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The world of tea has a lot to offer, and when you think about it it's just some stuff you use to flavor water. So it's a good bet for our purposes! As far as this brew goes, now that it's starting to condition it seems the rooibos taste is mellowing out a bit and it's starting to taste more...

Quick update... I moved it upstairs to a warmer environment for a week or so and it seemed to help. Gravity reading was... I have no idea but it was in the "finish" zone so I kegged it up. I'm drinking it prematurely because... FREE BEER. However, it's pretty dang good. The toasty taste is...

Took a gravity reading again last night in a tube.. 1.030 or so. It has been in the low 60s in the basement and maybe colder overnight, so I moved it upstairs where it will be 65-70 all the time. Would anyone recommend adding more yeast? I'm trying to get this bottled this weekend or...

I would go with at least 50% Rice syrup, and the rest date syrup and maybe another sugar. Consider Belgian Candi Syrup (Home brew shops should have it). I've used that in the few brews I've made. Add some maltodextrine if you can find it. I think it will turn out just fine. Just do a small...

Asaf, Where do you live? That might help us think of some ideas of fermentable syrups you can find or where you might find things. I think date syrup could be a good choice. You could probably just substitute it for the Sorghum syrup or Brown Rice Syrup in a different recipe at the same...

I used the hydrometer that came with a brewers best home brewing kit. I put it directly in the bucket. Could it be the solids from all my steeping grains still in suspension in the liquid affecting it? Or maybe I did it wrong..? Is there a way to do it wrong? :drunk: the stuff was bubbling...

OG was 1.056 I thought my reading was high too.. There was a layer of what I assume was yeast on the top of the liquid... And temp has been in low to mid 60s. Used US 05 yeast. I dunno :/

Just an update for anyone interested. Today is day 8 in primary. It stopped bubbling a couple days ago, so I thought I'd take a gravity reading and a taste. I plan to leave it for a while longer because of how cloudy the wort originally was, in hopes it will clear up a bit. First off, it...

bubble bubble bubble... :mug:

Brewed this up last night. I changed the recipe a bit and went with: 3.3 lb Sorghum 2 lb 10 oz Brown Rice Syrup (they came in 1 lb 5 oz containers) 2 lb D45 8 oz Maltodextrine Steeped for 15 minutes at 160-180: 3 lbs Toasted red samba rice and 1 lb of Toasted Millet instead of pecans...

Any idea if that oat extract is truly gluten free? It would be interesting to try it out.

Thanks guys. That makes sense. I might be trying to go too intense for the style. Just wondering, what would it do to have too much fermentables? Too much alcohol taste for balance? Too sweet? I didn't want to fall below 5% ABV, and brewtoad was giving me 6.3 for this recipe, which is a...

Thanks for the input. I was kinda flying blind on hops because I don't know anything.. I used Igliashon's Russian Red Imperial Stout recipe as a bit of a guide for some of the proportions and it uses that combination of hop varieties. Plus I already have the Columbus. Any hop suggestion that...

This is my first go at my own recipe. Brewtoad helped. I'm shooting for something with some complexity; a fall/winter dirty red ale. Any thoughts, suggestions, etc appreciated! 5 Gallon batch. 3 lb Rice Syrup Solids 3 lb White Sorghum Syrup 3 lb Candi Syrup, D45 Amber 8 oz...

Yes I believe the candi syrups are usually added at the beginning of the boil. I agree with reducing the Sorghum.. I just opened a bottle of (Igliashon's recipe) Oatmeal Stout after only 2 days in the bottle to get a feel for where it was going. It's heavy on that sorghum twang this early on...

I wish some of the more experienced guys would chime in on our beginner posts! That said, I'm very much a beginner too but I'll give you my first thoughts. That seems like a lot of hops if you don't want it very hoppy (based on the couple recipes I've made). Maybe also swap out the...

Has anyone used Rooibos (African red "tea") in a brew? There are posts here about using it, but I figured I'd ask in the GF section. I'm mostly wondering what kind of hop schedule and what kind of yeast would go well with it. I have some Columbus pellets, SafAle S04, Danstar Winsor sitting...

I have Igliashon's No Nonsense (Oatmeal) Stout in the works, about ready to bottle. Easy enough to make and seems like something you could doctor up a bit to your liking since it's pretty basic. I'll let you know how it turns out. Here's a link to his blog/recipe...