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I just brewed my first GF batch. 7 lbs sorghum syrup 1 lb Canada No. 1 medium maple syrup 1 oz cascade (boil) 0.5 oz cascade (5 min finish) Nottingham dry ale yeast OG came out at 1.048. Maple flavour not really present after brewing. I'm considering adding some more maple syrup at...

Finally got sick of dunking my kettle in an ice bath and built a wort chiller. Thought I would share the results here. After going back and forth I decided to build only by bending the tube and not soldering. Here is the result: For the intake I got a short garden hose. This connects...

A friend and I began brewing earlier this year. We started with extract / partial mash and have recently moved to all-grain. We're completely addicted. One of the things that always appealed to me about brewing was the technical aspects and the science involved. So we knew we wanted to brand...

I recently switched from partial mash to all-grain which has been a success (mostly because the beer is even more delicious). One difference I have noticed from my previous batches though is fermentation after racking. While in the secondary there doesn't appear to be ANY activity. When...

It's my fourth batch of beer and after racking I had my airlock overwhelmed with foam and beer. Thinking it would be a good idea to remove it, I took it off and was blasted in the face (as was a good part of the room) with beer and the recently added blueberry puree. Yum. I rigged up a...

My friend and I just started brewing up in Vancouver, BC. We jumped right into partial mash, and have had to wait until our local brew shop got more mash tuns in stock to start into all-grain. We have made three fairly successful batches with a fourth in the primary. The next batch will be...

I'm a relatively new brewer and am currently doing partial mash recipes. My latest batch is a repeat of an earlier hefeweizen that turned out really great. But this time I was planning on adding blueberries in the secondary. I am racking tomorrow so was hoping to get some last minute advice...