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I brewed this Rye-PA last year, and I think it came out nice. The color was a nice coppery orange, the hop aroma was good, and the esters from the Belgian yeast really added a lot to the beer. This is only one of a handful of recipes that I've put together myself, so I'm looking for feedback...

Interesting read regarding craft beer in Chicago. Seems Miller and Busch are giving away free beer, gifts, and other kickbacks in order to get bars to fill their taps with their beer, and to stop selling local craft beer...

These guys from yelp.com created an ipad application that connects to a kegerator. Before you pour, you sign in via RFID, and the application tells you things like keg temp, flow rate, info about the beer, how much beer is left in the keg, and even allows you to rate the beer and find out who...

I was sitting at one of our local breweries last Wednesday with a co-worker, enjoying some great brews while sitting at the bar and chatting up the manager. Within the couple hours we were there, 3 different guys took a seat next to us, and when the bartender asked what they wanted they each...

Heard a few good things about Jolly Pumpkin, so I bought a bunch of 760ml bottles at the local beer shop to give it a try. The one I was looking most forward to was the Madrugada Obscura. I'm a big stout fan so this one picked my interest. I just opened the bottle and it ended up gushing all...

Did a few searches, but didn't really find a good answer to my questions. I have a wheat beer that has been sitting in the primary for about 3 weeks, and I would like to add apricot flavor to the beer. What would be the best method of doing this? I've heard of people actually adding fresh...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/29/AR2010062900910.html :rolleyes: Haven't read the book, but based on what they said about the Bigfoot barley wine (mentioned in the article), I'd say the authors have no idea what they're talking about. No one is going to sit...

I bought a vial of White Labs WLP007 liquid english ale yeast, along with some hops from the LHBS. Not thinking, I stuck the whole bag in the freezer, since I wasn't going to be brewing for about a week and wanted to keep the hops fresh. Well, when my brew day came, I discovered the frozen...

Just got done brewing an IPA. Before I started, I went to get all my ingredients together when I realized I was out of whirlfloc. Too late to run up to the brew shop, so I just brewed without it. Is there any way I can get a clear beer at this point? Not a huge deal, the taste will still be...

I'm looking to brew something for my dad. He loves Labatt Blue, but I don't really have the equipment needed to do a lager. Is there an ale recipe out there that can get the taste pretty close to a Labatt? I'm thinking I'd be ok with just using 2-row, but I'm not sure on what yeast or hops...

I'm a new brewer, and the amount of possible ingredients available is quite overwhelming. With all the different grains, hops, and yeasts out there, how does one become acquainted with how each individual ingredient affects the characteristics of your beer, be it taste, body, aroma, etc? I...

Brewed three extract batches so far, and have some questions regarding OG and FG of the first two. The first two batches were kits, but they were put together at the LHBS with ingredients off their shelf. Nothing commercial, so I'm assuming all ingredients are fresh, etc. According to the...

Brewed my first batch (an IPA) under the careful instruction of Bjornbrewer this past Saturday. Had a great time, hope to do it again real soon. Little about myself - Born and raised in the Metro Detroit area, currently living in Royal Oak, MI, and I'm a software developer by trade. My beer...