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Last Saturday I brewed a 3.5 gallon batch of an American ("Cascadian") Dark Ale that I'm calling "Dark Galaxy" (real original, I know). (I hate the terms Cascadian Dark Ale and Black IPA, so I usually go with American Dark Ale or American Black Ale). Here are the specifics – Measured OG...

I have an American pale ale grain bill that I'm looking at from an old BYO style profile for APA's– 8.5lbs 2-row 0.5lbs Caramel 20 0.5lbs Caramel 60 0.5lbs Cara-Pils And I'm wondering if I can substitute 1lb of C40 for the 1/2lb each of C20 and C60? My LHBS only sells grain in 1lb or...

I made a 1 gallon experimental batch of cider from some Trader Joe's Unfiltered Apple Juice and S-04 yeast in the fall. It's been sitting in a temp-controlled mini-fridge aging at 55F for the past few months and I pulled it out tonight thinking I might prime and bottle it finally. Underneath...

As a bit of background, we recently found out that my wife's great grandfather was a delivery driver for Four Roses bourbon prior to prohibition and afterwards came out as the VP of Sales for the Northeast region, or something along those lines. I love bourbon, and have been wanting to brew a...

Long-time reader, first-time poster, with a super-long post– I know that traditionally an Oktoberfest is brewed around the end of Winter/beginning of Spring to be ready for the end of Summer/beginning of Fall, however, I recently realized I had the ingredients (except the yeast) on hand to...