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Been awhile since I've posted but still active in the hobby and the local community. I've been brewing for about a year now and have around 25 extract + specialty grains batches under my belt. It's time to move to all-grain and I've been brainstorming how I wanted my system set up. What I've...

It seems like the brews that I am most looking forward to are just bitterly disappointing. I made the following recipe. It was a partial boil, started with 3 gallons prior to steeping. Began boil with around 2.5 gallons. Added all of the DME at the start of the boil, returned to a boil then...

I'm going to sell my glass carboys. I'm located in BR (work on north side of city, live on south side). I have two 6.5 gallon and two 5 gallon (one may be a 6 but I'm not 100% sure). I'll sell them for $30 each for the 6.5 gallons and $25 each for the 5 gallons... or take all 4 of them for...

After me being a ******* forced me to spend my day in the ER getting 13 stitches, I've decided I'm too stupid for glass and need to switch to plastic. Pictures to follow.

Hey guys. I've got three recipes that I want to brew and I was hoping to get some critique. I'm not looking to hear that I should swap a 40L for 20L and 60L. I'm hoping for actual experience with these ingredients or an experienced brewer who can tell me these will taste like crap. So here...

This weekend is going to be great! This is the last kit beer that I have in my possession (and likely the last one I'll do for a long time, making my own recipes or tweaking others now). I'll be brewing up Northern Brewer's 115th Dream Hopbursted IPA. This beer is a monster. 9.2% ABV and...

I've been looking and looking. I'd like to save on shipping by just buying from one vendor instead of two separate ones. Do any vendors out there have BOTH nelson sauvin and sorachi ace hops in stock? I don't care whether whole leaf or pellet. Please let me know.

Just thought I'd share this recipe. Yooper mentioned it in a thread and I hit her up to get it. I finally managed to brew it last weekend so I figured I'd share with you folks. It's pretty simple but smells amazing in the fermenter! Specialty Grains 1# Crystal 40L Hop Schedule 0.75oz US...

I've got a bunch of brews that I need to make. All of them are going to use the same yeast, Wyeast 1056. I see no need to buy 4 packs of the same yeast so I did some searching and found this link: http://uk-homebrew.tripod.com/id45.html Does this process seem acceptable? Basically, I...

I wanted to get this thread started up. I picked up a nice looking 14.8 cu ft freezer off of Craigslist last week with the intention of making an 8 tap coffin keezer. I currently have a 2 tap kegerator and it just isn't enough. I'm still working through my design while trying to get the...

I'm trying to clone one of my absolute favorite brews... Drake's Drakonic Imperial Stout Here's what I know: 8.75% ABV 40 IBUs Single hops addition, bittering only Label on the bottle says: "Two-row malt is blended with chocolate malt, roasted barley, and dark crystal malts to make...

I'm trying to clone one of my absolute favorite brews... Drake's Drakonic Imperial Stout Here's what I know: 8.75% ABV 40 IBUs Single hops, bittering only Label on the bottle says: "Two-row malt is blended with chocolate malt, roasted barley, and dark crystal malts to make up the...

I ran into my first real problem today and I'm hoping I can get this one figured out. On 3/25/2012, I brewed an extract batch of Northern Brewer's Dark Cherry Stout (http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/dark-cherry-stout-extract-kit.html). Brew day went well, target OG was 1.053 and I hit it...

So I've got this gorgeous stout that I brewed up almost two weeks ago. It is from the Northern Brewer Cherry Stout kit. I don't want to use the extract they provided so I'm planning to use canned cherry puree from my LHBS. 2 cans total to 6 lbs of puree. I also have 4 oz of cacao nibs that I...

I'm sure this has been asked before but I searched and didn't see an exact answer to what I was looking for. I think I know the answer, just asking here to be on the safe side. I have a NB Dark Cherry Stout kit that I'm going to brew shortly. I plan to brew, leave for two weeks, then rack...

I have an Indian (i.e. NOT Native American) friend who wants to fool with adding some Indian spices in his beer. He texted me over the weekend to say he picked up pudina and lemon. I'm not sure exactly how to go about this one. Pudina is a species of mint that they often use to make chutney...

It's been 22 days since I brewed this Brewer's Best Kölsch, my very first attempt at homebrew. I went through all of the patience exercises but watched this thing ferment like a hawk. Every step along the way I was reading threads here to reassure me that everything was going fine despite my...

I've brewed three batches so far (koelsch, english brown ale, vanilla porter), all were extract with specialty grain kits. I see people on here talk about vigorous fermentation and krausen that last in excess of a week. All three of mine so far have hit target OG (or close) and begun ferm very...

I've got three batches in the fermenters now. A kölsch, English brown ale, and vanilla porter. They were all extract with specialty grains kits. I'm looking forward to doing more brewing. I've been reading and I want to work with Citra hops. I'm not a huge fan of IPAs but I'm certainly...

I just brewed up my second batch and I think I've run into an issue. My kit was a Brewer's Best English Brown Ale. Everything went great through the brew day, fermentation jumped in about 18 hours later. I noticed that the temps are a bit high, though. I checked the temp this morning and it...