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Hey guys, Thought I would post that I have brewed up a DBA clone and blended it with a mission street pale ale (per instructions from the CYBI episode) and have successfully cloned the pale 31. We did 3 blind tastings and nobody could tell the difference between the commercial example and...

Hey guys I am in orlando doing the disney world thing and am hoping someone might know where i can find some moonlight mead around this area. Any help would be greatly appreciated, i did manage to find a bottle of cantillon lou pepe geuze the other day so i am happy about that.

Hey guys I was just wondering if anybody has went searching for good craft beer around Disney World in orlando florida. I will be there in less than 2 weeks and would like to smuggle a bunch of good craft beer back with me. some beer I am especially looking for is jolly pumpkin, heretic, New...

Hi I brewed a belgian dark strong and was having a hard time hitting my 1.103 target gravity. I was planning on boiling for 1.5 hours but I ended up boiling for more like 3 hours because my gravity was too low. although the hops were only boiled for 60 mins. I may have just used too much water...

is marris otter a british pale malt? what is the difference? when a recipe calls for british pale should i use british pale or is marris otter just as good or better?

I am brewing an american amber and it calls for 0.6 oz of horizon hops for 60 mins. What is a good substitute? I have heard magnum can be a sub but it sounds like it is much different than horizon. any ideas

Hi, I was going to make some fermenters and am having some trouble getting big enough buckets here in juneau alaska. Has anyone tried making fermenters out of plastic totes. I think If I can get one with a lid that seals on tight it might work pretty good. Any thoughts on this?

I brewed an irish red ale last night and my preboil gravity was 1.042 and my O.G was 1.059. I kept the sample on the table and when I check it today its only a 1.030. The temps I checked at were 68 degrees both times. I thought maybe the sample just settled, so I mixed it all up and checked...

Hi I am brewing a Irish red ale recipe that calls for roasted barley 300L, and I can only get roasted barley 500-600L here in juneau alaska. What should I do?

Hi I am brewing a Irish red ale, one of Jamil's recipes. The recipe calls for roased barley 300L I can only get 500-600L, do I just use that and cut the amount in half or something?

I am brewin one of Jamils recipes for an Irish red ale. The recipe calls for roasted barley 300L, The place I order through (I live in ALASKA) only has roasted barley 500-600L. Can I use this and just cut the amount in half or something?

Hi if i was going to make a yeast starter and pitch one smack pack instead of having to pitch two smack packs. for instance i have a londan ale smack pack, to make an appropriate starter to go with that what yeast do i use to pitch into the starter? Do i pitch my smack pack into the starter...

I just brewed up a wit beer and forgot to add my oats to the mash. The beer has been in the fermenter for 2 days. Can I steep the oats and add it to the beer when it is out of the fermenter, and ready to be kegged?

I brewed up a witbrew, one of jamil's recipes in his brewing classic styles book. The beer is already in the fermenter and I just realized I never added the oats to the mash. Can I steep them and add them to the beer after its done fermenting?