I'm working on a new recipe for a Spiced Blonde Ale. After my first batch—which was both a failure and a success—I ended up with surprisingly good results despite the mistakes. It taught me a lot, and now I feel ready to try again, building on that recipe with a few tweaks. This time, my recipe...

Evening folks. Boris here. I have a real world question on using the carbonating calculator that's provided to us here on the site. I understand it's for homebrewing and I have used this very calculator when I was homebrewing but now I've made it to the 'pro' level and our method for carbing...

Greetings all, After yesterday’s brew day (and 1 too many homebrews), me and my buddies came up with a plan for our next brew day. I understand stouts are made with hard mineral-y water, so we thought that perhaps a good idea is to harvest the water from an underground cave waterfall near us...

Hello, i found this recipe, but i don't understand why post boil size and batch size are different. Where is 1.5 gal (7gal - 5.5gal) lost ? Thanks.

Hello guys, I brewed mead before but this was my first attempt at brewing beer. After making a lot of research I made my own recipe based on a few others, and here is the recipe; https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/918381/buddha-bomber The thing is, when I measured the original...

Hi All I'm kind new on this, I have done beer twice. My first time was not that bad. But the 2nd time was awful, the beer at the end was like sour. My guessing is that was contaminated at some point. I'm looking for an easy recipe which I could duplicate and get practice. If you now some, that...

Hey everyone, I’m using a Kveik strain of yeast which is currently fermenting at around 90 degrees and wondering if that would be too warm to dry hop. Will I get off aromas? Thanks!

Hey gals & gents, So my question deals with conditioning fruit while utilizing the high-temperature tolerant Voss Kveik yeast. I will be primary fermenting my 2 gallon batch of APA with Voss Kveik at around 85 degrees. After dry hopping, I will split the primary into two seperate, smaller...

Recipe: https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/717924/new-england-ipa Calculator: https://www.brewersfriend.com/ibu-calculator/ Good evening all, So I created a recipe for a strawberry NEIPA that my friends and I will brew during Thanksgiving. The problem that I am having is...

I've brewed a couple of Belgian Wit's that require spices or herbs but the ones at the LHBS are so expensive and the McCormick spices are no better. I found a place that had some of the ones I've using at a much better price... for example I purchased a 1.5 ounce of ground McCormick Sweet...

Northern Brewer/Lemondrop Saison @Mase posted this it's my fourth brew using the BIAB method 10 liters/2.6 gallons... I usually give half of my beer away to the Air Force service members I work with; they love free beer after all it's the best kind... I've had good results bottling so I usually...

Over the last few months I've watched a lot of YouTube videos and I keep hearing this reference made to a "Band Aid" taste from some of the more seasoned brewers, which seems to be a reference for beer that was fermented at an improper temperature... to be honest I've never licked a band aid but...

Not mine but I thought it would make an interesting discussion... way out of my league for sure... I would really like to taste it though... Linky >> Sour Orange Creamsicle

Had my first Duvel Belgian Golden Ale tonight at dinner... I actually purchased it a week or so ago as a single just to try it... I didn't really start drinking beer until December 2017 and I'm no spring chicken if you catch my drift... I would have a Blue Moon now and again but didn't realize...

I understand water chemistry is important for optimum results but like most in the "Beginners Brewing Forum" we have to crawl then walk before we can run. I use Ozarka Spring water in my brew and a detailed water report is available. At this time I'm only equipped to do 10 liter (2.6 gallon)...

I'm looking for suggestions on a stout recipe I came up with. I know, I know... summer is coming. Why am I brewing a stout? I have had this itch to brew a really creamy, silky stout for a while now. I brewed one last year and it came out a little too thin for my liking. I figured I'd give it a...

I've been using the tools on this site for a couple years and I was excited to see that you could become a member! I brew lots of different beers that I try to fit with the season. I started off in Colorado (where I grew up) brewing extract kits and progressively moved to an all grain set up...

So prior to brewing this, I asked friends and family what they thought about the idea because we want to enter a beer into an upcoming IPA competition. We received a lot of positive responses, but not surprisingly, there was also a lot of negative feedback. The negative feedback revolved around...

Hey All! I'm brand new here and very new to brewing in general. I have a lot of interest, but not a ton of time. I was looking at the different machines from PicoBrew and the newly announced PicoBrew Z caught my attention. Can anyone share their thoughts on this machine in general and if...

Did a Hoegaarden clone and the smell is super awsome! Can´t wait to drink this!