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Here is the deal, I brewed a Maibock (OG 1.062 raked 1.020)pitched with 2 pkg wyeast 2487 Hella bock at 78oF and stuck it in my refridge, dropping it to around 42-46oF It took about 1 week to get any action, 2-3 week had it rolling and it slowed at around the 4- 4 1/2 week mark. Total time on first ...

I used 3 large lemons with a micro plane to get the lemon zest for my summer ale. Was wondering if this citrus makes the head on the beer fall alot quicker, because that is the case for mine. 5#belgian pils 5#white wheat malt .25#cara pils .25#tortiffied wheat 1oz haullertun traditional 3lg lemon ze...

Ok, here is my problem. I just pitched a wyeast smack pack (no starter) of 1056 Am ale into my blonde ale wort which was very high because i didnt calibrate my thermometer and got a wrong reading. I believe it went in around 90 to 100 degrees. When I read my side thermo and felt the jar being very w...

I used Wyeast 2565 Kolsch for a cream ale and turned out great. 7# am 2row 1.5# cara pils .5# Midwest wheat malt 1# barley flaked 2# rice flaked .25# tortiffied wheat 1oz Spalts 1oz Tett. Fermented like an ale around 55-60 about 12 days racked to secondary then dropped temp to 50-55 for 2 weeks. Sin...

Here is my question. When you pull out the grains and bring them to a boil does this release any of the tannins in the grains and will it add bitterness to the wort? I thought I had read before that if you take grains above the 160 mark for a long period of time it can release tannins is this true a...

Argentinean Cascade Hop Pellets
Argentinean cascade is more peppery, spicy and minty than US Cascade. It is very good aroma hop;similar to Spalt or Tettnanger.

Thanks for the comments, I think adding the hops all at once will be a good choice. Also thanks for the heads up on the Grains of Paradise this will be the first time using them so that will help out alot.

One more questions if I use fully modified malts will I still need a protein rest?

5# White Wheat Malt 4.5# Belgium Pils 1/4# Cara Pils 1/4# Tortiffied Wheat 1oz Haullertau Mittelfruh Hops ?? or Tettnanger 1oz Lemon Zest (fresh) 1/2oz Grains of Paradise (crushed) Wyeast 3944 Belgium Wit (now it says its an Am. Wheat should I change the yeast strand?) Mash 148 60mins 158 15mins 165...

Ok, im new to brewing... 8 brews now. 3 extract, 1 (lager experment), 4 all grain started feb 08. My question is when you do a lager and bottle is there any way to elimenate the settlement? Because if you pour out the beer and dont be very carefull, the beer looks horrible, Since you mainly (eat/dri...

Thanks for the reply and the additional comments I do apprieciate any inside knowlege on brewing and tips on recipe's. This was a collaberation ofrecipes I took from this web site that sounded good. As I now know yes this is a complex recipe that I probably won't be using much more of, ill take the ...

Thanks for the reply here is the recipe as follows. 5.25# Midwest wheat 4.75# am 2 row 8oz wheat flaked 8oz rye flaked 12oz candi sugar (thats my high OG) 4oz belgin aromatic 8oz carapils 8oz am caramel 20L 4oz German vienna 4oz tortified wheat Mash schedule was crazy this being my first true all gr...

Ok, I am kinda new to brewing Feb 08 but have 7 batch's under my belt. 3 extract, 1 malt pwdr (experiment lager) and 3 all grain. My question is does bottle conditioning (priming sugar) add sweetness to the beer versus using a kegging system? Tring to cut down some of the sugar profile in my beers. ...

I do the same rinse twice, soap and bottle scrub, then rinse well. Set in the dishwasher (without soap) and either run it on quick wash or if you have a sanitize setting use that. The hot water will sanitize the clean bottles. Even a further step i still dip and drain in my no rinse sani solution. 9...