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Just wondering if anybody else has had an attenuation of 79% with Wyeast 1968 London ESB? Wyeast states a value of 67%-71% and is notorious for being a low attenuator. I mashed at 154˚F and it fell to 153˚ over the course of the 50 minute mash, so I suppose that could be a...

My LHBS is also a bottle shop that has just got the go ahead from the city to sell growlers to go. Essentially for those of you who are new to this idea is that you go in, bring your "Insert store name here" growler and have it filled or exchanged for something new off of the taps set up in the...

So I want to brew a Maibock this Sunday, my first attempt at a lager. I made a 1L starter on Tuesday night (2/22) and have been letting it do it's thing for the past 36ish hours @ 55 degrees. It's still going strong, but looks to be coming out of the high krausen right now. I now know that I...

So I've been brewing all-grain now for about 6 months and I always hit my OG almost dead on. My problem is that all of my FGs are very low, like below 1.010 low. For example I brewed an amber ale 2 weeks ago and my OG was 1.059 when I was looking to get 1.060. (The OG has been temp corrected)...

So ever since I started brewing I've wanted to do a Maibock. Now that I have the equipment and it's getting colder, I can lager in my fermentation fridge while leaving my ales at room temp in my house. I'm basing this recipe off of Abita Brewing's Andygator. This is what I've come up with so...

So I want to brew more often now that I have a keg set up and football tailgates are in full swing. The problem is that I only have one 6.5 gallon primary bucket, and my fermentation fridge only fits this bucket in it with little room for anything else. So, I need to make room in the fridge...

So I'm building a keezer, and I had my (3) kegs and CO2 set up delivered yesterday. (Got all of it from kegconnection.com, they're great and giving them a plug here) Everything goes together fine with the exception on the liquid out post on one of the kegs. All (3) of the liquid out...

So I did my first AG brew this past Sunday, everything went smoothly and had no big surprises or problems. I'm making an amber ale, and my recipe is as follows: Phecke's Amber Ale 10-B American Amber Ale Date: 8/8/10 Original Gravity: 1.058 (1.045 - 1.060) Terminal Gravity: 1.015...

So in preparation for going to AG brewing, I built a MLT today. I used a relatively cheap 52-qt rectangular cooler I got at Target for $20. Got my stainless braid, and all of my fittings put together. (If you need 5/8" stainless washers, go to Home Depot and buy the SS box of nuts and washers...

Just wanted to give everybody a heads up that if you're looking for a rectangular cooler to make a mash/lauter tun, I picked up a 52-qt igloo cooler with a drain for $19.99 at Target last night. Don't know if that was just at my local store or not, but certainly worth a look if you're in the...

So I pretty much have decided to take the plunge and go AG. Because of that I would like to buy a grain mill. I know there are better mills out there than the Victoria/Corona style mills out there, but they also cost 2-3 times as much and it seems people have done fine with a Victoria mill...

Hey there everyone, my question is a simple one. How soon is too soon to make the move to AG brewing? I've been interested in brewing for the better part of the last 5 years. Since I was 20 and in college I've wanted to brew, and since then I've read everything that I could get my hands on...

Hey there everyone, I'm relatively new to brewing but have been lurking the forums for over a year now. I'm finally ready to formulate my own recipe but with all of the great info I've gotten in the past here, I had to run it past you guys to see what could be done better or if I'm royally...