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My local store (great fermentations) has raised prices on wyeast packs from $7.49 to 8.99 per pack. Ouch. I need advice on reusing yeast. I only have ability to make 2 liter starters. I cringe every time I rack a beer to a keg and have to pour the slurry down the drain. How do I get started...

Apricot Wheat Fruit Beer (20 A) Type: All Grain Batch Size: 5.60 gal Boil Size: 7.21 gal Boil Time: 60 min End of Boil Vol: 6.08 gal Final Bottling Vol: 5.64 gal Fermentation: Ale, Two Stage Efficiency: 76.00 % Est Mash Efficiency: 79.4 % .5 lbs Rice Hulls (0.0 SRM)...

I just bought a new speidel 30L fermenter from morebeer.com. I dipped a plastic baggie in star san and used a rubber band to surround the sanitized spigot at the bottom of the speidel. This is going to be a fruit beer so my question is in regards to transfer using the spigot to secondary...

I am interested in trying graff but I want to do my own kind of recipe. I need to know what IBU and gravity range I am looking for from the 2.5 gallon of wort that I am going to mix with 2.5 gallons of cider. I have no idea how to determine what the final product will end up like after...

I have a close friend who loves dank resinous IPAs I myself do not. I like the sweeter ones like hopslam. I was going to brew him a batch 2 gallons using my old mr beer keg as a fermenter. Can you help me with hops and hop schedules in addition to the recipe. I will be doing a mini...

I love this beer. Its like perfect. Nice crisp citrus finish but with a nice malt backbone. Not to heavy. Its really wonderful to me. The website lists it at 5.0 abv and 42 ibu It doesnt list what kind of hops give that perfect character. Can anyone help me with a recipe or a confirmed...

Irish Red hoppier than normal.. Type: All Grain Batch Size: 5.50 gal Boil Size: 7.37 gal Boil Time: 60 min End of Boil Vol: 6.24 gal Final Bottling Vol: 5.00 gal Fermentation: Ale, single Stage Efficiency: 78.00 % Est Mash Efficiency: 85.1 % 2.40 g Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate)...

Hello fellow homebrewing ninjas. I've been at this brewing hobby for about a year and a half. I made about 5 extract batches and then went all grain. I have tried to up my game continually. I have a temp control, grain mill, oxygen, stir plate, pH meter, etc. I have never brewed the same...

So yeah I am in need of further bathroom reading material. Those midwest, morebeer, williams brewing catalogs only last so long. I am thinking of getting one or possibly two brewing magazines. I know there are several. What is the best options?

I have been brewing all grain for a several months now and have dialed in my efficiency based on my LHBS crush. I have been getting in the ball park of 73-75 %. Now I have a barley crusher and know that people report a efficiency increase when they do their own crush. I have been tweaking a...

Has anyone tried this? I have and its gooooood. I recently brewed the famous bee cave bavarian hefeweizen. I messed up and racked out of primary before the sulfur smell was gone. Its in keg now and doesnt smell wonderful but the taste is pretty good. The other day I got a pint and...

Has anyone had this beer? It is a american pale ale coming in at 22 ibu. It has a delicious flavor and I would love to have help in what grain bill might get close.

So I have read some good, some great, some bad, and some down right terrible threads about nottingham yeast so I thought I would do a poll. Feel free to post your experiences with the famous nottingham yeast.

So I got a report from ward labs for my home town of indianapolis Ca 86.0 Mg 26.0 Na 75.0 SO4 42.0 CL 65.0 and HCO3 305.00 What beers is this suited for and what corrections would be needed on a basic level as I go forth.

First off this recipe is already crushed and ready to brew so if it sucks then im kinda already committed. I just want some feed back on the malt bill because i was unaware of the idea the brown malt and special roast are supposed to be similar. 4 lb pale 2 row 4 lb MO 1.5 lb crisp brown...

I am trying to create my own house ale. I have already made about 5 different versions trying to stumble upon the trick. I want it to be similar to newcastle and nut browns but without the powerful nut flavor. I want a nice carmel sweetness but without a pronounced chocolate taste. I made a...

So tomorrow I am bottling my first pumpkin ale. I followed the recipe from this forum for punkin ale by reno_envy All grain. The batch was in primary for 3 weeks and now in secondary with gelatin for 1 week. My last gravity check prior to racking to secondary was 1.010 which i was happy...

OK I have a friend who owns a bar. With full liquor license etc. If he were to invest in all the equipment necessary and create a space for a extremely small scale brewery on that premises what would be the legal ramifications? All brewing, fermenting, and serving of final product would...

Okay I have been doing all grain for about a 8 months. Single infusion batch sparge. I am ready to go to another level. Maybe start fly sparging or something else so should I get... In what order would you look to upgrade. My efficiency has been betweek 69-74 is % System to fly sparge...

I have forced carbed 4 kegs now. 2 were half full split batches and two more full batches. Up until now things have been great. I got nice head on the beers from the tap but not to foamy. The issue beer is a newcastle clone from austin homebrew. Its OG was 1.054 and FG was 1.010 with 4...