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The grain bill for 10 gallons was 2-row 24lbs, Flaked Oats 3lbs, Chocolate 2lbs, Crystal 20L 2lbs, Black Patent 1lb. Used all Cascade hops.

Hi all, brewed up a chocolate stout with Ginger and Habanero in the boil, and want to add some Arabica beans for coffee flavor. I believe I am going to use a cold press method, and add the liquid to the secondary, or when kegging. Any tips on amount to use for cold press, or should I add to...

Hi all, been getting into smoking using the standard store bought sacks of smoke wood, and have been having good results and lots of fun. Anyway I have read that the Bradford pear is similar to the fruit bearing variety in terms of smoke flavor, and was hoping to get some additional feedback...

brewing this recipe now. i am doing an all grain batch so the l LME converted to just over 14.5lbs of two row pale. i am doing 10 gallons so will split it to 2 fermenters using safale 04. i plan to put espresso in one batch prior to bottling. Other 5 gallons maybe leave alone to see how it...

I would recommend to go big or stay home. I was using a friends Keggle a few weise ago to do a 10 gallon batch of American IPA. For the mash in I used 1.5 qts of water per lb of grain, with 34 lbs of grain. So with the 8.5 gallons of water and 34lbs of grain, I was spilling over top of cutout...

Odds are the piece you have is fairly old, possibly antique. I recovered a similar conditioned piece from my spouses late grandfather's estate and found after cleaning and research of mold pattern/marks, that it was cast between 1885 and 1892. I found a website called WAGS that helped me out...

give them a gentle roll or swirl and move them to a room that is warmer

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I am a big fan of hoppy IPA and just bottled my third IIPA. They have all been attempts at hopslam and they are damn good the longer they sit. Anyway, I had 9 ounces of pellets in the boil and dry hopped with 4 in secondary on the last one so what I have started using is a nylon hop bag from the...

Thanks for responses. I have the 11lbs of honey on hand so was gonna start with that. Had read a few recipes and 2lbs of honey per gallon seemed common. I can bump it up easily enough. I will check out that calculator link to try to dial it in better. Had considered doing a few gallon batches...

Ok so I went to all grain and am having decent success. Now to try something else. My first mead I am shooting for a not too sweet five gallon batch of Dark Berry Mead in the 12-13%abv range. I have 11lbs of clover honey, 5lbs of fresh blackberries and am thinking I will need 5Lbs of...

awesome. thanks for the suggestions. will hit at least one of them.

Hey Florida members, I will be traveling down to Orlando(Disney) soon, then over to west palm for a couple days. Are there any good microbrew type places I should hit in the general vicinity of those locations? I will definitely need it after a few days with Mickey.

Hi all, please excuse all grain noob question, but how much water per lb of grain do you use for mash, and the sparge? If I follow mashing instructions I have read it is 1 to 1-1/4 quarts per lb grain for mash, then a half gallon per lb for sparge. If I use that as a guideline then I get...

Hi all, been doing extract and partial mash for three years and am ready to move forward to all grain. Made a mash tun following instructions on the site here using a 10 Rubbermaid beverage cooler. First question is will I be stirring grains frequently during mash, or not at all? I only have a...

Hi all!! from Southern Michigan

Merry Christmas to all.

i use vodka in my air lock and have had no problems with insects. have not done any cider either, but i think the vodka keeps the fermenting wort smell down. first couple batches i did, i used water in the air lock, and could smell the fermenting wort when walking into the basemet where...

Yo K8bor Shoutin out from the West Side!!! I am still very much a novice, but this forum is an amazing place for info from some very experienced brewers. Their WIKI is leading me to go all grain, as the home made equipment is so clearly defined in step by step format, and the posting of...