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My first batch of kit wine has been underway since the start of the month (19 days now), and I thought I'd follow Jack's Extended Kit instructions. One thing he didn't list was the use of bentonite before pitching yeast, even though a packet was included and listed in the included kit...

I just put a batch in the fermenter of what I can only assume will be terrible "beer", based on a recipe copied from an old typewritten family recipe book that a friend's parents owned from the 1970s. Here's the original recipe, verbatim: Okay, so, many of the instructions (and heck, the...

Well, my first mead is in the fermenter jar, and we'll see how it turns out in four to six months or so! I cobbled together a recipe based on stuff I've read here and on other forums, as well as two books (Making Wild Wines & Meads and The Alaskan Bootlegger's Bible). Santa should be bringing...

I awoke this morning with brewing 'pon my mind. I had intended to brew a Hazelnut Brown Ale recipe for a friend, a clone of the Rogue Hazelnut Brown Nectar. Over the past few weeks I had researched and tweaked some clone recipes found on various sites, with an eye on my grain inventory. I...

Time Magazine has an article this week focusing on the effects of climate change on various products around the world. One of the "Top 10 Endangered Exports" is German Beer, due to water shortages in the former East Germany...

5lbs Vienna 3L, 36PPG 5lbs Munich 10L, 37PPG Mash @ 152F for 45min Gather 6.5gal runnings into boil kettle. 1oz Saaz pellets 3.5%AA @ 60min bittering 1oz Saaz pellets 3.5%AA @ 30min flavor Irish Moss/Whirlflock @ 15min kettle finings Chill wort, aerate, pitch yeast. Ferment 10-14 days in...

I see on the press release wire that Molson Coors is introducing a new line of beer ("Molson M") that claims to be "microcarbinated" So, they were able to head down to their LHBS and buy a 2 micron stone and hook it up to a CO2 tank, eh? Full press release...

Given the variety of available imported malts in the USA, I'd like to hear some opinions on whose Pilsner malt is recommended. Do people recommend going with a maltster from the country that's home to the style? For example, if I'm doing a Belgian Abbey Ale, should I be using Belgian malt? Or is...

I started an experiment last Sunday evening with a well-past-expiration-date can of Brewferm Kriek that I thought I'd post about, since it seems to be coming along nicely, if the hydro samples are any indication. If you don't know about Brewferm kits, they're 3.3lb no-boil kits in cans that...

I have my first lager in the fermenter, a Marzen-esque recipe called PDX Augustinerbrau, using the Wyeast 2487-PC Hella-Bock Private Collection strain. The malt bill was 3lbs Briess Pilsen Light DME, 5lbs Vienna, 1lb Wheat Malt & 1lb Victory Malt. I got a super high efficiency on the mash...

A few threads, and reading in the Wiki, have led me to believe that a refractometer is really only useful pre-fermentation to ensure that I'm hitting my numbers during the mash and boil, and then possibly again at the end of fermentation, to help calculate ABV and whether or not there's any...

Has anyone tried the Wyeast 2487-PC seasonal release? This is a different strain than their standard Hella-Bock (which is the Ayinger strain, same as WLP833), according to information in another thread. The description of Wyeast 2487-PC is that it's malt-forward and good for Marzens, so I am...

I'm planning my first stout, an Oatmeal Stout using Golden Promise as the base malt, a touch of Munich for maltiness, a touch of Carafoam for head retention. Do y'all have any thoughts about my recipe? Batch Size: 5.8 gallons Expected OG: 1.053 (78% efficiency) FG: 1.013 Yeast: WLP007, English...

I picked up a few packets of "Dark-Munich-Beer (Strong) Vierka-Yeast" yesterday at my LHBS. I hadn't heard of it before, but it was cheap ($1.40), and I thought it might be something interesting to try. I figured a quick search would reveal some ideas. Unfortunately, a search of the forums...

% LB OZ MALT OR FERMENTABLE PPG °L 57% 3 0 Extra Lite Dry Extract 44 3 19% 1 0 Dry Rice Solids 45 0 19% 1 0 Wheat Dry Extract 44 8 5% 0 4 American Crystal 40L 34 40 HOPS & OTHER ADDITIONS USE TIME OZ VARIETY FORM AA Boil 60 mins 1.0 Fuggles pellet 4.5 Boil 15 mins...

UPDATE 6/4: Book is gone. Thanks! For Sale: One brand-new copy of "Brewing Classic Styles: 80 Winning Recipes Anyone Can Brew" by Jamil Zainasheff & John Palmer. I have a well-thumbed copy of my own, and this one just arrived as part of my AHA membership packet, so I'd be happy to pass this...

Recipe Type: All Grain Yeast: Wyeast 1007 - German Ale Batch Size (Gallons): 5.5 Original Gravity: 1.054 Final Gravity: 1.014 IBU: 28.0 Boiling Time (Minutes): 75 Color: 21 Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 21 days @ 65 Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)...

Well, I took the all-grain-brew plunge yesterday, and it was awesome and horrible at the same time! The recipe: Rye Wouldn't I? 6# 2-row barley malt 2# 6-row barley malt 1# Rye malt 1oz Black Barley 0.5oz Magnum Hops @ 60min 1oz Cascade Hops @ 20min 1tsp Irish Moss @ 15min Nottingham...

This is my first kegging experience. Tuesday night, I cleaned and sanitized my new corny keg, gave it 30psi of pressure, and there appeared to be no leaks when empty. I racked my beer into the keg (10 days in primary -> directly to keg, no priming sugar), charged it up to blow off the air from...

I have three different brews going right now: a maibock, an amber, and Ed's Apfelwine. All three of them have different yeasts (the maibock: Nottingham; the amber: Safale-05; the Apfelwine: Montrachet), yet not a single one is bubbling in the airlock. I'm pretty darn sure the fermenters are...