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i'm still having trouble getting consistant hydrometer readings for my OG. FG is typically fine and consistant, but i get something like a .005-.015 swing on my OG. I *know* that the problem is that i'm not getting the wort mixed with the tapwater (i do partial boil extract batches, at the...

i made a cherry chocolate stout to give as gifts for christmas. (i primed with cherry brandy and creme de cocoa, though it should have been the equivalent of about 2/3 cups of corn sugar.) i put one in the fridge about 6 hours ago, and cracked it open a few minutes. i went to pour it into a...

hey guys... just wanted feedback on the bottle label design for my blackberry wheat. the idea is that on all my beers, the house will change, and the story on the right will change to tell some of the awesome memories my friends and i have of our time on Union Street. this one's pretty tame...

i'm getting ready to throw up a label for one of my beers, but cannot decide where to host it. where do you host your images?

I'm working on a Beligan Tripel recipe. According to Beersmith (and everything else I've ever read), tripel's typically have 25-38 IBUs. Most of the recipes I've seen typically use about 1-2 oz of Styrian Goldings, and not much else (for a 60 minute boil). According to beersmith, this gives...

i'm thinking about getting a tap-a-draft, as SWMBO won't let me keg (we dont have space, among other things). one, i'm wondering if this is the best of this type product, and two, i'm wondering if anyone has an opinion on using the PET bottles that comes with tap-a-draft, or if i should skip...

Is beersmith useful in creating cider recipes? From what I can tell, it doesnt look like it (at least, not easily), but I could be mistaken.

hey, i'm getting ready to brew a wheat beer (5 gallon batch), and plan on putting it in a 6 gallon better bottle. i've got the standard 3 piece airlock, and my question is whether there will be enough headspace in the fermenter, or if i should use a blow off tube. if i need to use a blowoff...

I'm getting ready to brew my first extract and specialty grain beer, from a recipe i concocted. As this is my second brew (with the first still in the fermenter) I'd like the opinions of the grizzled veterans on this board. Please take a look at the recipe, and lemme know if it looks okay, or...

I'm thinking of making a cherry chocolate stout as christmas gifts for family and friends. I'm very new to homebrewing (my first batch went into the fermenter yesterday), but i'm already addicted, and want to branch out to making my own recipes. i read somewhere that using a fruit liqueur...

i brewed my first beer last night. a williams brewing red ale kit. the yeast packet had completely expanded within the first 10 hours of being smacked... just under twelve hours later, i'm not seeing any bubbles in my airlock-- certainly not vigorous bubbling. i'm wondering how long it should...