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Ichabod's revenge is an original offering from Holy balls Brewing Company, Rhinelander, WI. Ichabod's revenge is a Pumpkin Ale infused with Bhut Jolokia (Ghost Chili) peppers. An official review will be ready in two weeks but the preliminary results are very favorable:mug:

I few weeks ago I had a brewday from hell where virtually everything that could go wrong did including dropping an un-sanitized yeast vial into the primary. After racking to secondary and adding my peppers, to add the fire to my pumpkin ale, for a couple days I gave it a taste and it is pretty...

On our last camping trip my wife bought some seagrams wine coolers. Turns out these are just malted beverages who would have thunk:) Anyway does anybody out there know where I might start looking to find a recipe that would come close to these drinks?

Does anybody know of a spreadsheet out there that lists the various beer styles that is sort able by Base Malt(s) and by preferred yeast? I want to start buying bulk grains and start a yeast bank to cut costs. Like most, I have the styles I like but I would like to broaden my horizons but I...

I am starting with jwible204's Imperial pumpkin ale recipe trimmed down for a 5gal batch as follows; 17lbs Pale Malt (2row) 2lb caramel/crystal - 20 1oz magnum (45min) .5oz sterling (10min) I plan on flowing his directions for spices and vanilla. Here is the kicker; I plan on adding...

Kicking around the idea of making a pumpkin ale with a hot finish. I am trying to brew a beer to fit a name that I want to use for our club's annual pumpkin ale taste off; but not sure how to accomplish having the integrity of a pumpkin ale while at the same time having a hot peppery finish...

I am looking for an AG recipe for Hacker pschorr weisse does any suggestions?

Saturday I brewed my first AG batch using the BIAB method; It was a NB cream Ale batch. I started out with 8 gallons of water and mashed in at 150 and held that temp for about 50 out of the 60 minutes. I dropped the thermometer and after that the temp read about 140 so I added heat, but the...

When I first started researching sanatizers I read somewhere that Iodophor was originally used in the dairy industry, so I looked at Fleet Farm and found this product http://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/drugInfo.cfm?id=23893. I think it was a gallon jug for about $7.00 a heck of a lot cheaper...

Ok, I want to give BIAB a try and I want to see if I fully understand some of the basics: I want to end up with 5 gallons of Beer so, To calculate the full amount of water needed I would start out with 5gal add approx 1.5 gal for grain absorption(assuming 1.25qts/lb) add approx 1 gal for...

I would like to purchase a 10g brew pot, but I do not have the $300+ to get a good S/S kettle. I can get a 10g aluminum kettle for under $50. I would like to add a weldless valve to this kettle. I will use this for 5gal full batch extract and BIAB batches, I want to make sure I have enough...

I am planning on making the jump to kegging here shortly; I have been a loyal NB customer thus far and would like to remain so however their "basic" kegging system is around $130 but does not include the co2 tank; I came across this at the kegconnection for $134...

Great forum guys/gals; I have been lurking in the shadows since I started brewing, about 6 months ago. I have two batches under my belt, both were extract kits and my first shot at things won a 3rd place showing at a local competition. Second, didn't turn out as good, I think due to my...