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I am brewing a Liberty Cream Ale from a Midwest Brewing Co. extract kit...and I was talking with my kids, then it happened....my first boil over. I got it cleaned up in a hurry, but I was pissed to say the least...oh well...almost 50 gallons brewed and this was my first boil over! Happy...

Anyone know where to buy a good Imperial IPA extract kit? Midwest has some good looking ones, but top out at about 7.2% ABV...I am looking for at least 9-9.5%.

I just opened the first bottle of a clone of Rogue's Dead Guy Ale my wife and I bottled a couple weeks ago...and it is a "spitting image" of it...minus the spit I guess. Great color...good head...flavorful...a great end to a long work week! :mug:

I'm watching my brackets get murdered and brewing a Rogue Dead Guy clone, so I decided to try a bottle of our first batch my wife and I made, an Irish Stout. It was in the primary for 2 weeks and has been bottled for 7 days today...my thoughts... Color is almost black, but not as black as I...

My wife and I just bottled our first batch of beer tonight...and...bottling........sucks hairy berries! It was a smooth process, other than when I cracked the first bottle I capped when I capped it too hard. It is messy, wasteful (I only bottled 49 twelve oz. bottles), and just too much...

I brewed an Irish Stout extract kit and it has been in the primary for 9 days today. OG was 1.044 (range 1.042-1.046) and the FG has been holding at 1.011 (range 1.010-1.012) for 3 days now. I was planning on leaving it in the primary for 3 weeks before bottling, but with the gravity where...

I am fermenting 5 gallons of an extract Irish Stout at about 68-69 degrees...4 days in, my thermostat died here at the house overnight...so I woke up to find it sitting at 58 degrees at 7am...could not have been at that temp longer than 6 hours...I immediately reheated using a blanket and an...

I just brewed an Irish Stout that used LME in the boil. I just picked up two clone kits from my LHBS and both of them use DME (both kits have a crap ton of DME packed in them.) What is the difference in quality, ease of boil, etc...if any...between LME and DME?

Today was my very first brew day...I did a partial boil, extract Irish Stout kit from Midwest. Everything turned out so great! From the pre day soak and cleaning, to post brew cleanup...it went without a hitch! You can see pictures and notes from today at my blog here...

I have a triple scale floating hydrometer...my question is this: what is the best equipment to actually hold the test material?

I just received all of my brew kit equipment and my first beer kit (Irish Stout)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now, here is the NOOB question: The box the beer ingredients came in states on the inside flap...refrigerate yeast upon arrival. The kit has different types of yeast you can order, I chose the...

How realistic is it to obtain a full boil on an electric stovetop with raised burners?

I had been preparing to order my first equipment kit from William's Brewing for about a month now. I was waiting for their Brewer's Edge 32 quart brew kettle with ball valve to come back in stock since it is included in the package deal. The website said it would be back in stock today, I...

Greetings fellow beer aficionados! I am an avid craft beer drinker, soon to be first time home brewer from a small town outside of Charlotte, NC. This site has been so helpful that I am talking brew lingo to my wife and friends already (before I even have my equipment!) I look forward to...

Greetings! I have scoured the net looking at different equipment kits, and I have really gone back to the Williams Brewing equipment kit. It includes everything, plus a 32 quart SS kettle with transfer valve, and a copper immersion wort chiller. Has anyone used this equipment, and if so do...