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Hi all - Recently moved to a new house (well, last summer) and ready to start brewing again. Previously an extract brewer with a couple dozen successful brews under my belt, but now the new house has a large garage, plus a shed, plus a large driveway. Might be time to go BIAB... To that end...

I brewed the following Kolsch recipe on Monday, May 19th: 5 lbs. Wheat DME 1 oz. Perle (8.2% AA) pellets 2 oz. Spalt (2.6% AA) pellets Wyeast 2565 Kolsch packet Boil 2 gallons of water, add first 4 lbs. wheat DME and 1 oz Perle. Boil for 45 minutes. Add 1 oz. Spalt (flavor), boil...

I have the second iteration of my pale ale in the primary, ready to go into the secondary tomorrow or the next day. I dry hop for four days with one ounce of Cascade, but I also bought some Knox gelatin to start using in my paler beers that I would like to see clearer. My question is this...

The kegging is going well. I have fixed all leaks in my system, put my Irish stout on the gas with the "set it and forget it" method, and got 10' of 3/16" beer line, and have balanced my system at about 42 degrees, at 12 psi. Lovely pours! One problem - the first pint of the day has a...

I will be in Philly for two weeks at the end of April (missed Beer Week - dammit!). I'll be in the Plymouth Meeting/Conshohocken area, northwest of the city. I'm planning on hitting the following brewpubs and beer bars. Any opnions? Iron Hill Brewery Sly Fox Brewery General Lafayette Inn...

Just got back from a trip to my local Whole Foods, which sells individual bottles as well as sixers. As I post this, I'm drinking a Weyerbacher Double Simcoe IPA from a previous trip. Good, but gosh darn that's a lot of hops! I've had three of six, might stick the last three in the basement...

Well, the title says it all. I already subscribe to BYO, but in the interest of expanding my beer knowledge, I'd like to pick up a general "beer culture" magazine. So, what can HBT tell me about the pros and cons of All About Beer and Beer Advocate? For reference, the former is $20 for...

Hey guys. I'm hoping all the smart folks around here can help me out, because I'm about ready to throw my kegging set-up into the trash, after using it for less than a month. Here's the problem - I have a leak somewhere, and for the life of me can't figure out where! It's a slow leak, too...

Well, got my kegerator assembled after using some Christmas giftcards, have brewed my Blanche de Chambly clone, and in one week I'll be putting it into my first keg. I've decided on my personal force carb method, know how to break down and sanitize my keg, have tested my system for pressure...

Title says it all, really. I'm going to use a gift certificate to AHBS that I received for Christmas to set up my kegerator. I know that it will fit two cornies on the inside, and I plan to mount the gas cylinder to the back. My main question is: what is an economical and fairly idiot-proof...

OK, after Christmas I plan on making the jump to AG. Between reading here, Papazian, and other sources on-line, I think I have a pretty solid grasp of what it's going to take. Could you old hands humor me, and let me write out what I think my procedure is going to be? Any flaws/misconceptions...

Looking at making the jump to all-grain shortly, and I have a few questions. First off, do I need to make a keggle? I really do not drink my batches very quickly, and my wife doesn't drink much beer at all, so five gallon batches last me for quite a while. Thus, a 32-qt pot should do me...

6.6 lbs. amber DME 0.5 lbs. Carapils 0.5 lbs. 60L Crystal malt 0.33 lbs. brown sugar 1 oz. Goldings hops 30 oz. canned pumpkin ?? spices Here's my plan: caramelize the pumpkin in baking sheets while steeping the grains. Add the pumpkin, half the DME, the sugar, and the hops (for bittering) at...

Like the title says. A guy at work found an older but functional GE 6 cubic foot fridge in a corner of our warehouse. It's got an ice-cube shelf occupying the upper portion, and doesn't appear that big on the inside. The total interior height is only 28.5", assuming I can figure out a way...

Ready to put together my honey wheat. I have adapted B's Honey Wheat, so hopefully it will be tasty. (all numbers from Beersmith) Recipe Type: Extract Yeast: WLP320 Batch Size (Gallons): 5 Original Gravity: 1.049 Final Gravity: 1.013 IBU: 19.2 Boiling Time (Minutes): 60...

Bear with me guys and girls, this might take a while. My first batch was a pre-hopped Cooper's kit. We won't mention it again. :D Next, a Brewer's Best kit Robust Porter that turned out delicious. Third was Edwort's Apfelwein, in Primary 1. So, my fourth brew was my own recipe for a...

Man, what a bummer. Getting ready to pick up stuff for my third brew today, and called over to my LHBS to make sure he was open. He's typically open Wednesday through Saturday, but his website will say if the store is closed on a particular day. He runs the shop out of his basement, so the...

Thinking of putting together my own recipe for a Northwest-style, hoppy pale ale next week. How does this sound? Mom's Seattle Pale Ale Beer Profile Est Original Gravity: 1.053 SG Est Final Gravity: 1.012 SG Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 5.4 % Bitterness: 31.9 IBU Est Color: 3.9 SRM...

Probably going to fire up and brew a NW pale ale next week, and I was hoping for some advice. I've read on here about keeping some of the extract in reserve, adding it during the last 10 or 15 minutes of the boil in order to avoid carmelization. Supposedly this keeps the beer from getting a...

Well, with my second brew almost completely done, I've got a desire to buy a few little odds'n'ends to make my brewing life easier. Could y'all answer some questions I have about this equipment? Are these really as cool as they sound? Throw one on top of your carboy, plug one hole with...