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i am planning on brewing a christmas porter next weekend, and so far the hardest part is deciding how much bourbon and wood chips to use in my...
All of the malts used in there seem to be fairly roasted. My experience with Carafa 3, is only a little is needed. Maybe 1 oz. When reviewing the...
Being in the UK, with the humidity such that it is an island, I would expect the boil off rate to be on the lower side. I would bet that if you...
I'm also brewing 13 litres right now. The recipe looks good. A nice spread of malts and good break down of base and other malts. I also like doing...
I learned this year that the wider the mouth of the kettle, the higher your boil off rate. My new kettle is just about 2 inches narrower than my...
After discussing this topic with a former professional brewer in town, he said he likes the FWH because of how it is a little more delicate on the...
I was advised that it would drastically affect my boil off rates, so i'm excited to try it out. I'm a little concerned that my hop basket wont...
Makes sense. I just ordered a 30L kettle from OBK to replace my current kettle which is 22L...i never knew the diameter of the kettle would play...
Clarifying question, maybe i'm confusing it as well...it sounds as though using other buckets to collect the wort that wouldn't fit in the kettle...
As i understand it, you want the pale malt to be around 80%, and fill the rest with other stuff, like the munich, vienna, c-10-c-30 depending on...
All of these things being said, and without much information on your fermentation control if any, I have had similar issues. When I bought an...
Like some others here, I have one burner I use outside. As I do not have any garage or over head cover, my brewing goes inside during the winter....
I thought a California Common lager yeast was a little higher fermenting temperature? I thought i read that somewhere, but i could be mistaken....
Now that I have more experience it works great! While i was gaining experience I struggled to find the perfect mash in ratio. Through some...
I made a smoked Hefeweizen this summer which was pretty cool. I kept the recipe and tinkered with it but a rauchbier is one of my favourites. I’m...
I have a few 8+ ABV batches but most of them are between 5 and 7%. I have a lichtenhainer recipe I’m curious about. A Smoked sour beer sounds...
They have food grade specific buckets.
Thankfully my wife is pretty supportive of my new hobby...though she reminds me when i come home with beer, that i have a basement full of beer....
I've decided to change from proper fermenters to home depot buckets for a few reasons. The biggest is how much easier to break down and clean....
Makes sense. I have some TSP but thought it was a pretty strong cleaning agent. What ratio of each do you use?
