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Hello Fellow Brewers, The South Shore Brew Club is holding their annual BJCP sanctioned competition on April 12th. Deadline to enter is less than a week away on Saturday, March 29th, so get those entries in quick! We're also looking for any certified judges interested in participating. This is...

This weekend has seen my greatest brewing disaster so far. My Mosaic ale has been in the bottle for 4 weeks. Last week I cracked open the first beers and they were great. Big hop aroma, nice flavor, easy drinking. I loved it, and even entered some into a competition. There was a very slight off...

Hello all, Entering a comp. tomorrow. Just cracked open my first all grain and although it was supposed to be an ipa, my gut is telling me its very light for an American. Ipa and strong for a pale ale. The bitterness doesn't seem to be there. It's light golden in color. Awesome hop aroma and...

Hello Brewers, I'm trapped with a 16 qt kettle! I have been looking into getting a 10 gal kettle but after some research, I learned they are far too wide for a ceramic stove top. I live in an apartment with no where to put a propane burner. The largest burner is 9 1/2 inches in diameter and...

Hello Brewers, Made it last night. Pitching into an IPA a little later. I read this should still be good if a little under. Those beautiful yeast deserved better than this. I raise a glass in their honor.

Hello brewers! So last night I was bottling with some friends and probably shouldn't have been drinking so much. I took a hydrometer sample but didn't even check the reading until after I bottled! I assumed my beer was done. Was it over confidence? Beer fog? Stupidity? Maybe all of the above...

Hello fellow brewers, Just brewed up an ipa over the weekend. I had some 2012 centennial in the freezer that I ordered from label peelers. They were factory sealed hop union ozs. When I opened them up, there was almost no aroma. It wasn't cheesy, just barely any smell at all. I also had some...

This thread is for frustrations, bitching and all around airing of grievances. Just finishing up another brew night and I'm quite a few homebrews deep. My frustration is missing OG again! God damn blah blah blah. I was aiming for 1.061-1.063. I got 1.056. It makes me so mad. I know I'm gonna...

Hello all, Spending the day/night in Portland courtesy of my gf. It was my birthday gift and so far this is a great city for beer. First stop was The Great Lost Bear for lunch. Chicken wings and craft line up were awesome. I was drinking Peeper Pale ale from Maine Beer Co. Very smooth, easy...

Hello All, I got 4 oz Mosaic I want to use this weekend. I believe they're 12.5%. I've been playing with calculators and figure I can make a 3 gallon all grain IPA or a 5 gallon APA. Never used these hops before. Just wanted to get some opinions. Just a simple grain bill, 2 row, carapils, some...

Hello Fellow Brewers, I've been looking into a new kettle lately. (Almost got an 8 gal pot with ball valve and thermometer for 75 bucks on Craigslist, but I was minutes too late. Minutes!) That got me thinking about how I would chill it. Immersion chillers seem wasteful without a pump and...

Hello all, Brewed up a red ale last night at a friends house. He was supposed to get a regular ale pale and surprised me with 2 Lowes buckets so he could ferment more beer. We did a partial boil but just mixed the buckets back and forth to try and get everything evenly distributed. Both...

Hello fellas, Brewing a red ale this weekend, hoping to get some input. 3# Marris Offer 3# American 2 row .75# Crystal 60 .5# Munich .25# caraaroma .5# Victory 2# dry extra light extract 1 oz Fuggles 60 min. .5 oz EKG 60 min 1 oz Fuggles 1 min .5 oz EKG 1 min 1 pkt Nottingham dry yeast Mash...

Hello Fellas, This work day is dragging and I've been trying to think of a light hearted discussion to help pass the time. So I'm wondering where you have seen homebrewing in movies or on tv. Was it funny, stupid, spot-on? I'll get this ball rolling. In Breaking Bad (btw, if, like me, you...

Hello fellas, I'm going to be entering my first competition on Aug. 18th. I have a bottle conditioned, hoppy pale ale all ready to go. I bottled on July 15th. They taste pretty good so far. I'm wondering if I should chill it before delivering it on Aug. 16th. It's about 30 minute drive and I...

Hey guys, First time using oxyclean versatile free. Used 1/2 blue scoop in 5 gallons of hot water and bottles were spotless in less than 3 hours. After reading multiple posts on residue, I was planning on soaking bottles tonight in 5 gallons of hot water and a couple table spoons of...

Hey Guys, Just brewed my first 5 gallon IPA tonight and the first time using liquid yeast. When I opened the vial of white labs liquid yeast (007), it gushed quite a bit. Pitched everything left in the vial but now I'm getting nervous. The original Gravity was 1.0585. Should I be worried? I...