Recent content by vmibrewer

Don't do it man! Go online or go to your lhbs and buy some corn sugar!

Go to new belgium and talk to any employee there. You'll get all the story you need and a great beer.

Ok so I went to my lhbs ( rocky mountain brewery) and they were fresh out of citra. After showing them this recipe they suggested all Columbus hops, same additions. Any thoughts on this?

Awesome sounds great thank you!

Beginner brewer... I want to make a summer brew that is either a citrus wheat or citrus amber. I'm open to any and all suggestions but my limitations are : only extract or partial grain, I only have a 20qt brew pot so I boil 3gal and add two, i want to use citrus zest. I have looked up a few...

Ok thank you. I'll keep brewing and when the time comes try a full boil. After all, it's still beer right!

I have made a few kits from my LHBS and they have me boiling 3 gallons of wort and adding water to it after the boil to make 5 gallons to put in my primary. The beer tastes great so I was wondering why would I need to do 5 gal boils if 3 gal plus water works just fine? I downloaded the...

Just north of Colorado springs and literally right off of I-25 is Colorado mountain brewery. Food is great and beer is awesome. Personally I like it more than phantom canyon.

I'm new to brewing as well but I too tried my 1st brew early and noticed a sweet taste. Come to find out it was because of the priming sugar not fully converting. After another week a nice foamy head and a completely different taste. Now I'm at week 8 and the beer tastes great. Keep the bottles...