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Hey guys, I made my pumpkin ale 17 days ago with the following recipe: malt & fermentables % LB OZ Malt or Fermentable ppg °L Late 49% 6 0 Northern Brewer Pilsen LME 36 2 Y 16% 2 0 Rahr Two-Row 34 4 ~ 15% 1 13 Pumpkin, cooked 1 13 ~ 8% 1 0 Brown Sugar 45 18...

I made a the Surly Bender PM kit from Northern brewer about a month ago. Pitched a 2L starter of Wyeast 1335 The Fermentation stopped dead at 1.022, so after attempting to rouse the yeast failed I added a pack of Notty rehydrated as per instructions on packet. Gravity still didn't move, and I've...

I brewed a Surly Bender last Sunday and pitched a 1.8L starter of 1335 made from a fresh packet on Monday morning. OG was 1057 so I was expecting something in the 1.014-1.016 range. It took off quickly and the airlock was going crazy for the first 3 days. When I went to bed on Tuesday night it...

Hey guys, I don't have a basement so I typically have to either drape a wet towel over my carboy or do a full blown swamp cooler to keep my fermentation temps down. I've noticed discoloring of my fermometers when they have a wet towel lay against them and when I swamp coolered by Spotted Cow...

Hey guys, I've been putting together a partial mash pumpkin ale recipe, here's what I'm planning so far. 6lbs Northern Brewer Pilsen LME 2lbs Rahr 2-row 1lb Caramel 60 1lb Victory 1lb brown sugar 2 cans unspiced pumkin 1oz Hallertau (60 min) 1oz Hallertau (10 min) 1.5 Tbs. Pumpkin...

Hey guys, I finally decided to take a crack at making up my own recipe instead of using a kit. I'm shooting for an easy drinking American Pale Ale with some nice citrus in the finishing hops for summer. Here is what I have so far. 5 lbs. extra light DME (LD Carlson) .5 lbs Crystal 20 .5...