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So, I searched the forum but couldn't find anything similar enough to my issue. I bottled an oak-aged coffee/vanilla porter (Oak was soaked in bourbon for a few weeks) back in October of last year. As of now, it's STILL flat in the bottles. I've uncapped, added carbonation tabs, turned and...

Hey all. So for my first brew of 2013 (I know, I'm getting started late), I want to take my first brew ever and convert it to a double/imperial IPA. The original recipe was an APA as follows: 6.6lb Pale LME 1lb pale DME 1lb cracked Crystal 40L 1 oz Simcoe whole leaf 1 oz Centennial...

Hey all, My wife has requested something made with pomegranate and honeysuckle for this summer. I have already started brainstorming recipes. I am thinking of modifying my existing Cream ale or Kölsch recipes with some pomegranate juice during fermentation and some honeysuckle petals (dried)...

I bottled a batch of aged porter about 2.5 weeks ago. This beer is high gravity and was aged on bourbon-soaked oak, coffee and vanilla for about 3.5 months, give or take, before I bottled. I bottled with plain ol' corn sugar to the tune of about 2.5 volumes, and they've been sitting right...

Does anyone see any issues with brewing the recipe here: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f76/great-lakes-christmas-ale-clone-218147/ in a lower volume? I don't want to brew 5 gallons of this beer sadly. What I'm wonder is this: If I brew it as a 3 gallon batch instead, will the higher gravity...

Hey all! I am absolutely obsessed with brewing beer. It is making me fat. But I digress. I made a pumpkin ale some six-eight weeks ago. I let it sit in primary and chill for a good 3-4 weeks before bottling, and tried a bottle maybe oh, two weeks ago and had a really OK beer. It wasn't...

Or any overcarbed beer for that matter. We had brews leftover from my wedding, and unbeknownst to me my father-in-law left three 12-packs of Bluegrass Brewing APA out in the garage. A few 100-plus weeks later I have bottles of APA that shoot out so many bubbles when opened its laughable. Can...

Hey all, My first IPA went apes*** this morning and clogged my airlock/bubbler. It's been percolating like crazy for the past day or so, but never seemed like it had any chance of reaching the top - it has almost 4 inches of headspace. Anyway, I got out of the shower this morning and...

I am starting my first brew this Sunday at my apartment. My fiancée and I have a huge polydactile black cat, and his hair somehow ends up everywhere. He's an awesome animal, but he loves to be in the kitchen with me when I am cooking or working (which is regularly). I'm planning to lock him...

Just thought I'd introduce myself. Long time beer drinker, but first time brewer. I've gathered all my supplies, I have a large aluminum brew pot, two fermenters (One with a spigot for bottling), necessary tubing, airlock, brushes, sanitizer, etc. I'm planning to make a heavily hopped APA...