Hello, I just tasted my hefe and it tastes like wine. I am a little early tasting it (brewed 1/30) as it my first "original" recipe and I wanted to see how it turned out. Nothing special just 57% red wheat, 25% pilsner, 8% caracrystal wheat malt and1% acidulated malt. Long mash as i tried to...

Hello, My friends and I tap a few maple trees every year and make maple syrup. I am thinking seriously about taking 7 gallons (or so) of sap and brewing a beer with it. I have no idea what minerals are in maple sap and no idea if there is enough flavor to even notice it in a beer. My question...

I brewed a lager on 01-17 with an original gravity of 1060, the recipe builder figured a finished gravity of 1.010. My lager has been stuck at 1.020 since 01-26. I put in a warmer area to do a diacytal rest and figured 1.020 was as good a time as any. Has not moved. When I brewed it I pitched 2...

Hello, I am planning on brewing a wheat beer and by tinkering with my calcium chloride mash additions I was able to get the PH down to 5.58 which, I believe, is a good PH. I have to add 2 teaspoons to the mash (11 lbs) to get that. Is that acceptable? I am new to caring about my water. I use...