Also, the mash was a 1 hr mash, stirring the mash halfway through. 1Tbsp of 5.2 stabilizer in the mash. Strike temp was ~166F. Mash tun is a typical 10gal mash Gatorade cooler mash tun. Batch sparge, temp ~170F. I have had this happen with a few other brews (Gose and American Amber Ale) and...

Hi all, So the brew was an American Pale Ale. Expected OG: 1.057 Expected FG: 1.014 Mash Temp: 152-154 Pre-boil SG: 1.047 Post Boil Gravity: 1.056 Final Gravity: 1.008 Yeast: WLP060 It did taste a little thin but not terrible.

I recently switched to all grain brewing and have noticed my final gravity reading are much lower than expected. My original gravities are coming in right as predicted and I am very careful about contamination, as I make sure all my equipment is cleaned and sanitized. I have also started using a...

I gotcha now. Maybe I could brew a full batch but split it up into 2 separate fermenters to try that method out. I still want to see what else I can do to improve the flavor be adding it to the secondary as well.

When you saying your beer is 15% puree, what exactly do you mean?

I wanted to get some advice on the best way to get fruit flavor into a beer. I recently brewed the Kolsch recipe below and after fermentation, I split the batch up into 2, 2.5gal batches. I kept one batch "traditional" and the other 2.5gal batch I wanted to experiment with by racking it onto...

Brewed this today. Ended up going with 1lb of C-80 with 0.25lb of C-120. Hit the OG dead on. Tasted a little bitter which might have from not knowing the exact alpha-acid of the chinook hops. Had the aroma I was going for so well see come about 2 weeks from now.

I gotcha thank you.

What temp do you consider a high mash temp? Like 158?

I had thought about adding some vanilla, never thought about lactose though.

I can definitely pull some of the chinook out to drop the IBU. For the crystal, I used a similar blend in an amber ale that turned out very well. When doing some research for a Brown Ale, I read somewhere that Brown Ale is similar to that of an Amber ale, so I used my Amber Ale as a starting...

I would appreciate some feedback on this Christmas Brown Ale recipe I have put together. Never brewed a brown ale / Christmas ale before and wanted to take a shot at this year. A buddy of mine gave me his chinook hops he grew and figured I'd try something new with them this year instead of an...

Ya I've thought about using Chinook but since I already have Bravo on hand figured I go with that. I've used in a similar stout recipe before with good results so I figured I'd go with it on this one. I have access to a used 5 gallon whiskey barrel from a local distiller that I plan on aging...

I am putting together a recipe for a barrel aged imperial stout It'll be a PM recipe, shooting for ABV ~10%, IBU ~65-70, and SRM 40+. Still undecided on hops but I'm leaning towards either Bravo or Chinook for the bittering paired with a middle to late addition of either Cascade or Centennial...