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So my next brew will incorporate chai tea. That stuff smells/tastes delicious and I want a hint of it in my beer. So how many tea bags should I steep with the grains? Dry hop instead? Boil with hops? Dark, amber, or light malt? I'm really just going for aroma, which points towards late hop...

So I made a 3 gallon batch of Ed worts apfelwein 2 weeks ago. I didn't have a spare carboy but I did have a square 4 gallon mayo bucket. I filled it water and shook it around to see if it had a good seal. It didnt leak a drop. The initial idea was to drill a hole for an airlock, but I'm lazy so...

So I was just making my wife some chai tea and it hit me... Chai tea smells/tastes amazing... It could add a really nice flavor to a homebrew (maybe an amber or something darker). Yeah it would be great in a cider, but what about beer? Seems like a really easy way to add some spices (more of a...

Just a heads up. Harris teeter currently has Old Farm juices on sale, buy 2 get 3 free (reg 3.29 for a half gallon). I bought their organic apple juice (reg 3.89) to make an apfelwein. Of course it didnt ring up right and I had to argue about the fact that the ad doesn't say "excludes organic,"...

I decided to support our local co-op (and see if I could piece together a recipe cheaper than having a kit shipped from Midwest supplies). I based it off of midwest's honey amber ale. I think it should be okay. 5# amber dme 2# honey 10oz caramel 80L (Midwest calls for 8oz but I accidentally...

Brewing an amber ale this weekend and I'm planning on putting some jalapeños in it. I've read some recipes and I think I'm going to slit 4 and drop them in the last 15 of the boil. The I plan on dry hopping with 4 smoked sliced peppers for a week. Anyone like this? Anyone have a better...

A friend of mine gave me an awesome bottle and I would really like to use it for something other than decoration. The problem is it has a basket woven around it. Whats the best way to clean it? I can't very well soak it in oxiclean. I could carefully fill it with a solution and scrub with a...

Next brew I'm gonna do is the black dog ale from Midwest. I'll be doing the extract. Lately I've really been interested in beers brewed with peppers. So the question is when do you recommend that I add the peppers? In the fermenter? Right away or after a couple of weeks? (I only primary.) which...

Anyone got a rye ale kit or recipe that they like? Don't really want to do a RIPA. Maybe a red rye? I'm only set up for extract right now.

I have a Scottish light in bottles and a cream ale fermenting. What should I brew next? I'm not really feeling an IPA. What are some good late spring early summer beers? I currently only do extracts. If you could guide me to specific kits/recipes that you like that would be great. Would really...

Got a Scottish light bottle conditioning. It tasted amazing when I bottled it. It's only been in the bottles for a few days but I really want it. (Before I get flamed, I understand leave it in the bottle for a few weeks. I will taste a couple as the weeks pass to see how the taste changes. I'm...

I just brewed a cream ale that was supposed to have an OG of 1.042-1.046. Right now I'm sitting at 1.091!!! I've spun it several times but its always the same. I guess there is the tiny chance that I need to add more water (I don

Been a few years since I've made a batch, but I'm getting back into the game. 3 weeks ago a brewed a Scottish light ale (OG 1.050... A little high). Today I decided its about time to think about bottling. Took a gravity reading... 1.010 which is right on the nose. The point of this post is...

I've got a Scottish Light Ale (from midwest) fermenting right now. It's been going for about 2 weeks, so last night I decided it was about time to add the oak chips. I boiled some water, tossed in the oak chips.... glanced at my spice cabinet and dumped some cinnamon in the boiling water with...

Well it's been a while since I've brewed anything (Scottish light ale in the primary now though!!!). But a few years ago one of my batches was an IPA. It was very tasty and I was pretty proud of myself. However, if I drank it, I immediately got a killer headache. I managed to find something...

Hi, been lurking around here for a while absorbing lots of info. I currently have my 7th(?) extract batch in the primary (Scottish light ale). I normally keg (after my first batch I decided that bottling was too much of a PITA). Looking to get started with all grain. I'm from nc. Just thought...

So I've been lurking around here for a while and haven't quite seen answers, so I registered so I could make my first post and almost certainly be redirected to a place where this has already been answered... I'm slowly making the switch to all grain and am currently working on building my mash...