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I am new to kegging and have a new dual tap kegerator, CO2 tank, regulators, ball lock kegs that I recently bought off craig's list. I have a beer that is ready to bottle/keg today but I just got back in town and there is no shop open today to get the CO2 tank filled. I was hoping to...

Visited the French Broad Brewery in Asheville a few weeks back and loved their RyeHopper IPA. However it was not as aromatic as my most favorite homebrewed IPAs. I wanted to try brewing my own IPA with Rye and with a combination of Amarillo, Simcoe, and Citra hops that I really liked together...

A friend of mine who I just finished brewing up our second batch of Bee Cave Kolsch with on Saturday sent me a link to the following article: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/29/dining/kolsch-a-summer-beer-worth-the-fuss-the-pour.html I love the quotes "American craft brewers, who have...

I have an all grain version of Jamil's ESB in secondary with an oz of EKG dry hopping. The OG was 1.052 and was pitched with WLP002 and was in primary for 2 weeks at 62C. It came down and stabilized at 1.018 (for 3 days)as I expected. I racked to secondary and let it clear more for a week...

A few months ago I brewed Ed Wort's Wounded Knee which turned out very very good but I want try making a variation incorporating some Citra hops as flavor and aroma additions and in the dry hop. To give a little more malt backbone I've included some Maris Otter (which will finish my stock) and...

I'm going to be bottling an Oatmeal Stout brewed with WLP002 this weekend and while I have the washed yeast around I'm trying to come up with a good British ESB or Pale Ale to brew the following weekend that would work well with this yeast. I've got plenty of Maris Otter, Golding and Fuggles...

I'm preparing to brew Jamil's Oatmeal Stout recipe: http://beerdujour.com/Recipes/Jamil/JamilsOatmealStout.htm This is my first stout and I had a couple of questions: 1) In Brewing Classic Styles they suggest to toast the flaked Oats at 300 deg F. How long roughly should this take...

I have a Yooper's Dead Guy AG clone fermenting at 63 F for the past week. The OG on this was 1.067 and I started with a 2L starter which I inoculated with a PacMan Smackpak. I was hoping to save some extra Pacman for future brews so I started a 2nd 2L starter with a bit of the first...

I've brewed two batches of beer so far. First batch was an IPA which is currently dry hopping in secondary, 2nd batch is an Anchor steam clone from AHS which is in primary (6.5g carboy) with San Francisco Lager yeast (WPL810) at about 58 F--this will have two weeks in primary next weekend and...

I've got my first brew, an American IPA, in secondary dry hopping with 1 ounce of cascade whole leaf hops in a hop bag (from my LHBS). OG was 1.061, the primary fermentation (w/ US-05) seemed to go well and when I racked it to secondary after 10 days it was at 1.016. Its been in my closet...

As I'm waiting for my first beer to ferment I've decided to explore different craft beers that I've heard about on this forum to get an idea of what I like and don't like (and of course to build up a stock of empty bottles to use). For everyday I've normally stuck with good full bodied beers I...

I have a choice of two locations for my first fermentation. One holds a steady 62 F and the other 66-68 F. I am brewing an IPA with US-05 yeast with a 1L starter culture. Which location would you use (taste is more important than time but I don't want the fermentation to stall if it...

I've got a IPA coming from AHS (OG 1.059) with White Labs California Ale WLP001 liquid yeast and I'm getting set up to make a starter culture. I've never done a starter but I've got a 1L erlenmeyer and stir bar, stir plate, and I've got plenty of extra light DME. My plan was to boil 1L of DME...

My wife bought me two brew kits and equipment from the homebrewery.com but unfortunately both kits were lager kits. From reading here it seems that lagers might not be the best kit to start with due to the fermentation temperature issues (which over time hopefully I can figure out a place with...