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  1. BilltownBrewingCo

    Easy swill for the farmers

    Hey all! I am looking to do a house recipe for just an easy drinking beer that appeals to the older farmers in my community when they stop by the shop. As can be expected from my logo, we're in Iowa. Unsurprisingly, most of the farmers like us around here drink macro stuff. Since Toppling...
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    Irish Red with RedX

    Hey y'all, back again! I've brewed this a few times, but I have doubled it to make a 10 gallon batch since I now have the capacity to brew one. I am trying to get this to come out pretty dry and drinkable. My IBUs are on the higher end of the spectrum, but I've noticed with my new hop spyder...
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    Classic Belgian Saison

    I am fully aware that I will not end up with a clone of Dupont- but now that I have a new systme that can properly step mash I am going to give one of my favorite styles a run in its purest form without spices or fruit. I also plan to ferment with 3724, which is not something I've done before. I...
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    Lager Brew Weekend!

    Had a nice brew weekend. I always brew 7-8 5 gallon batches for a crawfish boil we have in June, and I always do the lagers over Christmas/New Years, as having very cold tap water temps is helpful. From left to right, the beers are a traditional bock (it's much darker than the photo apears, the...
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    Blueberry Cobbler Pastry Sour

    Hey all, I've not done much of this kind of brewing, with odd things added to the mash etc. I do a lot of lagers, and very simple, traditional styles most times, so this is a bit out of my wheelhouse. Also- for the record, I enjoy a good cheat code. Instead of kettle souring the beer (already...
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    Boone Forks (Vienna) Lager

    Hey all, I'm looking to brew a Vienna Lager. I've used Vienna malt in Oktoberfests and other german lagers in the past, but not as much of a focal point as in this recipe. I have toyed with cutting out the pils malt and having that 5 lbs be vienna as well. What are your thoughts...
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    IPA or IPL

    Hey all, been a minute. Recipe for 5ish gallons: 1/2 weyermann barke pilsner malt 1/2 golden promise malt bill Boil for 60-90 minutes depending on mash efficiency, but no hops until 1oz Simcoe w/ 20 minutes left 6oz citra whirlpool 2oz Mosaic dry hop All hops are pellets. What I am...
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    Nobler Than Thou

    https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/879988/nobler-than-thou Hey all... Looking at doing a variant on the standard Czech Pils that uses all the noble hops. It's a bit more of a new-school technique with the whirlpool hops with an old school style of beer. I have never really used...
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    Harvestfest

    Hey all... Planning to do an Octoberfest for this year's harvest up home. I've not done one, and I'm my goal is to be on the lighter color spectrum of the style, but still get a big malt flavor and aroma. Thoughts? Advice? https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/864157/harvestfest
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    Flowers to Cones

    Hey all, I'm a novice when it comes to growing hops, but I have two first year bines that are flowering pretty heavy. One a cascade, the other a chinook. The chinook especially has flowered out big time. I brew when I go home to Iowa, but my plants are in my back yard in KC. I'm trying to time...
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    Crawfish and Tasting event 2019

    Had a tasting event and Crawfish boil at my folks farm this past weekend. The farmers in Iowa are glad to finally be done planting! We got great feedback on the 5 different beers we provided, got full on Crawfish, and had a great time.
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    Peaches

    Hey all. We have a pretty good supply of Missouri peaches during certain times of the year that we would like to utilize in a beer. No offense to any Georgians out there, but they just seem to taste better than the other peaches that are available year round. I am, however, not wanting to do...
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    Bad Santanator

    'tis the season, right? Haha, no... but I plan on lagering this dopplebock for a good long time, so I'll be brewing it in either late June or Early July to be ready in time for Christmas. I am going back and forth on a few things... first and foremost, weather or not to add some chocolate...
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    Blue Moon-ish Beer

    Hey all! My blue moon recipe in terms of grains/hops/spices is as close to Wayne's recipe as it can be. Not an uncommon clone, obviously. https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/806547/harvest-moon My question, however, is related to the yeast. Pretty commonly known that 1056 is...
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    Boondocks IPA

    Hey all, As an Iowan, it would be remiss of me not to attempt to clone Toppling Goliath's Psuedo Sue. Y'all think it's pretty close? https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/792061/boondocks-ipa
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    Sparge in a bag?

    Hey all, My ol Man has had this igloo party tank around for whenever he had a keg out at the farm... Not sure why I never thought to use it as amash tun until now... Silly me. Anyway, I recently got a brew bag custom made to fit it, because we've been brewing in a bag. And I just recently...
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    Pitching harvested yeast

    I should have added some water to wash these yeasts out better. They really haven't separated out much from the trub, and they've been in the fridge 4 weeks. I plan on using the 007 (in the two jars on the left) for a beer I'm brewing Friday. I have some fast pitch I will use as a starter on...
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    Hurricane ale for Crawfish Boil

    Hey all! I'm brewing a batch for a Crawfish boil were going to do in a few months. Everyone likes to drink hurricanes with their mud bugs, I'm thinking of doing a fruit beer that is inspired by the passionfruit and orange rum cocktail. Not sure what to do for a base beer here. Wheat is...
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    Dirty Inks Irish Red

    Beer's named after a buddy of mine... He's both Irish and redheaded, so it makes sense. Plan on brewing it on the 15th. 5.25 Gallon Batch Fermentables 10 lb American - Pale 2-Row 37 1.8 75.1% 1 lb American - Caramel / Crystal 10L 35 10 7.5% 5 oz American - Roasted Barley 33 300 2.3% 2 lb German...
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    J.R. Anderson and Billtown Brewing Co.

    Hello!!! I have been posting and reading here on Brewer's friend for a little bit, thought I should introduce myself! My wife and I live in Olathe, KS (Kansas City) with our one year old son. However, I brew in Williams, Iowa (Billtown) at my folk's farm with my brother and law and mother...

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