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The second year for the Midwest Brewers Fest is Saturday August 25th, 2012 http://midwestbrewersfest.com More and more breweries are being added weekly and once again should be a good time in a great setting on the banks of the the Dupage river.

As part of the AHA (American Homebrewers Association) national “Learn to Homebrew Day", The Headhunters Brewing Club & Fox Valley Homebrew & Winery Supplies are hosting an event at the store on November 6, 2010 from 11 AM to 3 PM. http://www.33headhunters33.com/ http://www.foxvalleybrew.com/...

Hi All, I was just elected the President of the Headhunters Brewing Club. We met monthly at the Fox Valley Homebrew & Winery Supplies store in Aurora, IL. We are trying to breath new life into the club as the membership has gone downhill since before I joined last year. We met the third...

I was able to find a local beverage company that will fill a CO2 tank while you wait and I am just setting up my new kegging system. After I got home from getting my tank filled I noticed that they had put a little washer on a rubber band around the tank neck. So what is this washer...

Here is a picture of how I spent a nice Saturday afternoon. Doing a little brewing and finishing up the last bottle of Raspberry Kolsch from this summer.

I just opened my first AG brew, it is the AHS Oatmeal Stout. Good thing it is a long weekend! :drunk: Here are a copy of photos:

I have a recipe that calls for 2 oz whole leaf hops and I have never used whole leaf. Do I use 1 oz of hop pellets to equal 2 oz of whole hops? Or do pellets and whole leaf equal the same? I do not have whole leaf only pellets.

Just a quick question from a AG noob. The American Red Ale recipe calls for 2 oz of roasted barley. All I can find on the AHS website is Black roasted barley. Are they one and the same? Or is that small of an amount ok to use black roasted in place of just roasted? Here is the grain...

Well for the first day of summer I accomplished my first AG. I want to thank all the people here who post up great advice, also to those who are thinking of making the dive into the AG pool go ahead it is not really all that hard. Right now I have an AG Oatmeal stout from Austin Homebrew...

Please suggest to me a malty less hoppy style of ale that I can brew. I am ok with a hoppy beer, but I am trying to think of a beer style that the maltiness comes through more then the hops. Think of the malt smell you get from the brew kettle before your first hop addition. Thanks

I am going to brew a Honey Steamer that I found on byo.com from the reciple below, but I have a couple of questions mainly I wanted to know if what I am changing is going to change the flavor much if any. 1. The receipe calls for only a 2 gallon boil, with 9lbs of fermentables isn't a 3...

Does priming sugar plus lactose equal bottle bombs? I am guessing not, since lactose is not fermentable, but I just wanted to check with some of you experienced folks. I am talking about the normal amount of priming sugar 5 oz and about 1 cup of lactose boiled in water added to the bottling...

Being a newbe to brewing I had read here that when brewing a wheat type beer you should use a blow off tube. Well I am glad I did, as you can see with this picture! This is a Blueberry wheat ale and there was no fermentation until after 2.5 days and then the yeast starting eating, have...

Hi all, I have been lurking for a little while and just registered! I just bottled my first ever batch, an amber ale, and thanks for all the posts here. I am going to brew my second batch on Saturday but I have a question. I am brewing a Blueberry Wheat Ale from an extract kit, but the kit...