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Hey everyone, I’m wanting to make a stout with the standout taste smooth chocolate. My stouts have always come out with more coffee and roast than chocolate. My main specialty malt is usually chocolate with some added roasted barley and/or carafa III. What malts do you guys find works best for a...

Hey guys, I've done around 20 batches this year (first yr brewer) and I have yet to use gelatin. The haze never really bothered me because the taste has been great. But when I go out and order a beer and see how clear it is, I get a little jealous! So I'm going to start using gelatin, my...

Hey guys, I'm starting to plan out the winter warmer style ale for the winter. I've brewed about 20 batches and no winter warmer yet. I remember last year I really enjoyed Harpoons Winter Warmer and I've seen there is a BYO clone. But after looking at it, it just seems like a lot of crystal...

Hey guys, what's a good IBU to shoot for a black IPA? I hear you want to be closer to 100 so the hops show through the malts. I just wanted to see if that is correct or if it would be overly bitter and I'd be making a black dipa. Thanks :mug:

Hey guys, I'm going to be brewing up an IPA or pale ale this weekend. I've never used these hops but I've been wanting to try them. Does anyone have advice using these hops? I got kind of sick using the same hops and want to branch out. Here's my hop schedule assuming its a pale ale. 0.5 oz...

Hey guys I'm the the process of building a copper manifold for my mash tun. I've been using one of those stainless braids but I'm looking to use something a little more legitimate. So I built a manifold today split into 4 quadrants but my issue is how to attach it it the ball valve. If I attach...

Hey guys I'm getting ready to brew my first brown ale this upcoming week, I put together a recipe but with this being my first attempt I wanted to get your opinions/suggestions. This will be my 16th batch since January, I'm so excited for all the fall and winter brews! My goal is a malty and...

Hey guys, so yesterday I brewed an ipa that somehow was much lower than anticipated. This is the first beer that I really missed my mark in about 6 ask grain batches. After having as couple beers and thinking about it I remembered that some people add corn sugar to bump the fermentables. So I...

I'm going to make an immersion chiller and I was going to use 50ft of 1/2" od. Is it worth the price to use that over 3/8"od? What have you guys found? Most sites sell the 3/8" and I don't know if that's because it's more efficient or because it keeps cost down. Thanks

I just purchased a 10 gallon cooler and I have decided to go with a false bottom instead of the steel braided hose. My question is what is the difference between the false bottom that has the elbow fitting so you connect a tube from your ball valve to the elbow or the false bottoms that are...

About to do my first batch and I have been reading up on mash ph levels and I have some confusion. What type of water do you guys use and how do you test/know when the ph is at the correct level. I don't know how much of an issue this is but whenever I get into something I always make sure I'm...