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I brew a pumpkin ale every year. I use cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, and ginger. In my pumpkin pie spice mixture I use 1/2 tsp of cinnamon, 1/4 tsp of ginger, 1/8 tsp nutmeg, and 1/8 tsp of allspice in a five gallon batch (I think this is a pretty common recipe). I have found that if I use more than a...

Darn... Well, I thought you might get a kick out of this so here goes. I started this thread because I brewed a recipe that I thought should have had more body than it did. Actually, several recipes that should have been a little "heavier" body wise, but turned out a bit on the "light...

Thank you. You just confirmed my theory. I've read so many books in the last six months to a year that I've lost track of which book said what. I knew that but just couldn't find where I'd read it. Again thank you.

Okay I think I know the answer to this but would like some input. I've been having a lot of fun brewing some of the recipes in the book, Brewing the Classics. I've been able to hit the pre-boil gravities and the original gravities without any difficulty. However the final gravities seem to finish up...

Holy cow I just had a flashback... for a second or two I had the unnerving sensation of sitting in college che-mystery class haha! The Langmuir equation is dealing with a substance/molecules/granulates immersed in a fluid, absorbing the fluid, be it a gaseous fluid or a liquid fluid. Wow, I haven't ...

I'm in Anchorage AK and I'm about 180' above mean sea level, We've had a really dry spring so far, the garage is at about 20% humidity. I realize there are many variables that effect evaporation such as relative humidity, barometric pressure/altitude, temperature, surface area, amount of heat being ...

Thanks. I figured as much. I'm a nerd and like to know the specifics on stuff like this.

Does anyone know a formula that I can use to calculate the evaporation rate of boiling water/wort given the size of the brew kettle and temperature of the water. I have a 15 gallon Polar Wear brew kettle, and a camp chef propane 30K BTU burner that will only bring the water up to about 208ºF, or at ...

I just discovered The Jamil Show on iTunes pod cast. I'm sure everyone already knows about it... I seem to discover this sort of stuff a little late. Anyway, the show is really good at picking different styles of beer or different brands and explaining how one might go about cloning or at least prod...