, would it be ok to do a warm bath to try to restart the yeast? I can't repitch because this yeast is only made once a year and I only got one vial. Thanks for any help

Hello. I have a question concerning bottle carbing my beer. This is a big beer, og is 1.100. Last year I checked online and I was told to put 4.6oz of corn sugar in. I didn't get very good carbing. Did I not put enough in? I'm considering putting 5 1/2oz in this year. Does that sound right? Or...

Hello. One quick question, I've had hops in the fridge for about two years. Are they still good to use? I have pellets and whole. Thanks for the info. Dont want to waste them if I don't have to.

Hello all. I have a question about honey. I make a seasonal beer that calls for two pounds of local honey. My question is, is it ok to use raw honey, verses the stuff you get in the store? I know they do stuff to the store bought stuff, and we have a local guy here who sells his stuff raw...

Hello all, im interested in doing a vanilla porter. I have the recipe all worked out except at what point in the process do I add the vanilla. This is real vanilla that I soaked the beans in vodka for 8 weeks. Any help on this matter would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Hi all. My wife doesn't drink the beers I make, (I'm a big porter, stout fan) so, I told her I would make her a light beer. She likes bud light lime, so I'm looking at making something that has a little better flavor, with the lime. I have some wlp005 on hand, so I thought if I could make a...

Hello. Im a little concerned. Im doing a holiday recipe, a rather large beer, (1.100 og). Did everything according to my calculations, got it into a fermenter, pitched a nice sized yeast stater. Right away this thing went ballistic one me. Within like 6 hours this was ready to blow the lid off...

So, I started my holiday beer two days ago. Got it in the fermenter. This year, I decided to do a starter, as this is a big beer, (1.100) using a blend of two yeasts. So, I gave it 24 hours, shaking it every time I walked by. By brew day, I had quite the collection of yeast. I pitched it and put...

Hi. I have a question. I'm doing my first yeast starter. I put my info into a calculator, and it told me I needed a 2 liter starter with 200 mg dme. I messed up when I added the dme, I added 200 g, instead of mg. I also added 1/4 tsp yeast nutrient. I was told the nutrient would help. My...

im trying a new kind of honey and im wondering how it differs from say a clover honey. what im using, and i got it at an hbs, is tupelo honey. im reading up on it and finding out that it differs from other honeys. will this affect my beer? it has different sugar levels in it and i dont want it...

I had two and a half cases of bottles with labels on them. A while back I went and got some brillo pads, and started scrubbing. That lasted two bottles. I figured id just leave them on. Then, I read on here about oxyclean! and not only oxyclean, but the dollar store version so I wasn't spending...

Hi. I'm trying to convert an all grain to extract and specialties. My problem is I can't find an extract version for the base grain. Its Belgian pils. Now, I think I found two that are close, and I need to know if either is close to the original. First, I found a Belgian extract, but its made...

Hi, I'm trying to brew a recipe that calls for Belgian pils, I want to convert this from all grain to extract, and the Belgian is the base. I can't seem to find the extract online. Does anyone know if it exists, and if so where and how can I get my hands on some? Thanks.

Hi all. I'm tweeking a recipe that I've converted to extract with specialty grains from an all grain recipe. Now, I'm adding honey malt, and was wondering how much is enough for a five gallon batch. I want a slight sweet flavor. I'm making a belian ale with cherries. I'm adding the honey malt...

Hey everyone. I've got kind of an involved question. I'm converting a favorite all grain into an extract, with specialty grains. The grain I'm converting is belgian pilsner. Now, firstly, is there a big difference between pilsner and pilsen? Also, I'm having a real problem finding any pilsner...

Hey all. Got my porter bottled for a week now, so I decided to try one to make sure its carbing. Opened it up and, gusher. Can I stop it by putting it in a really cold fridge? I'm talking close to freezing. Oh, I added 4.3 oz priming sugar. Thanks for any help.

I was getting everything ready to bottle yesterday. I asked my wife if she wanted to taste the porter Im working on. She said no, then asked me if for my next batch, could I make something lighter. So I asked, "how light would you like it". She said, like coors light!!! I told her she's funny...

Hi guys. Got a question, but first a little info. Two weeks ago, I brewed a robust porter kit I got from Midwest, and tweeked it a little. It was an extract kit with specialty grains. I decided to make it a little more potent, so I added 1 lb DME to the kit. I also wanted to go chocolate and...

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What I'm looking to do is take an all grain recipe, and convert it to an extract with specialty grains. Base grain is 13 lbs Belgium. Any thoughts? Thanks for any help.