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Sorry for the shameless self-promotion... A buddy and I started a podcast and while it isn't strictly about beer, our first full episode is an interview with a friend who writes a beer review column. We touch a bit on home brewing but mostly it's about the rise of craft beer. Hope you like...

I picked up iBrewMaster with the intention of making my first recipe from scratch. I've done a few kits and recipes, even some all-grain, but my goals here were: - To create something relatively simple with a low boil volume (I live in an apartment now so it's harder to do a full boil than when...

Hi all. Disclaimer: I'm still pretty new, so be gentle. :) I have a Brewer's Best Belgian Tripel kit beer all bottled up. It's been two weeks since bottling. The OG was around 1.090 (a touch higher than suggested) and the FG turned out about 1.022 (a bit higher than suggested, but frankly I...

Hi all. Brewing my second batch, a honey wheat, and this happened to the fermentation lock atop the primary: http://flic.kr/p/9jKGYt It's a 6+ gal. bucket so I didn't think I needed a blowoff tube, but with the yellow muck and crusty suds on the lock I'm guessing I should have used one? Looks...

Hi all. Glad to have found this site - looks very active and helpful. I've already found some good info on making a home-built wort chiller, among other things. Looking forward to searching the vast database of knowledge and asking plenty of newb questions. I have my first batch fermenting as...