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I was looking at the new 2015 BJCP guidelines and I was excited about the new styles they included - for example, Specialty IPA. The guidelines state: "the choice of hops and character malts is synergistic – they very much have to complement each other and not clash." I have to admit, I am...

I’d like to get away from extract with specialty grains, so I recently built a mash/lauter tun from an Igloo 10 gallon cooler with a false bottom. However, I am still going to be boiling on the stove with a 4 gallon pot... I got permission to get the mash tun setup, but not to replace my...

When we were out my wife ordered a Victory Headwaters American Pale Ale. She really enjoyed it, which was surprising given how hoppy it was. We decided that was probably the flavor of the Citra hops. So I decided this was a good opportunity to try creating a recipe in BeerSmith, not to make a...

A week and a half ago (Sunday) I brewed a beer - Northern Brewer's Belgian Dubbel kit, but with White Labs WLP550 Belgian Ale Yeast (with starter). Lots of nice fermentation bubbles, slowed down a lot by the end of the weekend (7 days after brew day), no longer seeing bubbles in the airlock...

I'm planning on brewing a recipe from Jamil's "Brewing Classic Styles" next, the Robust Porter. It calls for 8.6 lb of light LME and 1 lb of Munich LME. First off I wanted to try substituting DME for the LME, so I plugged the original recipe into Beersmith and made a modified version that...

Hi, I'm living in Maryland (Ellicott City) but originally from Buffalo NY. I came here via Google while searching for info on what's wrong with my auto-siphon. Years ago I made a couple of brews but got out of the habit around when I got married etc. Recently I decided to try it again and...