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My brother-in-law is working in Pittsburgh California this week and possibly next. he asked me if there were any beers he could get there that wouldn't be available in Michigan. I like pretty much anything, a nice hoppy flavored but not overly bitter pale ale or a chocolatey porter and pretty...

This is going to be my second mead, well technically my first was a metheglin and this is going to be a melomel for anyone who might nit pick ;) I'm trying to make something close to Funky Monky made by B. Nektar Meadery. Their website says it's a cherry melomel fermented using a Belgian...

Most of the "how to's" and books I've read, including "How to Brew" add the strike water to the grain already in the mash tun but I was watching youtube this morning and a couple of the videos showed homebrewers doing the opposite. I know youtube isn't exactly a great source so I'm skeptical...

I decided it was high time I buy some Pilsner Urquell the other day since it's supposedly the pilsner and I really ought to try it. I was anticipating my first glass to be something I could really enjoy and when I brought it up to my face the only aroma I got from it was extreme skunkiness. I...

Ok I've got a few all grains under my belt and am working on improving my efficiency and clarity. I haven't really tackled water treatment and I was wondering if there were other brewers who's water supplies come from Lake Huron (Saginaw Bay would be even better) could help me get an idea of...

I was kind of monkeying around with beersmith and had wanted to make cider recipes but there isn't really an option for substituting water with juice. So I checked the label of the juice bottle to see how much sugar was in a serving of Meijer brand apple juice and it was 21g per 8oz serving. I...

I've been working on introducing a friend to brewing and he's had a few questions I don't always have the best answer for. I've been addicted to reading this forum since even before I brewed my first batch. I've seen posts that say leaving the beer on the yeast cake after fermentation is...

I bought Magic Hat's spring variety pack this weekend. One of the beers was called Demo and on the side of the label was a little post that said "IPA on tour". It wasn't a big hop bomb as far as flavor goes it was more roasty than hoppy but it had a nice hop aroma and was crisper than most...

I was talking to one of the guys at work and he was asking if my homebrews give me a headache or a bad hangover and I said no I think if a homebrew does do this its from high fermentation temps causing the yeast to produce fusel alchohols. As long as the temps stay in the yeast's proper range...

I took a few years of German in high school. Germans have 27 letters in their alphabet. The last one is called "eszet" not really sure how you spell it but that's how the pronounciation of the letter sounds. It looks like a fancy B with a tail on it which is why I think English speaking...

This might be addressed in another thread but the search option isn't coming up with a good answer for me. If I'm doing a 60min boil and I put my immersion chiller in with 15min do I stop my boil time countdown when it stops boiling or do I count straight boil time. Like if it takes another 3...

I'm watching the latest episode of Dexter. Deb just got suspended from her job with pay. Yeah, with pay! Why is it on cop dramas they get so upset about this kind of thing, especially the position she's in, she's not fired or demoted, she knows her boss is using her as a fallguy and when its...

Before I got into homebrewing I pretty much always drank my beer straight from the bottle. Because I want to look for some of the visual qualities, head retention and avoid drinking the yeast at the bottom of the bottle I've started pouring all of my beers even the commercial ones. There's so...

I had a red ale I made about 4 months ago last night and it's really starting to taste a lot drier than it did a couple months ago. It didn't taste bad or anything but reds are supposed to be kind of malty and this really wasn't but a couple months ago it tasted perfect (to me at least). If...

:mad:Yep my first Homebrew related injury. I dropped my 5gal carboy last night, tried to catch it with my left hand but was too slow and ended up sticking my hand in a pile of broken glass. It looks like a wild animal got a hold of my hand. 6 stitches in my index finger and 3 in my ring...

I've been starting to do some of my own recipes and I was just wondering if anyone could tell me what grains require a partial mash and which ones don't. Time restraints keep me away from all grain but I don't mind doing partial mashes. I just wanted a list or pointed to a list of what can be...

There's going to be a beer festival put on by Eastman Party Store at the Dow Diamond on Oct. 16th. Anybody else going to this? It's not really homebrewing but it is a great chance to do some nice beer sampling:tank:

I'm not sure if this is a dumb question but if I leave a batch in the fermentor for an extended period of time, like a month or more, does it affect the yeast's ability to create CO2 when I use priming sugar in the bottles? is there a prime time to bottle? Do the yeast crap out after a while...

I just got into home brewing in July and have been lurking around this forum for about a month. I've been thinking about brewing for years but really started researching it this summer after I read palmers ebook I bought the print edition and a couple others. I had some questions about hardware...