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Super old thread, but I haven't been able to buy Noble Pils so I tried to brew it myself. I used the recipe that was provided by Sam Adams to Zymurgy (in the middle of this page: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=163003&page=13), and ended up with a beer that had a nice hoppy aroma...

By my calculations with an average of the scores, I'd need to use 60% RO to get everything down to the suggested levels. Perhaps it may just be easier to add what's need to 100% RO water. I brew smaller batches (2.5 gallon), so it's not a lot of water to deal with.

Thanks for this guide! I'm going to put it to use next time I brew. General question: I found several water profiles for my city. Since I don't have a lot of information to go on about where and when they were taken, should I get an average score and work from that? Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2...

I didn't specifically mash it, but when I froze it, most of the raspberries exploded and it became a mix of berries and juice.

Hello all- Brewing a Saison with some wild raspberries. They were frozen, so I let them thaw. Added them to the bottom of a clean carboy, and then siphoned the beer over the top of them. 24 hours later, there doesn't seem to be any activity, and the raspberries are just floating on the top. Can...

I've got an outdoor event coming up where I want to have two pigs outdoors, so following the instructions in this thread I picked up a couple of these coolers: http://www.walmart.com/ip/LIFOAM-22-Quart-Styrofoam-Cooler/16537214 And cut a hole in the end using the pig's attaching ring as a...

Follow up on my experience with this: the day after I did this, I picked up a new pressure pouch, prepped a tablespoon of DME (boiled it in water for about 10 minutes and let it cool to room temp), added that to my second empty pig, and then emptied the first pig into the second. Without the...

I know this is an old thread, but were you able to salvage the beer, WortMonger? I just did the same thing - left out the restrictor. I was thinking about setting up another pig and transferring the beer to that, but if you were able to dispense yours ok without the restrictor, I may not go...

Thanks for the input. I did go ahead and mash the grains. It was pretty easy, and I'm curious to see how it goes vs how I did it last time.

I'm making an extract clone of Oberon. In the directions, it says to Steep: 12 oz Munich 8 oz Belgian Caravienne 4 oz Torrified Wheat at 150° for 30 minutes According to sites I've read, these grains are supposed to be mashed. So should I? Or does keeping it at 150 for 30 minutes...

I took a reading this morning -- 1.019. So it look like things may be ok after all.

Hello all! I brewed a porter on Sunday and the fermentation has never really taken off. For my yeast, I'm using White Labs-WLP002 English Ale Yeast. I made a starter for it and it seemed to be doing pretty well (a good foam on top). When I pitched it, though, I didn't shake it as vigorously...

I used DME because I had some left over and didn't have any priming sugar on hand. You can use 'normal' table sugar to prime? If so, do you use the same amount?

I recently got a couple of party pigs so I didn't have to mess with bottles any more, I followed the 'structions that came with the pigs but was unclear on a few things. -It gives info on how much priming sugar to use, but not on using DME. I estimated to use 2/3 cup of amber DME for five...

Thanks all -- some good ideas in here.

Any advice on the easiest way to clean out the insides of racking canes and vinyl tubing? I've soaked them for a while in hot water and detergent but still have some stuff in the middle of each (the tubing was used as a blow-off, so some of the stuff dried before I was able to rinse it.)...

Thanks all for the quick replies! Unfortunately, I doubt that I'd ever be able to convince my girlfriend that we need another refrigerator. Perhaps I'll just hold off until the temp cools and make some kind of ocktoberfest ale.

I bought an Ocktoberfest kit over the weekend and realized when I got home that it's a lager kit. It comes with a Wyeast smack pack Oktoberfest blend yeast. I don't have a fridge in order to lager it correctly, so my choices are: 1) Do it as a steam beer, and brew it in my basement (where it's...