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Well, I tried to brew the Irish Red recipe from Brewing Classic Styles and didn't take note that the 6 oz of Roasted Barley the recipe called for was 300L not the 675L Roasted Barley that I hurriedly grabbed and used. Needless to say, the beer is a bit darker than expected. Since it's on the...

So during the late May sale at AHS I picked up a munich helles kit for my first lager. The 6lbs of extra pale malt have been sitting in the closet at between 72 and 74 degrees for 2 months, the 1lb of Munich with .25lb of pilsner along with the 2 oz of Vanguard are in the freezer. I guess I...

So I brewed a blonde ale from extract out of Jamil's book and I was about to rack it into a keg at 3 weeks when I noticed it still had about an inch to two inches of krauesen on top. I used one pack of US-05 dry yeast and it was at about 62 degrees for 2 weeks and then I brought it up to 68 -...

I swear I've seen a calendar which said when to brew a style so that it will be ready to drink at the correct time of the year. I've searched and searched but apparently not well enough. Can someone point me in the right direction?

So I just got my 50' of 3/8" copper tubing to build my immersion chiller from coppertubingsales.com. I can't say enough about their customer service, the first coil got lost somewhere in the bowels of DHLs sorting facility and they sent me a new one no questions asked immediately. Anyways, it...

Well I've lost my spare bedroom/brewhouse to the new roommate but on the upside I'll have more funds to devote to my craft. Now, aside from the garage the only other viable space is under the stairs in the laundy room. However, I'm concerned that with it being right next to the hot water...

So with the help of an old college roommate who has a few (okay, a lot) of brews under his belt I made my first batch this Saturday. I used an extract recipe with some specialty grains that I picked up from the LHBS to make a Rogue Dead Guy Ale clone. We're also planning on taking some of the...