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I've put together a recipe for an ipa using mostly galaxy hops and a bit of coloumbs for bittering. Let me know how this sounds. I had to use the pound of DME on account of my 5 gallon tun getting maxed out otherwise. 11# Briess 2 Row Malt 1.5# Corn Sugar (Dextrose) 1#...

So I was a fool and I had left my aluminum brewpot outside full of water for the last few months (Dieting had slowed my brewing down considerably) There appears to be little spikes of corrosion lining the bottom of the pot and they arent coming off with light scrubbing. I dont want to use...

I am prepared to embark on on a journey in wild/sour beers. I have heard in a few places to get a new fermentation vessel and a new spihon, but I was wondering if i need to get a new bottling bucket. If im sanitzing my equiptment every time is this really necessary? Ive been really good about my...

I was wondering how bad my city's water is, I havent brewed all-grain yet as i just finished by MLT. I was told by a few people to not worry about water on the first brew but im always wanting to make the best beer i can. I ve been reading over how to brew by palmer and having a hard time...

I am in the market for a temperature controller, and would be looking into getting a dual stage preferably as eventually i want to get a fridge to control more accuratley. My plan as of now would be to put the fermenter on my brick floor, which is capable of cooling down to 58 f and then using a...

So i brewed a weizenbock with three packages of wyeast weizepthan wheat, which was the correct pitcting amount per the brewing classic styles recipe, I did a gravity reading about a week and a half after pitching and the OG was 1.08ish (lost my notes :drunk:) the gravity reading i took was at...

So I had bottled my first beer, brewed a brewers best recipe kit, all went well, fermented on primary for two weeks, and has been bottle conditoning for three weeks. The only real bad screw up i had was i didnt add enough water to the wort to get to a full 5 gallons. It would make sense that the...

So I'm reading brewing classic styles, and I love the recipies that im getting, But im having a hard time understanding the partial boils. I searched the forums and ive found some just say to add 1/3 of the LME at the beginning of the boil and then add the rest in the last 15 or flameout. This...