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Hi, I've heard that too much wheat can lead to a stuck sparge. Has anyone tried a 100% white wheat beer? For 10 lbs of grain should I just get 1lb or more of rice hulls? Do I need a bag, like for brew-in-a-bag? Thanks

I just made a pale ale, all northern brewer hops, 50/50 two row and munich with S-04 yeast slurry. The hydrometer is about 1.019 in the beer, but then I filled up the cylinder with water, and that was at about 1.004. (Beer and the water are both about 60F, which is what the hydrometer is...

Hi, can someone please double check my math? I'm planning to brew a couple lagers at 15psi, just to see how well it works, and I was curious how much money this would save me, by having the beer naturally carbed. CO2= 44grams/ mol = 0.097 lbs/ mol 1mol= 22.47L (at STP) 5gal= 18.927L...

Hi, I work at a brewery and we have lots of US 2-row, and 10L munich for employees to "sample." I would like to brew some recipes with Pilsner malt, but it's $1.75/lb at the LHBS. I was wondering if anyone had any 'cheats' for making pilsner malt flavor. Something like: x amount 2-row with...

Hi, couple questions. I'm trying to shop for an inline water filter, mainly to remove Iron. I live in a house near the ocean, and the well is only 10ft deep. Do you think I should expect the water profile to change drastically with the seasons? Ive seen tests like...

Hi, I made a hefe with Danstar Munich and it accidentally got up to 77- 78F. Has anyone made a beer with this yeast at that temp? Did it taste all right? Should I just let it sit for a while, or would pitching a saison yeast help clean up the off flavors, cause the saison works good at higher...

I haven't had a drink for a couple days, today here's how I found my raspberry cider that I saved for 8mo before drinking. Keg was totally empty, CO2 nearly empty... uggh.

So I would like to brew a PA or IPA, divide it into 5 (1) gallon jugs and compare 5 different yeasts. I've been trying to think of THE BEST way to save the remainder of the yeast packets. I can think a couple different ways to do it, but I was hoping to get some feedback from some people with...

I mixed 5 gal treetop juice (OG 1.052) with nottingham yeast, let it go 10 days at 68F. Then racked onto 5lbs fresh frozen raspberries, and 9 days after that I racked to another container. I let that sit in a carboy for 6 months, then kegged. Now I'm drinking it, and after 3 pints I'm not...

Hi, I would like to do an all grain mash where I can run off about 4 quarts of 1.080 wort (for yeast starters in the future), and then run off 6 gal of 1.050 for the beer I'm brewing. I have beer smith, but I'm not really sure how to figure out how much grain I need. thanks -Also, am I...

I'm thinking of mixing up: 5 gallons fresh pressed juice from a local orchard 1 lb raisins 3 lbs local raspberries and pitching one package Wyeast Roselare. Has anyone ever used roselare on apple cider? Since the mix contains S. Cerevisiae (which will drop out after a couple...

Hi, with my last brew I used 2 floating thermometers and a new long stem thermometer from the LHBS. During the mash the 3 of them gave me 3 different readings with a 20F spread, so I have no idea which one is correct. Today I brewed, and I used an IR thermometer from amazon (Etekcity...