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As a proud home brewer, there is nothing I like better than sharing the juices of my labors with friends. I value their honest opinion, positive or negative to allow me to improve my brews. Except....... My circle of beer snob friends who are either homebrewers themselves or drink only high...

Just wondering if anyone has come across this. I have bought my caps from various online sources and have had no problems. Generally I buy oxygen absorbing caps, and from the vendors I have used, they are generally gold colored caps. Over the holiday I ran out of caps and had to bottle a...

2.5 gal batch 3 lb Amber DME 0.25 lb Molasses 0.25 lb Crystal 40 Steeped 0.5 oz Cascade (5.4% AA) @45 min 0.5 oz Amarillo (7.5% AA) @ 30 min 0.5 oz Amarillo (7.5% AA) @ 5 min 0.5 oz Fresh Ginger @ 10 min 3 cinnamon sticks @ 10 min 0.5 tsp nutmeg @ 10 min 0.5 oz Sweet Orange peel @ 10 min 3...

Thanks for all the helpful advice on these pages!! This weekend I am trying a pretty generic recipe. Comments welcome. Starting with a 2.5 gal batch, since I have no idea if the person I am making it for will find it REMOTELY drinkable. Total batch/boil: 2.5 Gal 2.5 lb Fermentap...

2.6 lb Golden Light DME 3.2 oz Honey 0.25 lb Crystal 40 (steeped) 0.5 oz Cascade pellet (5.4% AA) 30 min 0.25 oz Amarillo pellet (7.5% AA) 15 min 0.25 oz Amarillo pellet (7.5% AA) 5 min 0.25 oz Dried Elderflower (10 min) 0.2 oz Dried Lemon Balm (10 min) 1/4 Whirlfloc tablet (15 min) Made a...

http://www.boingboing.net/2011/03/31/coffee-joulies-cleve.html http://www.joulies.com/faq I wonder if these could be specifically re-engineered for Mash/steep temperature keeping.

Not sure where this post should go, so it is going here :mug: Have a lager lagering in the garage in a 3 gallon Better Bottle. It is clearing nicely, but it seems that there is a layer of yeast haze slowly sedimenting, but hung up on one of the 'shoulders' of the bottle. I thought it was just...

Hey all, Just trying my first lager. Kind of a European Amber/Oktoberfest (extract) type. I used the Fermentis Saflager S-23, and from many posts that indicated it tends to ferment cleaner at higher temps, and because my basement was in the right range, I primaried between 53 and 57 degrees...