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i have been using more beer to buy my grains already milled. I have been missing my numbers by a good bit lately. I really never get above 1.060. I have tried using all the tricks they recommend except the bag because I just don't want to do biab. I'm curious on are there other brewers that...

I'll start off by saying this is first batch of wine. I've brewed beer for years and decided to get my wife into making wine. We did a wine kit from Williams brewing. Its been in secondary since December. We tried a sample today and she says it's rather sweet. Will the sweetness dye down after...

I've done a few beers with strawberry's but I've always added it when I cold crash and kept the strawberry's in their for 5 days. Im running low on fridge space. What are your experience with adding strawberry's or any kind of fruit at room temp?

So I've been trying different ways to do a neipa. I taste it throughout the fermentation process. I usually will do 5oz in a whirlpool at 170 for 20 minutes a, 5oz at the end of fermentation, and 4 oz during a soft crash. In my tasting notes towards the end of fermentation before I dry hop I...

I grabbed this water profile to add to a targer water profile for beer smith When I add the target water profile do i adjust the PH on the target water profile to be 5.5 for a neipa? My typical water profile for a hazy IPA usually looks something like this. Calcium (Ca2+) 119 Magnesium (Mg2+)...

I'm doing a NEIPA in the morning and when i added the water profile to beer smith it shot out to add gypsum. Which I do not think is correct and it does not tell me to add any calcium chloride. I'm attaching some screen shots any help or helping me understand would be greatful :)

I picked up some used kegs and the piece that is in the out post keeps falling out when I took it out to clean it. After I screw it in of coarse it doesn't move but the beer is pretty foamy. Should I replace with a new one or is a way to get it to say in the post. None of my other kegs fall...

I brewed a year for a birthday party but I'm thinking of adding a second tap of some sort of cocktail in a keg. I'm thinking a vodka Arnold Palmer (john Daly) made with crystal light Should this be slightly carbonated or left flat. Looking for any towhee keg cocktails as well

I've been looking into the Anvil all in ones for a few days now. Anyone regret the purchases after moving from their old all grain setup? I'm looking at the 18 incase I need to do two batches at a time

What's the best way to add coffee Cold brew ? Beans in secondary ? Coarse grind in secondary?

I recently did a NEIPA and It came out decent (better than the past ones) I did have a few thoughts on version 2. Last I mashed at 149. This time I will mash at 155. I feel like i was missing some mouthfeel. Any thoughts on that? Also I added half oz at flameout. of nelson I had not added...

I moved my kegerator today to sweep behind it and I saw this in the back? It was bought new feom kegco 6 months ago. Any thoughts on why this happened?

Has anyone tried doing wine? I'm wondering if I can do it with most of current setup or what else I would have to add.

Looking for recommendations on how to get maple flavoring? Maybe with extract in the keg?

Has anyone noticed when you start brewing inside you get more ant piles in your yard? Maybe it's just a coincidence. But every time I mow the lawn i'm finding new ant piles and it has just been since i started to brew more often.

What is the best way to go about using oreo's? Do you put it in the mash? Put it in the secondary ? 2nd question because I'm hung over. Any one ever smoke Oreos? Maybe wrap in bacon? on the grill or smoker?

Where do you all get your vanilla bean from? I got some from sprouts and it was about 5 bucks a bean. After I drank 4-5 beers i woke up this morning and I guess i made an etsy order for a vanilla bean plant

What are you all's thoughts on the All in one system. I'm currently using a a 5 gallon mash ton, 5 gallon water tank and 8 gallon pot. I'm thinking it would make a little less cleanup and maybe save some time? Thoughts?

I'm currently doing a coffee stout. I added 2lbs of Briess Chocolate malt and I find it has a pretty good coffee taste while sitting in the carboy? I was debating about adding some cold brew espresso, but I'm worried that it will give it a lot more bitterness. Any thoughts? Thanks ryan

How often do you "borrow" someone's recipe from beer smith?