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We must be heading toward fall as I see a few questions about pumpkin ale popping up!! I am brewing the NB Smashing Pumpkin AB Kit this weekend and have read some feedback that the 1 tsp of pumpkin spice added at the end of the boil is a bit on the subtle side and could be a bit more...

Hello everyone! My brother-in-law has been interested in homebrewing for quite some time. Before Thanksgiving dinner yesterday, I decided it was a great time to get him started. I bought a an Oatmeal Stout AG kit and set out all of my beermaking tools. Because the oven/stove was in use...

I brewed up a Blueberry Wheat about a month ago and all went smooth. I measured the gravity at 1.010 one week before bottling and the day of bottling. I had the great idea to throw a little blue dye in the bottling bucket and stirred it in gently with a wooden spoon. I bottled up 53...

If the weekend goes as planned, I want to start my third AG brew. I have the ingredients for a Belgian Wit, but have been thinking about how to have some fun with it at bottling. I ordered a bottle of blueberry extract and thought about adding a small amount of blue food coloring just...

Hello everyone.. I just did my 2nd AG brew tonight. It was a NB Oatmeal stout. Everything was going smoothly until I put my kettle on the stove and realized that there were some grains that had made it through my braid and into my kettle. Upon further review, my tubing came lose from the...

I know I have seen this discussed before, but I wasn't able to find the thread. I apologize if it's a repeat question. I am brewing up an American Wheat this weekend and was wondering if anyone has any idea what adding a couple/few packets of lemonade Kool Aid would do before bottlng? I...

Greetings everyone.. I'm pretty new to homebrewing and therefore I worry and don't have any homebrew to help me with the worrying. I have a brew that is bottled so hopefully I won't have an excuse anymore. Anyway.. I have a question and look forward to hearing your replies. I brewed...

Hello everyone.. This is my first post after weeks/months of reading. I've sure learned a lot and hope to learn more and even contribute knowledge to these forums over time. While visiting some friends and family recently, I stopped at the Pyramid Ale House in Walnut Creek, CA. I tried...