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I picked up a Griffen Claw (small brewery in Birmingham, MI) sampler pack awhile back and it contained El Rojo, a red ale. I fell in love with it. I then had it again on tap this past weekend and want to brew something like it. It's a rich, malty red with very little detectable bitterness (too...

I just brewed a dampfbier last night and pitched onto a WLP380 yeast cake from a roggenbier I made 2 weeks ago. When I made the roggenbier I had a lag time of about 3 hours, which was the fastest I have ever had. I am normally in the 12-24 hour range, even 36 hours occasionally. So, last...

Hi everyone, I took a little hiatus from brewing due to busy life and wanting to shed a couple of pounds. Anyways, I brewed a really good American amber/red not to long ago and it's still in the keg. I just brewed a roggenbier (13.5 hour brew day stuck sparge extravaganza!) last week. I am can't...

Hello everyone! Its been to long since my last brew session (I hate you life :)), but I have an empty keg that needs filling. This is my second self recipe :rockin:. I plan on brewing next weekend and having it ready by Christmas. I havn't brewed a brown in the last few years and I have been...

Hello, So I have about 10 or so brews under my belt and really want to formulate a recipe myself instead of using others and tweaking it. So I am in the mood to make a Black Ipa and decided to also use rye. Could you please review and let me know your critiques and such. Thanks! Brew...

Hello Everyone!!! Its been awhile since I made my last brew (Masters class/work/holidays). So I decided on making the AG Final Abosulution clone. I picked up the stuff yesterday morning and then made a 4L yeast starter with 1 vial of WLP500. I checked on it just now and noticed little white...

Hello, I just finished building my keezer and hooked up all the equipment I got from Keg Connection. I bought a 3-gauge taprite regulator from them. So I followed the Instructions turning the red knobs counter clockwise to off. Hooked up everything then turned the knob to 10 psi for the first...

So I am making the All-Grain car bomb stout recipe with a few tweaks. Anyways I used the Wyeast Irish strain and made a 1.88L starter. That went fine. Then brew day came and went without a hitch. I shook to aerate it and it was definitly foamy. I pitched the yeast at roughly 68 (I couldn't get...

So after getting all my equipment from NB, I was super excited to start my brew. One problem, The stock pot I ordered from a local restaurant supply store didn't get it in and they had no time table. Hmm. So I cancelled that and went ordered the winware 40 quart aluminium pot from amazon (So...

Its the Deluxe starter kit from Northern Brewer. I was going to wait for the groupon deal but couldn't wait any longer (ordered on Monday, doh) I just unpacked it and I am happy. The long box is a 28" patle. I decided to start off with making the Dead Ringer (Bell's Two Hearted clone). I do have...

Hello, My name is Mike. I live about 40 miles north of the D. How I got started with brewing is my mom got me a Mr. Beer kit for Christmas last year (seems like a common story). I loved it. First beer I made was the St. Patty's Irish Stout but added cocoa, vanilla, and some Jamican Blue Mountain...