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I spent some time yesterday trying to make a 2 gallon batch of barleywine, just to try my hand at it. Here's the grain bill I used: 8lb Maris Otter 2lb Crystal 20 1lb Crystal 10 .5lb rice hulls Mashed in 5 gallons of water for 75 minutes at 154 to yield 3 into the kettle which I boiled for 70...

During my brew day yesterday I ran into a problem once I started boiling. I didn't have any issues getting the water up to temp for mashing or sparging, but my burner was unable to get hot enough to get a true rolling boil. The stand I am using has nothing to shield the burners from the wind...

I'm wanting to make a nice big barleywine to bottle up and age then give away at Christmastime as presents. I've done several AG brews and feel pretty comfortable with the process, but I want to make sure that there isn't any wierd things that happen when the grain bill starts getting that...

I'm wanting to make a big, special brew to make now, age and give away as Christmas presents. I plan on labeling the bottles and maybe even putting them in corked Belgian-style bottles, too. Anyone have any suggestions or recipes they want to share? What have you all made to give away to...

Up to this point, I've been using the 2.5 gal ozarka jugs for water since I had assumed my tap water to be no good for brewing (I try to avoid drinking it if I can). However in the interest of saving some $$ I thought I'd take a stab at understanding local water quality and what I can or can't...

I'm making the extract version of the Endiku Winter Ale from AHS. They include a small bag of oak chips that you add to the secondary, according to the instructions. I'm firmly in the "no secondary" camp, so is there a problem with just adding them to the primary as long as the fermentation is...

So, I'm still pretty new to AG and so far I've stuck to existing recipes from online stores with varying degrees of success. I've got my own mill on it's way to try and get rid of some of the efficiency problems I've been having. Having said that, the first custom recipe I'd like to try...

I don't have the capability or ability to weld, so I enlisted the help of my dad in building a brewing rig. I'll have to drive from Lubbock to San Antonio to pick it up, but it'll be worth it. I wanted it to be gravity fed, all the way to the fermenter. That meant a pretty tall stand but I'm...

Hey everyone, I need a little help here. I'm a long time extract brewer and feel pretty comfortable with that process. I'd like to move to AG now and am having confusion with some aspects. I have my 8 gallon polarware pot for boiling, a 10 gallon rubbermaid mash tun (made using the...