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I've been brewing for many years. Never made cider before though. I've arranged to get 40KG of apples this week, and will juice them at home. I like the idea of using freshly pressed, unpasteurized apple juice, but is there too much of a risk of infection - wild yeast, bacteria etc? Do you...

I have to brew a fruit beer for a BJCP Competition. I'm brewing a Ginger Blonde for another competition and am thinking that I'll take some of the blonde base out before adding the ginger, ferment that in a carbouy - then add some fruit. secondly, i can take some of the Ginger blonde...

So, we have our annual homebrew festival coming up and I want to brew a Ginger Ale inspired by this one: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f76/ginger-ale-3rd-place-2009-hbt-bjcp-comp-141080/ I didn't really want to copy the recipe exactly, nor did I want to spend too much cash on the honey...

I have to brew an American Amber Ale for an upcoming competition. I've never brewed one before - not really my favourite style. So far I'm thinking of something like this, maybe throw in a little biscuit. Possibly more hops, or another variety? Ingredients 4.72 kg Pale Malt (5.0 EBC)...

Hi I've just brewed this Simcoe Amarillo IPA - I wanted the hop schedule to lean a little more towards the Simcoe as i sometimes find Amarillo a little too 'flowery'. I upped the dry hopping from my previous batch, but am considering adding another 20 or 30% more to the dry hops. What do...

I recently brewed a Citra based IPA. Tomorow I'm going to split the 5 Gallon batch into different carbouys and experiment with different dry hop combinations. My late hopping looked like this: 30 g Centennial [9.50 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 7 9.7 IBUs 20 g Citra [12.50 %] - Boil 10.0 min...

Hi yesterday i brewed a weiss for the an upcoming homebrew fest. I decided to try a decotion mash for the first time. My grain bill looked like this: 3.23 kg Wheat Malt, Bel (2.0 SRM) Grain 2 49.2 % 2.53 kg Pilsner (Weyermann) (1.7 SRM) Grain 3 39 % 0.63 kg Munich II (Weyermann) (8.5 SRM)...

I want to brew my first weiss in a couple of days. I've been looking around the forum, found a few clones etc and have set up a recipe in beersmith based on what i've read. Seems really simple. I only really have the setup to do a single infusion mash. I can't find any rice hulls -...

Hi I brewed this SNPA clone a while back. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f66/nierra-sevada-session-snpa-clone-27673/ It come out really well - everyone enjoyed it. I would have liked it a little more hoppy though. I'm working on an APA inspired by the SNPA clone. Thinking something like...

Hi, I want to brew a Belgian Wit this weekend. Never done one before. I've looked at a number of recipes that call for flaked wheat, but I can't get any. I have white wheat malt. Will I be ok without the flaked wheat? Should I used some instant oats or similar? thanks! :tank:

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Hi All It's winter here in South Africa, so I thought it would be a good time to brew a small test batch of a Spicy Xmas Beer. I'm looking to get flavours of plum and clove. I know that Special B can give you plum flavours, but i havent found much info on how much to use. I'll add either...

I'd like to try an American style Imperial IPA soon. I've been trying to make use of the hops I have in my freezer and would like some suggestions on a hop schedule. I'm just going to do a small test batch for now. Around 4 litres / 1 Gallon. I have some amarillo, cascade, summit...

Hi I want to brew another IPA tomorrow. I'm busy working out a recipe based on what ingredients i have in stock. Would really appreciate some feedback. NOTE: I only have 50g of simcoe, plenty amarillo, quite a bit of cascade. Also got chinook, columbus, magnum and a few others. I will prob...

Hi I've got 100grams of simcoe and deciding what to do with it. I can't get amarillo or citra, would have liked to use them. Thinking of doing something like this: American IPA Batch Size 23.00 l Ingredients 5.000 kg Pale Malt (SA) (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 64.9 % 0.800 kg Cara-Pils/Dextrine...

Hi I brewed a stout and pitched Danstar Windsor yeast. It stalled at 1.030 - i swirled it around a bit. A few days later it had dropped to 1.025. It stopped there. nearly 3 weeks on it was still at 1.025. I then moved it to a secondary, aerating it a little. I then pitched...

Hi I want to brew my first American IPA on Friday. I based this on a few other IPA recipes I looked at. Any thoughts? I used Falconer's Flight as i wanted some Citra in there, but can't get it in South Africa 23L batch Ingredients Amt Name Type # %/IBU 6.500 kg Pale Malt (SA) (2.0 SRM)...

Hi I've done 3 or 4 AG batches now. I noticed the different Mash settings in Beersmith and started reading a little more about it. (actually some Mash settings in Beersmith seemed to change to rather odd numbers so i was confused that i had done something wrong). Basically this is what...

Hi I brewed a variation of Sacred Summit Ale that i found on the forum. It's been a really hot summer and I've struggled to keep fermentation temps down. My beer has been fermenting at around 24 Celcius (75 F) for the last 2 weeks. Give or take a few degrees. It's been in a big bucket of...

Hi I'm trying to put together a pale ale recipe, quite a punchy one...American style, quite hoppy. Bordering on an IPA style beer. (i wanted to brew an IPA, but most my friends find it too bitter). I don't know how to export text from beersmith, so here are some screenshots. Would...