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I am looking for a clone for Great Lakes Christmas ale. I searched the internet and couldn't really find anything. If there isn't a recipe for a clone of this I could go with a tried and true winter/christmas beer. It seems that all the recipes that I found there aren't many reviews on...

I brewed a Hefe using the witches brew recipe (but added a little extra DME) and added extra hops at 15 min. We used leaf hops but didn't realize that you needed a hop bag and the siphon kept getting clogged. So we had to drain the wort though a strainer (sanatized as best we could) and into...

Are DME and LME interchangable? If a recipe calls for 6# of LME can you change it too 6# DME Also, what would be the advantages/disadvantages of doing something like this. I thought I heard that LME will cause the extract twing and will color the beer differently. I am going to make a...

So I am pretty new to brewing although I have been lurking on these boards and doing a good bit of research. I hear alot about extract/PM and All grain. What exactly is PM brewing? What are the differences between Extract w/ seeping and PM? What additional equipment do you need? How...

Too many years at college left me with a taste for Natty light. This is the recipie I was thinking of. Ingredients 5 gallons of personal and roommates urine (collected over several months and kept cold in the fridge. - 4 Oz Random leaves and grass clippings from yard (be sure not to use them...

So I pitched a batch of continental pilsner yesterday and the yeast went crazy. By the next morning I opened the top and there was a nice layer of bubbles. But still no activity in the airlock. Last batch after we bottled it we realized that the grommet in between the plastic pail top and...

Ok, so I am in the middle of a 60 minute boil (30 minutes in). The recipe that the kit came with said to add the dry malt + liquid malt + hops. We added the malts but forgot the starting hops. (it is a continental pilsner kit) We realized that we forgot the hops 30 minutes into the boil at...

Here is my new label. I wanted to go with something that was black and white so it was printer friendly. Also I tried Gimp with absolutely no success so I went with Scribus instead. Me and my brewing partner are cycling enthusiast so we wanted some sort of bike theme. EDIT: So we have a...

So I am new to brewing in general but I want to make a hard cider soon, a little later in the fall when cider is on sale. I was doing some research and it seems pretty easy but there are quite a few different recipes out there which seem to vary quite a bit. I want to make something that...

I have made a few posts on these boards (and was impressed I didn't get flamed like so many other boards when noobie questions are asked) I am new to brewing (first one still in the primary) and new to Cleveland. I just graduated from OU and am living in Lakewood. Any other home brewers around?

I have seen a lot of people talking about harvesting and reusing their yeast cakes at the end of the primary. What is the purpose of doing this. The only thing I can think of is either the yeast is expensive (I just bought a kit and it came with it) or that certain strains can be difficult...

So I am the process of brewing my first batch (Scotch Ale) and it has been 8 days in the primary. Need to check the SG again but I am planning on bottling tonight. I just bought a standard kit (plastic bucket primary {that didn't seem to have a good seal since we never saw any activity in...

So after reading the forums and some guides everyone makes a huge deal about sanitizing everything that comes in contact with your cooled wort. But...no where did it really have any advice to do it. The kit I bought came with a no rinse sanitizer but I was just wondering some tips and...

O.K. so my roommates and I love good beer so we wanted to try to brew our own. We went to the local brew shop and picked up a standard equipment kit ($60) and a Scotch Ale ingredients kit. We followed the directions that came with the kit. After cooling the wort to 73ºF we measured the SG...