A list of ingredients and steps used to make a beer or wine.
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How do you characterize “Breakfast Beer”?
What makes a good breakfast beer?
Thinking of brewing something for an upcoming eggs and kegs event.
Any clones of Founders Kentucky Breakfast Stout out there?
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Recipes for Banana Mead
I was inspired to make a banana mead after reading Gravity's Rainbow. I have made mead before, and looked online for recipes, but all of them contain grape juice.
Is the grape juice there for some ...
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Malt flavor profiles
Does anyone know a good comprehensive resource to compare different base and specialty grains and their resulting flavor profiles?
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Brewing a braggot.
How much honey do you need to put into a beer recipe before you can really call it a braggot? I am sure the taste is largely subjective.
I want to brew a beer with 1/3 Honey, 1/3 2-row, 1/3 wheat. I ...
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pH for oatmeal stout and how to get it
I am planning an oatmeal stout and read that the mash pH is really important for stouts in general. Which pH should I go for in my oatmeal stout and how can I get to it?
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Tips for my first English IPA
I'm planning to make my first English IPA on this Sunday and I wanna know from more experienced homebrewers if my recipe is ok:
For a 20L batch
Ingredients:
Amount Item ...
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What causes a stout's creamy head?
Stouts, especially beers like Guiness (its cousin Kilkenny as well), have a head that's really creamy. Being a stout lover myself, I always envied this head, but I have no idea how one can achieve it. ...
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What malt should I use to get a red beer?
So, I want to make a red beer, what is the best malt to get this color?
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What's the line between brown ale and porter?
Southern English brown ale, which I like, seems to differ from porter, which I dislike, by only a matter of degree. It just seems to be about the amount of specialty grains. Is there any other ...
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Using honey in beer
This thread is not actually one single question, but a number of different ones.
When calculating sugars used in the wort, how much sugar does honey contain? Is it closer to dry malt extracts, raw ...
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Chile Pepper Ale
I've brewed a simple base ale recipe. It's fermenting happily.
I want to add Chile Peppers to the beer to make a spiced ale. I'm not looking for something with a lot of heat, but I do want some ...
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Columbus and Centennial hops
How do Columbus and Centential hops differ?
I have used them both in the past and usually in combination. But I may purchase one over the other in bulk soon.
Which one of these comes out less harsh ...
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Are there any reverse recipe caluclator / generators online?
I have a bunch of small amounts of leftover specialty grains ranging from 3 ounces to about 8 ounces of various types. I'd like to brew something with them. Are there any good sites out there that ...
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Munich and Vienna Malt
How do these two malts differ? I can find sources at times with slightly different colors and I know there must be flavor differences.
I was wondering if anyone could shed light on how the two are ...
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Dry vs. Liquid Extract
Dry and liquid extract each have their advantages and draw-backs.
What are the perceived ups and downs for using one or the other?
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Black Patent and stout
The debate rages on so I thought I'd ask.
Do you think black patent (black barley) belongs in Stout? Or is stout better made with just roasted barely and chocolate malts, while BP is best reserved ...
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Gosebier- a unique style
Dose anyone have any experience brewing Gosebier? Its a german wheat style of beer that is flavored with some salt (and citrus I believe). I had one at the Golden City Brewery in Denver a couple ...
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Recipe for Imperial Red Ale?
If I want to make a red ale in the vein of Lagunitas's Imperial Red, Dry Hopped St. Rogue Red, or Green Flash Hop Head Red. Anyone have any recipes for me? I'm not looking for a traditional Irish red.
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Do you have a good Wit recipe?
I'm looking to do an all grain Witbier as one of my first AG brews. Bell's Winter White is a commercial example that I like, although I'm not necessarily looking to clone it.
