OK this is the recipe 6# american wheat, 4.5# pale 2 row, caramel 15L and1010 wyeast. Came out of the mash clear and after I pitched the yeast it bubbled away for about a day or so, and turned a hazy brown/yellow. Been in the primary for about 5 days, just doesn't seem to be settling. should I...

This recipe is posted by Genus Brewing, it's a wheat beer. Looking at the recipe can't find where the addition of the flavor is found. Did a cherry wheat a while back and just added the cherry extract prior to bottling. This the same with this brew? Does not indicate, tried to find a way to...

Ok folks have a sparge question. I want to make a sparge arm to help in the sparging of my grain, and I think this is where I have fallen short getting all the sugar out of the grain with my past brews. So I plan on making a sparge arm, no problem. This is what I know, sparge with 170 degree...

Ok, this is my 3rd all grain, last 2 tasted great. So, based on the recipe for chocolate wheat porter the O.G. was 1.034 the recipe indicates should be1.051. When I made my log entry it shows an efficiency of 58% not 75%. I mashed my grain at 150 for 60 minutes did the iodine test and that...

I don't know that is why I ask! I recently saw a add for the "Bouncer" beer filter, claiming to filter trub, yeast and other stuff to make beer cloudy. I bottle and I also assume that I need a bit of yeast to carbonate my brew. If this is the case, I don't know, will it filter out to much yeast...

Can you use vanilla extract in place of beans?? Extract has the vanilla in a solution, usually in an alcohol, Using the bean the results can't be predicted. So if my recipe calls for 3 beans and at the end of my fermentation there is no vanilla flavor, maybe I should of used 6 beans, see where I...

Is there a good reason to use one over the other? i have been brewing for a couple years now and have a couple times where the smack packs didn't seem to swell up and activate, and when adding those packs that don't swell the package tight to the wort i end up adding a pack of dry yeast after a...

I just brewed a Zombie Dust clone (BIAB), thought I had an issue with the fermentation but seems it all happened quick, it was done in a day or so, set in fermentor for 2 weeks. With that said I primed and bottle, let the bottles set for 2 weeks, opened and tasted. Get a good hoppy taste...

Doing a Zombie Dust clone, (BIAB) wort went into the bucket at 1.040, used Safale -04. No activity at all. Though about repitching with a liquid yeast. thoughts

I have a couple of question ….. The first. I brewed my first all grain, and some trouble from the start. I believe the yeast I purchased was bad, several days after pitching there was no activity, I keep a pack of dry yeast handy so I added it and got a bit of fermentation activity. The final...

This will be year 3 for my hops, I have 6 different varieties and only 3 types do well in central Ohio. Last year I harvested about 5.5# from my Chinook and Cascade, this year the harvest is about 1/4 what it was last year. Different growing approach this year, picked 3 of the best looking bines...

I did my first BIAB, got the pre-boil OG 1.040, (1.050 into the fermentor) which was what the recipe indicated. The recipe was a belgian wit, 6.5 # grain and wyeast 3944. I came up about a gallon short of my batch size so I boiled an extra gallon of water and added a pound of DME. Put the...

How do different grain effect the outcome of brewing? Is there a list of the different types of grain and what they could do to brewing. Let's say I want to increase head retention, what would I add. If you want to brew a specific style of beer what grain do you use. Just wondering. davea

This will be my first BIAB attempt, brewed a dozen plus extract recipes so I think it's time to move to the next level. The process seems straight forward, but I still have a couple questions to fill in the blanks (in my head). I will be using a recipe from Brewers Friend (Shock Top clone). What...

I usually end up with a bit of sediment in the bottom of the bottle, while I don't believe it has affected taste, I pour into a glass and leave the "stuff" in the last 1/2 inch. Any thoughts? To quote "the more I read the more confused I get". So, filter, cold crash, secondary or just shake the...

OK, just throw this one out for any comments. Suppose I brew a 5 gallon extract, and instead of one fermentation vessel I use 5 - 1 gallon bottles and in each gallon jug tweak it with something different. More hops, fruit, spices and the like. Anyone try this. Guess this could be a way to...

Two questions today... to adjust the finished ABV of a brew are there other factors other than the amount of fermentables used in the batch. Non-brewing question. I see that you are in San Marcos, my son is stationed in San Antonio and we plan to visit this fall. Are there any small craft...

Tried the first bottle of my latest batch and I have no carbonation. This is the second attempt with this recipe and the first was fine. The only condition that may be different is temperature, summer time vs winter. I store the bottles on a shelf in the basement stair area while they condition...

Still have question even after 8 batches. Next brew is a Goose Island 321, (extract)boil volume calls for 6.25 gallons with 5 gallons to go in the fermenter. I can probably do a 4 gallon boil ( normally do 3.5 gallons so I don't boil over)due to the size of my kettle. I have done a boil off...

I had my top off water outside (40ish) After I chilled my wort added the top off water the wort is now 55. Will that hinder the yeast (Wyeast 1010) to start the fermentation process? Or will it take off when it warms up. dave althouse