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For someone like me who can't get a temp-controlled mini fridge, summer was easy to understand, if a bit tedious - when your ferm temp is getting higher than you like, throw some ice or frozen water bottles into the swamp cooler to bring the temp down. Repeat forever. Now I've got the...

So I've done an extract recipe, a smaller beer with an OG of about 1.040. I brewed it on 9/30, and it started bubbling in the airlock at about 24 hours. It's been bubbling since, though vastly slowed down, but it's still 11 days after brew day. I used 3.3lbs liquid wheat extract, and 3.3lbs...

Just cracked this one last night - it's almost shandy-like, but very light. It's definitely a great summertime lawnmower beer. No sorghum twang at all, just a nice citrusy light beer. I went half sorghum extract, half rice extract solids for my base, and since both of those tend to thin...

I'm adapting this Dr Smurto's Golden Ale recipe from all grain to a partial mash, and wanted it to be a little stronger ABV & drier. So here's what I've come up with: 1.75 lbs Munich Malt (9.0 SRM) [21.9 %] 1.75 lbs Wheat Malt, Ger (2.0 SRM) [21.9 %] 8.0 oz Caramunich Malt (56.0 SRM) [6.3 %]...

I brewed the Brewer's Best American Pale Ale kit yesterday, which is my 3rd batch, and when I rehydrated the Bry-97 yeast prior to pitching I noticed that it didn't "fluff up" in the cup like I saw with the Nottingham in each of my first two batches (both of which started bubbling up within 12...

I went and bought some 1/2 gallon amber jugs for bottling from my HBS, since I'd rather not have 100 bottles all over the place. The jugs would be a perfect compliment to bottles, but you know once I got home I checked if bottling in these jugs (aka growlers I assume) is OK, and apparently it's...

Just got my beginner's kit last weekend, started with a Brewer's Best Amber Ale extract kit. Brewed Tuesday evening, got my wort/beer in my primary (plastic bucket) and the airlock had lots of activity that's slowed down now. So far, everything looks to be good, even considering all the...