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Grain Bill: 6lbs Munich 10 4lbs Pilsner 12oz Crystal 80 8oz Carapils *1lb Carafa I *cold steeped in 1 gallon of water overnight then added to boil pot with 10mins left of boil time. Mash: saccharine rest: 5.o gal water at 154degF for 60mins batch sparge #1: 2.5gal water at...

Ii am new to yeast farming. I made slants and then inoculated them with white labs Cali ale yeast(wlp001). I made my first stepped starter cultures and stepped it up to a 1liter starter. I took a sample to do a cell count and noticed something besides the yeast. I did a gram stain and, sure...

It is already to hot ferment in the hallway of my house here in Florida. So, I ordered my STC-1000 the first of April. I found my craigslist freezer and now I am waiting, and waiting, still no sign of this temp controller after two weeks...argh! The object of life is not to arrive at the grave...

I have a tannin problem. I am new to al grain brewing but I did do partial mashes for a year before jumping to all grain. I did not notice a tannin(chalky aftertaste) problem in my partial mashes but I have recently made the switch to all grain. My first two all grain batches turn out well(...

I tried dry hopping an IPA for the first time using 1 oz of fuggle leaf hops and a muslin bag. I fermented in a bucket/primary for two weeks and then racked over the hops in a carboy. It was a pain in the a$$ to get the bag in the carboy(and I probably contaminated the batch...even though I...

I have an acetaldehyde problem that I am trying to get a handle on. Several of my recent batches are contaminated and I believe that I am not getting good fermentation. I have been only rehydrating the yeast to this point and decided to do a yeast starter to increase my pitch rate. I am a...

This is a very simple recipe but everyone who tries it LOVES IT! I think the Amarillo hop goes really well with the pumpkin. Bring 3.5-4 gallons of water to a boil and add: - 4 lbs Breiss golden LME - 32oz can pumpkin puree + 15oz can pumpkin puree(47oz total). I canned my own pumpkin...

Mash at 152-155deg for 60min -4lbs maris otter malt -1lb crystal 20 malt -.5lb dextrin/carapils malt -.25lb melanoidin malt -.25lb roasted barley batch sparge at 170deg for 15min bring wort to a boil and add: -1oz east kent golding hops boil 40mins and add: -1oz east kent golding...

bring 4 gallons water to 172 deg. use 1 gallon to warm up the mash tun. use the other three to mash at 152deg for 60min: ~4 lbs 2-row malt ~2lbs munich malt ~.5lb crystal 60 batch sparge 15min at 160% bring wort to a boil and add: .75oz german hallertau hops(60mins) .75oz german...