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Right now I currently brew 3 Gallon BIAB batches on the following: 5 Gallon Rubbermaid Cooler (No Modifications) 5 Gallon Brew Kettle 8 Gallon Megapot w/valve (when needed) Essentially, I am adding 4.25 gallons of water, usually around 6-7 lbs of grain and mashing. After 75 minutes, I remove...

Hello all, Please comment on how you think this recipe may turn out. 3.15 lbs - LME Light 2 lbs - DME Light 2 lbs - Maris Otter Pale 1 lbs - UK Dark Crystal Malt (80L) 1 lbs - UK Chocolate Malt 1 lbs - UK Roasted Barley Hops would likely be Fuggles or something mild. Thanks!

Hello All, I have completed two recipe kits (both partial mash kits) now and am venturing off into my own recipes next. I have noticed the amount of wort boiled is usually much less than the actual amount of beer produced (by adding water later to the fermenting bucket) for say a 5 gallon...

Hi everyone, I just bottled a batch of a light blonde ale from a recipe kit I bought. The kit included a 5 ounce bag of priming sugar however the recipe only called for 2/3 Cup (which I used a bit less than that because the batch was around four and a half gallons at the end). How many cups...

Hello, I am wondering about the shelf life of a keg at room temperature after being filled with a fresh batch of beer.

Hello All, I have a batch going right now that I'm thinking about bottling for the first time. It spent 8 days in primary and was then racked to secondary (currently on day 11). My question is this: when bottling beer, how soon should you or long can you wait to add the priming sugar and...

Should you pasteurize your homebrew or is the 1 hour boiling of the wort enough? I didn't think you needed to until I was asked about it today.

Hello all, I am looking for hints and tips on building my own partial mash IPA recipe. I am looking for help on ratios between the grains and malt extract for a 5 gallon batch. For doing a partial mash brew are there any ratios between how much of the extract to use verses the five gallons and...

Hello, Is there a standard ratio of malt to 5 gallon batches? I have brewed a bit now and want to start creating my own recipes and I am not seeing a consistent pattern. I understand that different amounts of malt will yield different tastes and body, but I am not sure how much could be too...

I am starting my next beer soon and will use all glass carboys for primary and secondary fermentation. I am wondering if you need to use a 5 gallon container/carboy for your secondary, or if you can get by with a 6 or 6.5 gallon container/carboy? I've heard you need to use 5 gallon so that...

Hello All, Well I just tried some of my first Oatmeal Stout last night and it was pretty good except for a couple things. I kegged the beer Monday night and let it sit at 30PSI overnight in the kegerator, released the valve on the keg and then set it to 5PSI for serving last night. At...

Hi all - I just washed out my keg with Easy Clean and noticed it left a residue of pieces of the powder that didn't dissolve and stuck to the side of inside of the keg. I am starting to wonder (because you are supposed let it air dry, no rinse) if it perhaps left a residue in the fermenter...

Hi all - I just washed out my keg with Easy Clean and noticed it left a residue of pieces of the powder that didn't dissolve and stuck to the side of inside of the keg. I am starting to wonder (because you are supposed let it air dry, no rinse) if it perhaps left a residue in the fermenter...

Hello Everyone, I used LD Carlson Easy Clean - No Rinse cleaning solution http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/easy-clean.html on my brewing equipment before cooking and moving the wort into the primary for fermenting. As the instructions state on the container, I did not rinse the...

Hello all, I have been using a bottling bucket as a primary and wondering if by using the spigot to take samples for measuring the SG I may have let in bacteria and contaminated the beer...does this sound like something I should worry about? I took the samples on day 8, 9, and 11. I am using...

If I have a spigot on my primary and am skipping secondary, do I need a bottling bucket in between or just pour into the keg which will have forced carbonantion?

I have an oatmeal stout that in a couple days I plan on racking to secondary for clarity and to age the thing a bit more and I started wondering... Is it better to transfer a beer after a typical primary to a secondary for a week or two, or to leave the beer in the primary for an additional...

Hello, I am checking my first batch of Oatmeal Stout (purchased a partial mash recipe kit) on the 11th day of fermentation in primary. The specific gravity on day 9 was 1.012 and today (day 11) it is as well 1.012/1.011. My question, is on the recipe it has the OG called out as 1.049...can...

Hello, I am a first time brewer and I bought a recipe partial mash kit for oatmeal stout. Followed the directions and 8 days in I took a sample to test the specific gravity only to discover the once very dark wort is now medium caramel brown. Is this normal? Any ideas why it turned much...