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I recently chose to do a Norther Brewer Czech Pilsner kit. The only deviation I took from their directions was the use of White Labs WLP800 for the yeast. I cooked it up two weeks ago and everything came out great, I had a SG of 1.051, the directions did not indicate the need to take a SG...

Thanks for the approval! I drank the last of my original batch tonight. :( Well almost the last of the original batch. I am starting a new batch tomorrow with my plain well water. But I did take two bottles from my original rain water batch and hide them in the back of the pantry. They...

My first ever home brew, and man is it good! Tall Pines Pale Ale. So named for the tall pine trees that dominate my property. A slight variation on John Palmers Cincinnati Pale Ale from his book. Variations from his recipe are White Labs WLP028 yeast and for water I used rainwater I...

Thank you guys for the nice comments! I couldn't hang on any longer and opened one last night. I opened one of the 12 OZ Newcastle bottles and it was amazing. In fact it was so good I went and grabbed one of the 22 ounce bottles and put in the freezer so I could have another. I took it out...

Using the instructions in John Palmers excellent book "How to Brew" I made my very first beer. It is pretty close to his Cincinnati Pale Ale recipe. I used WLP028 for the yeast. It tasted AWESOME when I bottled it on Sunday (04/01). Most of it was bottled in Erdinger 22 ounce bottles but...