Hey, apologies if this has already been discussed/covered. I'm fairly new to home brewing and working my way up from home brew kits. Have decided to take on the Grimenberg Double recipe a go for my first brew but one of the steps asks for hops to be added at -90 mins which has confused me...

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 all! I waited too long to brew a brown ale, and now I don't have the ingredients to match my original recipe. Please let me know what you think of my new American brown attempt :) I chose midnight wheat for the debittered quality, but also have Carafa I and Pale chocolate. Thanks! Batch...

https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/1061265/dunkelweizen Please let me know what you think! I'm using Safale S-04 instead of weizen yeast. Grain bill is inspired by the weizen recipe in How To Brew and the Wheat chapter in Designing Great Beers. The last time I had a...

I'm planning on doing darker/amber beers in the next couple of months, and was hoping for some advice for a well-rounded specialty malt addition that I could use to increase the SRM of all the recipes I want to try, without being too roasted/bitter so it can be used in a wider variety of beers...

My dad might be coming to town on business next month, and I would love to brew him a brown ale. He really likes the Lost Coast Downtown Brown. I wanted a simple brown ale; no more than 4 types of grains and only a few hop additions. I have voss kveik as the yeast because I don't have a way...

Hello everyone! I'm really excited to try out BIAB when I brew a Simcoe single hop IPA on Wednesday (hopefully). I wanted to set myself up for success and ask the experts here what they think :) -Brewing 1 gallon in a 3 gallon stock pot -I'm going to crush my crushed grain with a rolling pin...

Hello! I will be brewing a Simcoe single hop IPA, and would love some feedback. The ingredients came in a kit, so I can't change any of the grain bill (precrushed and all mixed in one bag). But! I can mess around with the boil additions, which is what I've tried to do. I've only brewed a...

I bought an all grain kit for gruit, but then changed my mind about wanting to try brewing that style. Instead I took the Pilsner malt and White wheat from the recipe, added some Maris Otter and Crystal 60 for flavor and mash pH, and added the hopping schedule from Biermuncher's centennial...

Hi there, New to the hobby, just brewed my first batch and it didn’t go as planned. Looking for any comments to point out what I did wrong, what I could’ve done better etc. Brewed an Abbey Ale kit, all grains Biab. 5.25G Recipe called for Est. OG: 1.062 Estimated FG 1.015 Pre boil vol 6.25G...

Hi All, my name is Ray Erens and hail from Johannesburg, South Africa. I have recently became a member and immersed myself in learning about Beer Home Brewing. The COVID lockdown has also afforded me to read intensely about this subject, to the point where I have already made some substantial...

Shohola Peregrine Falcon Created Thursday February 13th 2020 Brewer #302806 Method: All GrainStyle: American Pale AleBoil Time: 60 minBatch Size: 5.5 gallons (fermentor volume) Pre Boil Size: 6.5 gallonsPost Boil Size: 4.5 gallonsPre Boil Gravity: 1.060 (recipe based estimate)Efficiency: 75%...

So i have started an experimental batch of water, 100% pineapple juice and brown sugar brew. Im using fermaid K and a 5g packet of EC1118 Champagne dry Yeast. Day 3 and it seems really active. Almost like a wirlpool but way less intense. Some pics are inserted If you look at the pictures...

Hi there - came across the site when researching a blue moon clone and looking for a vadett like one too. Newbie to all grain on the grainfather and enjoying it so far ( 5 brews! ) albeit with some mistakes ( dough / mash qty issues, cold crash fail and a few others :) ) Look forward to...

Hey All, My name is Tim and I live in Allendale, MI just west of Grand Rapids. Started brewing a few years ago, doing kit brews mostly and after a little hiatus have started up again. Moved to creating my own recipies and doing partial mash batches until I can upgrade to some all grain...

Hello! We tried brewing an altbier once about 10 yrs ago. Sadly, it didn't turn out well. Likely due to us not knowing what we were doing. We've been toying with the idea of brewing again. So I was curious about some of the equipment available now. I was hoping to find a way to be able to...

Brewed a batch of cream ale from concentrate in January. It tasted great for the first month or so but the flavor went downhill after five or six weeks. Not disgusting, but not nearly as good. This was my very first attempt ever, so maybe something bad crept into the process. I thought I was...