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I stop short of using the word "hop bomb" with this guilty secret of mine, but I love it nonetheless. 8 lbs of 2 row or 8 lbs of pilsen malt and 4 oz of cascade. 60,30,15, 10 1 oz each. Whatever yeast you have a cake of, cheap is the motive here. WL Irish ale seems to be prevailing...

I am a relative noob. I have experimented to this point with good success. My last ale was a stout. .5 lbs of roasted and .5 lbs of black patent with .5 lb of crystal and 3lbs of light DME. Galena hops, etc. After aging, it is great. What is the basic difference between these two malts...

Got amazing head retention on my latest stout. (I think) I am not exactly certain what is considered good for head retention, but this one seems to be my best ever. I then moved it in front of a clock.

BYO has a great article on getting the most out of hops this month. One thing in particular that caught my eye, was steeping bittering hops to extract the aroma (which gets boiled off anyways) and adding this "tea" to the secondary to increase percieved hoppiness. Also boiling a little bit...

I plan on using my first year cascades, wet, in a harvest ale. I won't be derailed on that. I planned to do a real pale ale with 8 lbs or so of 2 row and English Ale yeast. (I have the yeast already harvested) I wanted a simple plain beer so that I could really appreciate the hop...

Bizarrely awesome. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJyJIxiktPs&eurl=http://www.iheartchaos.com/2008/08/18/the-craziest-animation-using-childrens-reading-primers-youll-see-this-week-art/

SO we are on vacation at the beach.....you have to have a corona with a lime, right? Despite my outspoken despisement...(is that a word?) of corona without a lime, I feel a need to have some with a lime in tropical climes. At this great little restaraunt on the beach, we were about to dine...

I have the opportunity to pick up a huge fridge, 3 commercial kegs with lines, co2 tank, and 3 taps. All already set up. I know people prefer cornies, but can I pass this up?

Stage 1 3 lbs light DME 1/2 oz bullion hops for 30 min.(additional bitterness comes from the roasted seeds, I would not exceed 1/2 oz for 30) WL English Ale yeast After transfer to secondary (all fermentation finished) 3 cups raw pumpkin seeds 1 tbsp butter 1/4 cup brown sugar...

GREEN!! Just an observation. I do mostly dark beers, and I sample one a week after bottling just to monitor things, another at 2 weeks, and so on. My dark beers are usually tasty after a week. They certainly improve with more age, but drinkable at carbonation. I did another pale ale...

I don't know if I have just been lucky or what. Over my first 6 or 7 brews, I never saw anything surprising from my hydrometer readings. Now (25 or so brews later) I still haven't used it since that 7th batch. I have had no problems whatsoever. I think I really stopped because I was...

Sorry, I have not been able to really research it, but Ebay allows sellers to pay a monthly fee to become an "Ebay Store". It appears to me that your stuff would be grouped together, so that if someone likes one thing you have, they can then see other possibly unrelated items that you have...

Sorry, this is a little region specific. I live in Kentucky. Fireworks laws here SUCK! (err I mean THEY PROTECT PEOPLE!! yeah) So, I have been to Indiana and gotten some good stuff that is illegal here, I have opportunity to be in Tennessee tomorrow (a 20 mile detour). Is it any better...

**SORRY!! NO PICS!!** I thought at first downey mildew, but they appear to be little bugs. When I got them off, there was really no tissue damage under them, but the leaves in general looked a little brown and not so Healthy. This is on a Northern Brewer Bine. My Cascade that is 3 feet...

...if you have a drinking problem. Just set a normal amount of beers for an evening (say 3) in your fridge. Then line up a sixer of Michelob Ultra behind that with the solemn oath that you will not drink anything else until you have finished the Ultra. Put any other cold beer behind the...

I acquired another fridge, so I put my last batch of bottled Ale in the fridge. Over a month, the flavor from the crystal malt has significantly diminished and it actually doesn't taste as good. Is it possible that the flavor dropped out of suspension? It was in primary for 3 weeks...

Hi Yuri.;) I have one of those Plastic Pools that has a small inflatable ring at the top and is otherwise "inflated" by the water. It has an input and output Male connection on the pool, and has a fairly useless small pump and filter. I am thinking of fabricating a metal pipe to snake...

My new favorite brew is a Caramel Amber. Before that it was a caramel Maerzen...(also fairly amber). I see very little crystal of any lovibond used on this site, and when it is, it seems to be less than a pound in 5 gallons. Also, there is very little commercial brew with a distinct caramel...