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Its been awhile since I have last been on here, but its also been awhile since I have been able to make anything. I got into making booze when I was a kid when I saw my grandpa making it in his workshop form time to time. I would sneak sips and always think they were horrible but always kept...

well i brewed and im almost ready to bottle. my recipe was: 8 lbs 2 row grain 1 lb vienna " 2 lbs crystal " 1 oz Mittlefrue (1st hops) 1 oz EKG (2nd hops) 1 oz Fuggle (3rd) ale yeast 1 c. maple syrup (homemade) i really think i didnt rinse as much as i should of bc my gravity came out to...

yeah... i got a wing capper... ive had to bottle my wine into beer bottles (thank you new glarus for the good times) and every1 i know always buy the twist off beers so im starting to run low... i might try a few in the twist offs just to see (at least i got a corker now so i can save my beer...

just wondering if you can use a regular bottle capper and regular gold caps to cap twist off bottles without problems with sealing/exploding

i was thinking of boiling the warrior first, then the mittlefrue, and then dry hopping with EKG in the secondary... would this change my time for boiling the first 2? and would i have to do anything different?

yeah... im down for some instructions... im short on cash right now but ill pick up that DME within the next few days ive read about steeping and mashing (https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/easy-partial-mash-brewing-pics-75231/) and it doesnt seem to hard, but ill get the extract instead since...

thanx... starting to make sense... ill get some grain and brewers yeast and let you guys know how it turns out

or you could use an icy salt water bath...

if you're getting sugar from the grains why cant you use sugar or maple syrup? what i wanted to do was: boil the Warrior at 165 deg. F for an hour add mittlefrue and boil for 20 mins ish add sugar (however much i need for what im using) let cool and put into secondary add EKG for dry hopping...

what extract and whats 20L/40L crystal? do i need this to make beer? im not looking to really buy anything... just want to see if i can get away with just using and kind of sugar (i might use maple syrup i made myself or do a blend with brown sugar), hops, and champagne yeast... ive read a few...

ive been making wine for the past year now and have made dandelion, blackberry, black raspberry, and am cooking maple mead now... i recently traded a friend a bunch of spruce tips for dried hops and wanted to make beer but all i have is champagne yeast, brown sugar (or table sugar), and hops of...