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Ok the question mark is because I don't know what this is really it has hops like an IPA but I used a mix of washed S-05 and WLP565. Let me know what you guys think. It is kind of a way to get ride of some left over grains and hops and yeast I had. Thanks. Recipe Specifications...

I brewed a Belgian strong ale at around 11.5% ABV that has been in primary for 3 weeks now This is the max amount that safbrew s-33 can handle according to safbrew website. So my question is when it comes to bottling should I add another yeast like champagne yeast since it can handle high ABV...

Was just curious if anybody noticed if it takes longer to carb if you rack to a secondary for a few weeks then bottle as opposed to bottling straight from the primary. On all my brews I just use a long primary but about a month ago I had to make room so I transferred a 8.4% IIPA from the primary...

My wife and I are going to the Napa/Somoma area this weekend for our anniversary are there any good brewery's around that area I could check out. We are obviously checking out the vineyards but I am a beer man at heart thanks.

I just made a IPA and with an estimated efficiency of 60% (since that is what I usually get not sure how to improve it) I should have a OG of 1.076 and a FG of 1.021. The problem is I just measured the FG and it was 1.012. Now my main concern is that means my efficiency is only 40%. I did...

Ok so I got some questions about my latest brew day. I am only brewing a 2 gallon batch since that is all the room I got to boil and mash. Steps. 1. I took 6 lbs of 2 row, 11oz of Special B, and 6 oz of Crystal 60L and dumped it in 3 gallons of 160 degree waterer. The temp dropped to 150...

This is a pale ale I am making. I have been dry hopping it for a week with Nelson Sauvon hops in pellet form. I have been on vacation all last week and when I got home this is what it looked like also the bottom of the lid was covered in condensation. While I was gone the temps in the house...

I just finished making a SMaSH Barleywine (1 gallon approximate OG of 1.12) using Crisp Organic English Pale Malt withe New Zealand Nelson Sauvine Hops. I was wanting to add some wood chips when I dry hop to this and let it age for a while. First and Second Question: I only have Hickory and...

Ok so here it is. I have been brewing one gallon batches and running out of beer way to quick. But I don't have big enough pots to do a full boil of anything bigger. Then I discovered Parti-gyle, and though heck I can do that. So here is my story. Start time: 8:07am Finish time: 12:16pm...

I am planning on doing my first Parti-gyle (sort of) what i am going to do is take the first runnings and second runnings and boil them separately with the same boil time and the same hop schedule and then add them together. I am doing this this way because I don't have a big enough boil pot to...

Hi, I wanted to wash and use my yeast from my American Strong Ale with a OG of 1.091 and use it in a Barleywine with a OG of 1.085, it is only a one gallon Barleywine and the yeast I am using is also from a one gallon batch. When I made the American Strong Ale I used the entire package of the...

Ok thanks to the info I have learned here I am ready to try my first experiment. I basically had a small amount of left over crystal 60L and about .80oz each of target hops and kent golding. So I ordered three pounds of pale ale 2-row and figures I will do a recipe that is very very very loosely...

Just tasted my first homebrew, an IPA, and even thought it was about a week (i had to just see how one bottle was my curiosity was killing me) to early since I had only bottle conditioned for a week, it was amazing. Thanks to all of the info i got off of this site it was a amazing success this...

I have been a member of this forum for a while but manly just lurking now that I am brewing on a more regular basis I have a few question. Three days ago I started my third home brew a English bitter (pride of raubsville a recipe ingot from here) and apparently I got really excited and instead...

I was wondering if anybody has seen these and if they work at all, thanks. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Swingtop-bottle-stopper-homebrew-like-Grolsch-/180642989446#ht_4371wt_1099 (Hope I didn't violate any rules by posting an ebay link) The reason I ask is I have a bunch of 12oz empty...

Hello, complete nooby here and I have a question about my first brew. Due to unforeseen circumstances I will not be able to get my first brew (A summer wheat) out of the Primary Fermenter and on to the bottle conditioning stage for another 2 weeks. The problem is it has been in the primary as...

I am super excited to be a homebrewer. I just did my first brew today, a Wheat beer, from a kit that my wife bought for me. It is a one gallon kit from Williams and Sonoma that was only 20 dollars. It comes with a rack and cane, air lock, and a one gallon glass fermenter, and all the stuff to...