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I brewed up a midwest brewing cologne kolsch the begining of september. It was in primary for about three week and in cold storage since. Carbed it up this last week and pulled a pint yesterday. Super clear, crisp, clean, and great flavor. The problem is I cant stop hitting the keg. This...

I just got a mill and am looking for suggestion for a 50 lb sack of grain . I brew mostly pale ales, IPA, or lighter lagers. Are some of cheaper 2 rows like rahr any good.

This last weekend I was dropping my son off for an overnight college visit and found myself staying in a hotel in marshall,mi. Pulled out the phone to look for a place to eat, and up pops the brewery. I headed over there and noticed they had a homebrew shop, so I stopped in there first...

Ive made a few lousy all grain batches lately. Really thin and watery, and I couldnt figure out why. My last batch I went back to extract and it was fairly decent. I tried to figure out why those AG batches sucked so much so I started reviewing my process, nothing had really changed. Then...

Ive decided that I cant user pilsner malt in any of the brews I do during the winter. This is the second winter I tried a recipe with pilsner malt in it a both turned out really bad. A lot of dms. I just cant get the boil vigorous enough to drive it out. Lesson learned. So now I have 10...

Did my first 10 gallon batch and learned a few things I thought might be helpful for people making the same jump. 1. With a 60 minute mash, you need to start heating the 9 gallons of sparge water immediatly after getting the mash going. Especially when it under 30 degrees outside. 2. 10...

I just orders some willamette hops for a cream ale Im doing. Usually the come in at 5.2 AA%. These were 7.8. I plan on droping the amount I use to correct for the ibus. Will it still give me the same taste, using less of a stronger hop?

Im going to be brewing an all grain cream ale. Most of my brews to date have been either distilled water, spring water, or a combination. I think I want to try to build up some water where I know its right. Ive played around with some of the online calculators, and have got stuff "in range"...

I dont see anywhere that these are sold, besides the ball valve gasket. I see places online that sell tri-clamp gaskets, but there are a bunch of different materials they are made from and for different uses. Will any old EPDM gasket work, or is there a specific one I should be looking for.

I asked for a standard fitting 14.5 gallon conical for christmas, and my great wife got me the tri-clamp version. Which is what I really wanted, but didnt want to ask for that one because it is so much more expensive. I have some grains ordered for my first 10 gallon batch and want to know...

My wife is in charge of picking the beer for their chrismas party. They are goin to have a keg of BMC and 3 other beers in bottles, she said I can pick one of the 3 bottled beers. It has to be something that would have more of a mass appeal than just to me. Maybe something along the lines...

Thought this was interesting http://www.delish.com/food/recalls-reviews/beer-drinkable-after-nuclear-bomb So to everyone asking of there beer is ruined, no its not, if a beer can survive a nuecler blast, it can survive some pesky bacteria.

My employer furloughed us for a few weeks toward the end of the year last year, and they plan on doing the same this year. This works great for brewing. Last year I brewed up a recipe I created that I dubbed "furlough pale ale" it turned out awesome. I have upgrade my equipment since then...

I have to say I was pretty happy when I went to the store last week and saw the big display with there beers on it. We took a trip out west last year and I drank a bunch of fat tire and ranger ipa's.

I joined on of the beer of the month clubs and the Cottonwood ENDO Ipa was one of the choices. It was pretty good, and I am looking to make a clone of it. According to the website it contains: 2-row, cara, and crystal. Hops are chinook,magnum, and cascade. My attempt at the recipe is...

My beer of the month club beers came last night. I put 1 of each in the fridge last night and will be trying one or two a night for the next couple of nights. Anybody tried any of these beers? Foothills Brewing -------- Cottonwood Endo IPA Abita Brewing Company --------...

My wife got me 4 months of the beer of the month club. Im pretty excited. 2 domestic and 2 foreign beers each month. 3 of each beer. Seems like a great way to try some beer I would never have the chance to try otherwise.

Went to my nieces weddding this weekend in kalamazoo, mi. I figured they had to be serving some tasty bells at the reception, nope, Bud or miller light. I tried not to be a beer snob, and got a bud, I could only choke down about half a glass. Tried a 7&7 that wasnt doing it either. I was...

Last year I made a 5 gallon batch of my Pale ale, and it turned out awesome. Ive updated my equipment and am thinking about doing a 10 gallon batch this year and ferment one with the ale yeast and another with a lager yeast, I tend to like lagers more that ales, so it seems like a good...

Im heading down tonight. Anyone else going tonight or tommorow?