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This is a 10.5 gallon recipe for my "Moustache Stout". It came in 3rd in the 13A-F class with a score of 42. I used a 2 liter starter that i split between both carboys. fermented for a week at 65 then kegged and aged for 3 weeks at 75. cold crashed and force carbed to a carb level of around 2.5...

This one scored a 41 in the 2009 HBT comp and tied for 1st in the 18A-E class. It ended up at 10.5% and is extremely smooth. I was very impressed for my first attempt at a true belgian. 13.3 lbs pilsner malt .5 lb caramunich malt .38 lb aromatic malt .25 lb special B malt .13 lb...

so i need to tell the story to set this up. this last september, my wife and i found out we were expecting our first child. the day we found out, i went out and bought 2 bottles of dogfish head 120 minute. i put in my kegerator in the back and planned on drinking them with my BIL's the day i...

just went to a portfolio tasting for Allagash's beers at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Austin last Thursday night. they served 6 of theirs beers and the head chef at alamo drafthouse created a menu to go along with all of the beers. they had vintage beer propaganda playing on the screen the...

have you guys seen this?? $112.99 for a 5-gallon batch. that is crazy! anybody brew this yet???:rockin:

So I'm burned out at work. I'm a mechanic and have been for 5 years now. With the economy the way it is, work has been slow. So slow that it has given me a lot of time to think. I'm 29 years old and my whole body has aches and pains now that I didn't have 5 years ago. This career is wearing me...

i'm getting ready to keg my hefe and was thinking about introducing a little lemon flavor in it. what i tried was getting the zest of 4 lemons and put it in 2 oz of vodka. after sitting overnight, i ran the mixture through some cheesecloth into a keg then racked on top of it. do you guys figure...

so my bachelor's party is coming up in 3 weeks. i live in austin and all of my buddies are coming in for it. my best man lives in san antonio and has no idea what to do in austin so i told him i'd give him some ideas to choose from as he plans everything. i wanna do some mountain biking, maybe...

i've been using this filter setup for a while with my brew water. http://www.berkeyfilters.com/berkeytech.htm my water tastes wonderful now, absolutely tasteless. nothing really stands out in my water profile, pretty standard numbers. will this system filter out any necessary elements in...

This is an IPA i came up with a few months back. I really wanted an IPA with a huge hop aroma. I also wanted to try the continuous hop addition technique used by Dogfish Head. This is probably one of the best IPA's I have ever tasted. Several of my friends agree as well. Recipe Type: All Grain...

ok, so i just started my first all grain batch. i'm doing a simple pale ale with a really simple grain bill. i'm using a coleman extrme 48 qt cooler for my mash tun. the other day, i put 170 degree water in it and it maintained that temp for 75 minutes before dropping a few degrees so i figured...

So i'm heading to new york tomorrow for a friends wedding. I've never been and will be there through the weekend. Any cool pubs or micro breweries I should go to? I'll be staying north of New York city in White Plains. I would appreciate any feedback. thanks guys!

I notice you always use dry yeast on all of your recipes. I understand the longer shelf life and lower cost, but do you notice any real difference in your beers, or do they ferment out and taste the same as if you had used liquid yeast? I'm just curious because yeast makes up a large portion of...

Ok guys, i need some help here. I just went to rack my barley wine to a keg so it can cold condition for a few months. While i was admiring the color of it, I noticed a metallic glint floating on the top. When I looked a little closer, I noticed that it was a fly floating on the surface. I have...

So my fiance loves the "Major Tom's Pomegranate Wheat" that Ft. Collin's Brewery makes. The only problem is, we live in Austin, they are in Colorado. Has anybody tried a clone of this? Or has anyone had success with another pomegranate wheat recipe?? I'm looking to do a partial mash as I'm not...

I'm in the process of building a kegerator that will hold 5 cornelius kegs when completed. has anyone built or designed their own CO2 distributor?? or, can you point the way to a how-to that might help? any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks!