I've been lagering my first Marzen for a little over 3 weeks. I'm on day 24 right now. I did a diacetyl rest before I kegged it for lagering. When I kegged it for lagering, the beer had a strong green apple flavor which has mellowed over time, but since it has faded, a prominent buttery flavor...

Hi guys, Now that I have temperature control, I'm going to brew my first proper lager and Oktoberfest beer. I whipped up a recipe based on Brewing Classic Styles and some of the recipes I saw on here: https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/1580549/oktoberfest My plan is to pitch...

This is probably a dumb question, but I am going to tap my first keg today and all I have is a picnic tap with a ball lock disconnect. My question is about sanitation. It seems to me that I should sanitize the picnic tap before I hook it up today and sample the keg, but is it good to go after...

So I’m kegging my beer for the first time and when I went to fill the keg w C02, it started audibly leaking out of the PRV. I tried to configure it several different ways, but no matter what I did, it leaked. Today, I took the lid off a different corny keg and attached that, but it had the same...

Hi all, I made this cream ale recipe to brew in the next few weeks and had some questions: https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/1545332/you-have-been-creamed I was wondering if the % of adjuncts makes sense to you guys? I went with about 15% flaked corn, 10% dextrose, and 5%...

Hi all, I made up some cold brew to add to a stout that I'm going to bottle in the next day or two. I followed the instructions below but scaled it for a 2.5 gallon batch, and I didn't sanitize the Ball jar or lid that is holding the cold brew...

Hi all, I brewed this IPA a couple weeks ago (https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/brewsession/509531) and checked the gravity last night after 12 days in the fermenter and it is about 1.019. A few things about the mash and fermentation: I have 2 thermometers that read very different temps...

Well, my first attempt at an all-grain BIAB pale ale didn't exactly go as planned, but I am undeterred and have a much better idea of how the whole process works, so next weekend, for Labor Day, I'm going to brew my second BIAB all-grain recipe. I tried to make a super simple, straightforward...

I live in Denver and was told that at this altitude (~5k ft.), we get about 60% hop utilization. I confirmed this with several articles on the internet. I recently brewed my first all-grain beer (SMaSH pale ale) and set the multiplier to .62 for 62% HU which seemed to be the consensus according...

As the title says, a friend and I are going to brew our first all-grain (BIAB) recipe in the next couple of weeks, and I was looking to get any feedback. We decided to go for a SMaSH beer, so we could get to know the ingredients, and our first goal as homebrewers is to make a killer pale ale...

Hi all, This is my first time posting on here and my first time creating an all-grain recipe. I have done extract brewing 5 times or so and finally have a space where I think I can start doing some serious brewing, so a friend and I are jumping into BIAB sometime in the next couple of weeks. I...