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After years of drinking more than is considered healthy, I'm taking a little hiatus and exploring other fun beverages. The passion is still there and I've switched to craft NA beers, hop waters, seltzers and hop teas. I still have pounds of hops and a bunch of teas, why not make my own? But I'm...

5 gallon brew, 12 lbs LME, after boil off, topped off with cold filtered water to get to 5.5gl. I added at least double the yeast pitch as usual plus a yeast starter after 12 hours of no action. Took a gravity reading after 1 week and hydrometer read 1.040. Usually my 7% beers get to 1.012...

I'm going to try to use up a bunch of stuff I've had laying around for a while and I just got my delivery of StarSan. So right now I'm looking at my 6lb wheat LME, 6lb amber LME, and a bunch of off brand hops. 5.5 gallon boil for 30 minutes. I am aiming for a 65 ibu and after bottling half the...

Long time, no post. I've been trying my hand with other fermentables in the new house and new job. But I want to get some Northern Brewer wheat LME in bulk on sale. Still have a bunch of hops in my freezer that I need to use. I don't love a lot of the darker notes in my beer. I like pilsener...

Welp, we all got Covid and I'm locked down on a quarantine. Let's brew! I couldn't find my LME, but I have a bunch of hops and fruit I wanted to use. All fruit was fresh when frozen. 1 gallon bag of frozen grapes .5 gallon bag of frozen blackberries .5 gallon bag of frozen blueberries Small pack...

It's been a while, everyone. Hope were all safe during this time. Happy New Year. The last beer I made was a pumpkin pie ale with real pumpkin, graham crackers, honey and brown sugar. No pumpkin pie spice. Then did a split batch with child brew coffee, nutmeg, ginger, allspice and clove. And a...

Making a happy pale ale. Added 6 Dole mixed fruit cups. I hope it's good. Lotsa sugar and the mix of peach, pear, pineapple and cherry should be a fun addition. I'll let ya know, kidoos. Anyone else done this nonsense?

I see a bunch of adding it to kegs, but I bottle. Could I add it after primary and racking after a few days? Will that leave most my sediment in the fermenter?

I was so much more careful than last time.

I am going to try for a ginger, lime and honey added to 3 gallons in secondary. I'm going to test and think slice 1 whole lime and add about 4 oz honey. I am just going for a light flavor. Any idea how much fresh ginger to add? I'm going to bring this all to a boil in a little water to avoid...

The film on top of my secondary is something I am familiar with, but this looks a bit funkier than I am used to. I added pureed and heated nectarines and boiled lemon iced tea my wife didn't like. I thought I killed all bugs.

I used some old crystalized honey to kick up the ABV of a brew a week into primary. My approximated increase was from 5.4% to ~ 7.9% which is cool. I actually got down to 1.008 on this FG. But I wonder how much sweetness I might be getting from the honey. I used Jasmine, chamomile, prickly pear...

I do split batches whenever I brew to keep it interesting. I have an ale with early addition Newport and Northern Brewer and late addition Willamette and Crystal hops. I have some overripe nectarines and wanna throw them in once I've reached and bottled half of this guy. Any suggestions on...

I was thinking I was doing well. Now I wish I'd done X, Y & Z to this before bottling. ...and I have 30 bottles. It's not bad, but I wish I would've built my malt profile more. GDMFing hindsight. I thought it was going to be great before carbonating. Super juicy. I used Centennial and Northern...

I had a dream last night that I couldn't find Arizona Green Tea w/ Ginseng and Honey. Weird dream, but you know I bought some today. Damn right! I just bottled beer 2 days ago and while thinking about my next brew day, drinking my delicious tea...I thought... So, what do we think? It Saturday...

I am looking into making something that resembles a barley wine, but using methods from a bochet mead to beef it up. I am hoping to impart a little, char or smoke, either vanilla or almond extract, candied orange peel, and then...I'm not sure. I don't want to go into coffee or chocolate...

I'm looking at making a darker beer with some rich flavors and I like almonds... Does the nut beverage or extract ruin beer? I'm thinking cashew, almond, etc... I know people often use PB2 or the like to get peanut butter flavor because the oil is stripped out. Any ideas or knowledge?

So generally I like to do split batches when I brew 5.5 gallons. It allows me to experiment and change the flavor up a little. I have a brew in primary right now and was going to add some hibiscus, wild cherry bark, lemongrass, rosehips, orange peel and peppermint. Sounds weird, but i have tried...

I followed instructions pretty well, I think. But is the only bit of yeast the little white later in the middle? This is an experiment more than anything.

Not to seem like a jackass, but I had a homebrew, grabbed a beer I enjoy by a brewery I really enjoy and found myself wishing I had another of my own instead. I'm lucky I didn't make something that sucks (to me). I understand there's something called the "IKEA Effect" that says people like...