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Brewing first AG batch after years of partial mash. SWMBO requested Thunder Hole Ale from Bar Harbor Brewery (now made by Atlantic Brewery). They would not share recipe with me, but their website says 5.8 ABV, Nottingham Ale yeast, and pale malt, crystal malt and chocolate malts. I came up with...

So, my family used to spend 2 weeks each summer on Mt. Desert Island in Maine, and one of the highlights of the trip was drinking (and bringing home a case of) Thunder Hole Ale, from the Bar Harbor Brewery. The other night, clearing boxes in the basement, I found an old case with two bottles...

I have been brewing for a few years now, generally partial mash. I use a bottling bucket, and I put my dextrose (boiled in water) in the bottom, and siphon from the fermenter into the sugar, assuming this would adequately mix it. I have had occasional flat bottles, or overcarbed ones, but...

SWMBO has asked that I try to make a clone of Sapporo. Best looking recipe I have found is an extract with grains recipe for a fairly high gravity version of Premium American Lager. The recipe calls for the addition of 2lbs of "Rice Extract Syrup". My LHS carries Dried Rice Extract. Anyone...

Recently brewed a partial mash batch of Witbier - somewhat Americanized to get a bit more like Blue Moon. OG was 1.054, FG was 1.018, it is delicious. BUT, it is somewhat flat - not at all fizzy like I had hoped. When you pour, it does form a head, but it doesn't last long, and no...

Okay, experimenting (finally) with recipe formulation rather than following recipes. I like Blue Moon (yeah, I know, have read all the critiques, I know it isn't a true Wit, it's just a nice refreshing brew on a hot day). I have to admit, SWHBO and I are not huge fans of the classic Belgian...

I just got an 8 gallon kettle with thermometer and spigot from SWMBO. I purchased a false bottom so I can use the kettle as mash/lauter tun. It sits just above the spigot, as I intended, but there is a small gap around the outside between the false bottom and the kettle wall (I would estimate...

Working on my first AG batch (BYO clone recipe - 3 gallons - Dogfish Head Indian Brown Ale). Used full Wyeast Ringwood Ale smack pack (recipe was or White Labs British ale - LHBS didn't have it). Mashed, batch sparged, all went well, but OG 1.055 as opposed to 1.070. Ferment started overnight...

Just making transition to AG. Got an 8 gallon kettle, with spigot and thermometer already drilled. Ordered false bottom with necessary circumference (14'') that had the tallest legs (2''). My (obviously incorrect) measurement/assumption suggested that the bottom would sit just above the...

Going to use new 8 gallon brew pot for partial mash. It has thermometer built in, and ball valve with spigot. To use it as a mash tun, anyone think strong advantage to bazooka filter vs. false bottom?

I've been doing 2 1/2 gallon boils for 5 gallon batches for two years - only had my 3 gallon pasta pot. I've never whirlpooled or siphoned the wort from pot to primary - after chilling, I just pour everything through a double mesh strainer and funnel into my carboy. I have never had any...

Brewed my second batch of chocolate stout last month. Starting gravity was 1.056. Left it in primary for about 17 days, krausen all re-absorbed, but couldn't check gravity (hydrometer broke, didn't replace it in time). Racked to secondary, where it has been for about 2 weeks (I am going to...

I am trying my first big beer, a Christmas Beer called "Sinking Feeling". OG is over 1.1, ends up at 1.028 or so, with 11.3% ABV. I am doing a 3 gallon batch, and using two packs of Wyeast American Ale Yeast. The recipe also calls for dry-hopping, which I have never done. My plan is to...

Trying my first chocolate stout. Working off sweet stout recipe (though without lactose) and added 8 oz. pure cocoa powder at 15 minutes. My extract was a combination half liquid, half dry (3 lbs each). I use pellet hops, and previously would not strain the wort going into primary. I just...