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Hey folks, this weekend, I broke the plastic spigot on my bottling bucket. No big deal - I've used it for a few years, and it's a cheap part to replace. However, before I could even replace it, I borrowed my friend's brand new bottling bucket, and somehow, through a combination of apparent...

So we have some leftover Peppermint Schnapps from a failed bespoke cocktail at our New Years Party. I had the brilliant idea of adding some to a stout to make a mint-stout. I know that lots of people make tinctures out of vodka and herbs or vodka and fruit when adding flavor to beer in...

Ok, so I made a peanut butter porter - I posted the recipe on Hopville: http://hopville.com/recipe/1656999 cliff notes:my batch was 2.5 gallons, and I used a jar of PB2 powdered peanut butter with 10 minutes left in the boil. My OG was 1.068, and my FG target was 1.019. S-33 dry yeast...

ok Hopheads - I need your help. I haven't yet made a hop-centric brew, and since a neighbor has offered my brew-partner and me some homegrown hops, I figure it's about time. This will be a 5 gallon batch. With 5 gallon batches, I don't have the capacity to do all grain, so it will have to...

Hey folks - here's the situation: I brewed my 16th batch of homebrew today (I've been brewing for less than a year). Most of my batches have been small (1 or 2 gallon) all grain batches. I've found that my efficiency is generally about 69% in my mash. Today I went to brew a base for a...

hey homebrewing experts - I've brewed about 15 batches (1,2,5 gallon, extract, all grain, partial mash) but thus far have only done primary fermentation. I received some sage advice when I got started: keep it simple, stupid - thus no racking to secondary. So here's my question: in making...

Hey folks - I'm embarrassed that this is my virgin thread after lurking for a while. here's the issue: I brewed this today: http://hopville.com/recipe/1148717/specialty-beer-recipes/brooklyn-brew-bbq-beer-partial-mash-version but the recipe shouldn't really be important. The...