Hey all, My bartenders have finally worn me down. I am going to brew a Pumpkin Spiced Ale. https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/embed/1660805 Let me know if you think that i should adjust the recipe one way or another. Its based on an Amber ale that i have brewed a bunch of times...

So I have a modern west coast ipa on right now(7.2% 55ibu and crystal clear)Magnum, strata, mosaic, Idaho 7. I need to make a new batch of it. I wanted to repeat the same beer, but I dont have enough idaho 7 on hand. Keeping the grain bill, and ibus basically the same i was thinking of...

Hey all, I have a Marzen that will be crashing here soon. Going to call this my oktoberfest for this year. I also have the PP Sour that is also going to be on draft soon. I was debating between brewing a Helles or more Hefe for the end of summer. I have 2 draft lines that i can put it on. I...

Brewed this yesturday. Pitched sour pitch at about 38c. Starting OG was 14.7p, starting ph was 5.15 at knockout. This morning ph was down to 3.35 and 14.4p Pitched 250g of voss and 88lbs of prickly pear! Pretty cool color! Gonna be a pretty good sour me thinks!

Hey all, Just got back my water test from ward labs. I need to create a profile, but i manually updated this into the calculator. How does this look? Balanced 1 https://www.brewersfriend.com/mash-chemistry-and-brewing-water-calculator/?id=8SF7ZC1 Balanced 2...

Has anyone got experience with WHC Labs yeast? The prices are very good, similar to Apex Yeast, but they offer some different yeasts. Anybody used them?

Not sure if i can add them to this, but I would happily share them if anyone wants them. They are PDFs, I can share the google sheet that has them as well if someone wanted to customize them. I am printing a bunch of them on write in the rain paper for my notes!

Hey yall, Just got a box of Strata Cryo! Has anyone used it? Cryo or t90? These are 2025 cryo and came in at 23.9AA which is awesome! I am brewing an IPA tomorrow but i need to use up the last of my azacca so that is the main focus for that. BUT the next IPA will get Strata! I am pretty...

Not another strange sour... So i was just casually wasting time and i stubbled across Belgian Red Ale. From my brief reading on it i came up with a basic concept. Tart fruited red/brown ale 12-20ibu(not possible for my souring) basic ingredients: 2R, Red x, some caramel, and sugar generally a...

Welp, with the industry shifting towards lagers Loral cryo has become unobtanium until the next crop year comes out. I can buy a 44lb box, but that would cost me ~$500 for 2022 2025 is going close to $1k. SOOOOO i am not doing that as that would take me 3 years to get through. What would yall...

Hey yall, I was thinking that a cream ale may in my near future. thoughts on the recipe below? Cream Ale https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/embed/1638738 I am also getting close to needing to order grain. So that means that i am in scrape together whatever i an based on what i...

Hey all, I need some ideas for some black beer styles for summer at the beach. My Standard is a Schwarzbier(which is what is on right now) but i am kind of bored with that. There is a chance that i am instructed to double batch that for distribution, but that hasnt happened yet so i am still...

Hey all, So i was thinking about changing it up a bit on my Dark beer line. I currently have my Brightside Black Lager on draft which is VERY popular and one of my favorite beers that i make. It sells very well, but i am getting a little bored with it so i was thinking maybe i would reduce the...

ph is something that i recently started tracking, after reading @HighVoltageMan! 's post about it. here is some data points that might help others. I Brew a lot of my golden lager and my session IPA, here is the data that i collected after i started actively tracking ph. Golden Lager 266...

Hey yall, This may be in my near future. thoughts? i would use either Augustiner or Munich Lager yeast for this bad boy. Probably would pressure ferment it as well. https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/embed/1629303 The chocolate is there to add a touch of color, the c15 to add...

I am unsure on how to add Amoretti Craft Puree to the ingredients list. It is 30Brix and is measured by weight with roughly 1 gallon being 9#s. I got stumped on which category to add it to and how.

So I am planning on doing a key lime pie sour soon-ish. I have a gallon of amoretti craft puree-key lime, i have a small bottle of graham cracker flavoring, i could add some coconut flavoring. i also have marshmellow flavoring and obviously vanilla...

So I am consuming a lot of pilsner malt these day. I have access to a bunch of brands. I am looking for opinions/experience with these malts. All are fairly similar price wise. Chateau -- Pils 2 Row --- Belgian --- 1.7-2.1SRM Great Western -- Superiour Pils --- US --- 1.3-1.7SRM Canada...

Hey yall, I need to brew something amber next week. What styles are interesting at this point? I probably have time to do a lager, but i am not sure. I was thinking maybe an Amber Mexican Lager or my normal Amber Ale. A red Ale would not be a bad option as well! Vienna Lager...

Hey all, I am brainstorming my next few weeks of brews. my current draft list: 1 -- Rye Pale Ale 2 -- Hefe 3 -- Apricot Sour 4 -- POG IPA <- WC IPA 5 -- Golden Lager 6 -- Oyster Stout 7 -- Bock 8 -- Session Juicy IPA I currently have another batch of the Juicy IPA crashing, it will pack on...