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Paw Paw Brewery has a pale pale and another Michigan Brewer has an IPA made of Citra and Hull Melon hop (a German hop). I contacted my local shop and it just became available. I have had PAWPAW"s Citra and it was interesting. Has anyone made an ale with this? If not I will follow up in June...

I have seen questions on big beers about how much sugar should I add to a parti-gyle. up until last summer when I was looking for a good Barleywine recipe; I saw the Fireside barley recipe that I decided to study the effects of sugar in my brew. I make an allday IPA and that is my vehicle for...

About 10 years ago, a friend was on S0uth Bass Island at Lonz winery. A deck crashed, killing 1 or 2 people putting the winery out of business. My friend brought a bottle of Blackberry wine from that winery. I drank last January and it was really nice. I went out and bought some South...

Since I've been brewing since 1973, I think I have some experience. this is a discussion of my results in second running. First I a cooler brewer. I have two boiling kettle, a 30 qt and a 20 qt. So I do a second every time I brew my all day IPA(4to 5 % apv). My all day IPA is 13.5 lbs Maris...

I pushed the limits of my 15 year old 10 gal cooler. 41 pounds one ounce of grain. held at 150 within 1/4 inch from lip. okay so I had some run over. Produced 50 quarts for boil. ended up with 7.5 gals of 1.092 Scottish ale in fermentation. Was really tricky adding heated h2o to maintain...

I am trying to clone linegogles(sp) Summer Shanty. I proposing making my priming solution with vintage leonade recipe I found. However it involves cane sugar insted of corn sugar which I normally use. Does anybody know fermentable cane sugar is in relation to corn sugar whichs fully...

The solution to copying Founders Breakfast stout is in secondary fermentation First I bottle ferment so if you keg you might have a deferent reaction than I have had. I am in Toledo and Home wine Supply in Dundee, Mi makes wort for sale for brewers to finish. I purchased an oatmeal stout...

Three of the last for years I've been making Sangiovesse(sp?). Last fall I had my first brunello. I have 2 questions, first on reading Italian websites I've found that they use solvakene(sp) oak in the first year and french in the second year plus years. Will the american oak we get here act...

I just answered a question as to will you ever quit brewing. As a brewer, I wonder why? My thoughts are some of us make it too complicated. We make it too expensive. People do this for the wrong reasons. When somebody talks to me about brewing, I ask them why do they want to brew ? for...

I'm working on a clone for Founders Kentucky Bourbon Stout. I have the bourbon fiqured out. I also have a free source from Starbucks. Has anyone added coffee beans in secondary? I'm thinking 1 lb of whole beans to a 2 1/2 car boy. Any thoughts?

At $19.95 USD a four pack of 8 oz bottles, this is one of my favorite all time beers Has anyone ever come close to a good clone. Will swap a Tarquar house ale clone recipe. Please note my spelling is bad(I wanted to say atrocuoius). This is my second favorite beer, but Mine is better.

made my first batch in1972 it was terrible. Fell in lust of a woman who wanted me sober. About 10 years ago started making wine, went to the local supply house and they were all making the same beer. got suck into whole grain brewing from the start. make about 150-200 bottles of wine from...