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Hello All! First off wanted to give another thank you to hightest for his awesome Basic Mead FAQ. Wouldn't have had such a solid starting point without him. On to the point! Yesterday was brew day, followed the link above as best I could. Unfortunately had to make some substitutions in the...

So one thing I've been noticing recently: seemingly inaccurate names for beer. Maybe I'm way off base here, but that's why I wanted some clarification. How in the world can you have anything but a "pale" IPA? Dark, double Dark, Amber, Oatmeal... I've just seen a variety of these and more...

Hello fellow Delawareans! My SWMBO and I are currently in the market for a home. We're getting married in November, and neither of us really want to return from our honeymoon to this old studio apartment. We're working on a tight budget, and we don't really have too many demands...

Relazing and not worrying I've got down. I'm basically a pro at it. Been working at it my whole life. The part I don't get, how many home brews are we supposed to have? I started a littke before 8 when I needed to bottle a batch, just finished bottling now. Thank god because I'm putting a...

I started my brew this past Sunday. The fermentation was very slow to start, over 72 hours, and there's still no rapid airlock activity. But it's also the highest SG I've ever done (started around 66, and I used twice the LME than previous recipes) So trying not to worry, I just decided to...

So I've used specialty grains before, and I brought the temp up to about 155 and let my crystal malt steep for 20 minutes. From there I continued with the recipe as usual. One thing I have read that may make things easier: Just throw the grains in the pot as it comes up to a boil and remove...

Hey all, I currently live in a little studio in the city, so space is limited to say the least. My storage space limits me one fermenter at a time, and it's really just a corner that doesnt get sunlight and has a somewhatstable temp. Being said, my only hope for lagering at temps...

This past Saturday SWMBO and I sanitized everything, brewed a second batch into the primary, bottled what was in our secondary. Took us about three and a half hours including clean up. Can't wait to taste the first finished product in a few weeks!:tank:

I'm currently on my first home brew batch. My LHBS carries Brewers Best kits, so I picked one up with the American Amber Ale specialty grain, LME + DME box. Brew day was 4.1.12, and racked to secondary the night of 4.5.12. (Early I know, just real excited :ban: and still learning these...

Greetings from Wilmington! I'm a brand new Home Brewer, and probably about :ban::ban: that excited about it. I got a Brewers Best kit from my LHBS and started about a week ago. My TV is purely decorative at this point, because all I've done is read about beer, and watch my baby ferment...