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Thanks for your thoughts. I like to use tinctures to add flavoring to my beers, but have only done this using a bottling bucket, which introduced O2 at will. I think I just might add it using the dry hopper attachment like mongoose and see what happens. The only issue I can see is when I'm...

Have you ever tried to drop in flavoring, like a tincture, using this method? I have this set-up for dry hopping, but was wondering if I could also use it for dropping in some flavor. I'm just worried about purging the sight glass with liquid in it as I feel it would make a huge mess and...

In please.

I'm in!

I made a Habanero IPA where I made a tincture and used that for my heat. I took 3 habanero peppers, diced them up (seeds were taken out) and put them in vodka for a couple weeks. On bottling day, I drained the peppers out and added the tincture to the bottling bucket until I got the heat I...

Perfect.....thanks for the help!

I just brewed a session IPA yesterday. I plan on dry-hopping this beer in about 10 days. I want to use a corney keg as my secondary vessel as I'm trying to develop an O2 free environment all the way from primary to kegging. For those that have used a keg as a secondary vessel for dry-hopping...

I just made a Red Rye and used 8 oz of rice hulls in a 5 gallon batch. This batch had over 20% rye and the rice hulls helped to prevent a stuck sparge. I don't think I would go over 8 oz in any 5 gallon batch, IMHO. A couple of things to keep in mind....rice hulls will absorb water in the mash...

I like this idea....I think I'll give it a shot! Thanks...:mug:

Absolutely!! Rice hulls for sure....as a "just in case"!

Thanks for the support! I can't wait for this brew!

Here are my updated percentages for the Red Rye Ale: 65% Pale Malt (2 Row) US 10% Caraaroma 13% Flaked Rye 12% Malted Rye I want this to be somewhat "red" so I'm keeping the caraaroma in. Any thoughts? Thanks for the advice! Tim

Great, Thanks! I will up the % to around 20-25% and will still definitely use the rice hulls, more as a "just in case" scenario!

I am planning on brewing a red rye so that's why the caraaroma is in there. I will take out the caraform then since the rye will get me the head retention I need and up the rye amounts then. Would you keep it as a single-infusion mash with 20-25% rye or would a protein rest be needed? I...

I am planning on brewing my first batch this weekend that includes rye. I am using the same grain bill as the Raging Red Irish Ale by Mysticmead in the recipe section of HBT, except I'm adding rye. I would like to add both flaked and malted rye, as I've read it gives a great rye flavor. Below...