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So...I have this old recipe (the first one I ever made, in fact) that I've been wanting to make again. It looked something like this: 8.5 lbs Bries Munich Liquid Extract .75 lbs Caramel Malt (Crystal Malt 120) 1 lb Smoked Beech Malt .5 oz Cascade Hops (boiling) .75 oz Willamette Hops...

Anybody know what to do when your roommate dumps half a bottle of starsan on your carpet? I mean, about the carpet. Not much I can do about the roommate.

So, my partner and I have brewed 4 beers now. The last 3 have been partial mash and we've really enjoyed it and want to keep it up. In fact, we plan on doing that for at least another year or so before attempting all-grain. It's still challenging, so we figure we'll stick with it until it...

So, I've been lagering a doppelbock for 10 weeks now. I believe it is ready to be bottled, but I've read that it's good to repitch some yeast into it to make sure the bottles get carbonated. I saved some of the yeast when I racked to secondary before lagering. Will I be able to use this...

So, decided to try a bit of an experiment tonight. My girlfriend and I just finished brewing an altbier with maple sap, and thought...hey, what would that taste like with a little maple syrup at bottling? So, we did the first half (2.5 gallons) with 2.5 ounces of corn sugar in a cup of...

So...I took my first shot at re-using yeast slurry a few weeks back. Things seemed to go fine for the first 2 days, but then the krauesen went and dropped back in before a full 3 days. I thought, maybe I underpitched. But I decided to give it a little while to do its thing. On day 10...

First Lager and First Partial Mash, in fact (and only our second homebrew...). We've had a Dopplebock going now for 3 weeks...currently waiting for the recommended "1 to 4 bubbles per minute" before we do the diacetyl rest (currently at about 6 or 7). We made a pretty good size starter...

Howdy. First timer here, and I had a question about sanitizing that I didn't see discussed elsewhere. I have access to a commercial dishwasher...the Hobart kind, with some ridiculously strong chemicals that get shot out with 180 degree water.... Is there anyway to use this for...