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Wow, I've been brewing sours intensely for almost a year and haven't brewed a lambic yet, somehow! Changing that today! My homemade pilsner malt, flaked wheat (25%, more to my tastes), and a little pale crystal. Mashing as we speak Anyone else brewing funky beer for National Homebrew Day...

Anyone who has had Dogfish 120 Minute before (18-22% ABV) knows that it's extremely syrupy and sweet. While you need that sweetness in such a big beer, most find it a little over the top. Clone to get a feel: http://www.homebrewchef.com/120minuteIPArecipe.html The issue with sacch, even if...

en route to the LHBS in an hour... For the first time ever, I'm really not sure what to brew. Being National Homebrew Day on May 4th, I'm stuck between doing a RIS/mild partigyle, or maybe a double brew day of an Irish stout and an ordinary bitter. Part of me wants to make something huge and...

$4/LB at HopsDirect this Monday! Leaf or pellets. Considering I'll be knocking out thirty gallons of lambic soon, a pound of them sounds good. Also there will be some Comet and Apollo on sale, both excellent, underrated IPA hops, and some Hallertauer and English First Gold. They better...

Calculated to 75% efficency. Turns out a fine stout at 70% with no adjustments. Brewing a second batch of this on Saturday. First round was delicious! I thought this up reading some of the grists on (Shut Up About) Barclay Perkins. Also, forget the BJCP guidelines on dry stouts, no stout...

Am I the only homebrewer who enjoys decoction mashes? Granted, they are messier, but a lot of fun. Plus it gives you more time to brew! I've done four this winter and still have two more "on tap" to brew. In June, I'll be wondering whether I can decoct an IPA or an English bitter... :drunk:

Hi, I just got back from vacation and have a coffee stout mashing right now. I'd like to enter this into a competition but I'd need to ship the bottles in two weeks... aka not enough time to bottle carbonate (7-10 days wouldn't be enough). I obviously don't have a kegging set-up or a CO2...

National Homebrew Comp was supposed to be open as of 5 minutes ago. Can't find the registration. Anyone got a link?

Hey all- I brewed my first true lager a few weeks back, fermented with WLP820 24 hours @ 62 F, dropped it to 52 F for rest of fermentation, and raised it back up to approx. 60 F as fermentation finished. Lagered it for two weeks between 32-38 F. I needed to turn over the fermentor today so...

Not running a recipe through, but here to ask for a question. I'm entering a contest in April that must use coffee- it must be noticeable and have coffee flavor but not overpowering. Knowing everyone will enter stouts or porters, and I 'm not an experienced stout brewer (and don't like them), I...

I believe the hop harvest in New Zealand will start up this week and continue for about a month. They'll start arriving in late spring. In under a year of homebrewing I've become totally sold on Kiwi varieties, and I haven't even tried Nelson Sauvin! As the demand for Kiwi hops keeps to grow, I...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Humulus-lupulus-AMARILLO-HOPS-VINE-Unique-SEEDS-/380559410240?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item589b1bc440 I can get Amarillo seeds for $3? Screw twenty five bucks a pound! Haha... really, how clueless are some people. The fact that Amarillo is proprietary, and a...

Isaac Newton's in Newtown, PA, is tapping a keg of Russian River's famous wild ale, Supplication, at 11:30 AM today. 40 minutes outside of Philly, good food, nice local beer. It'll probably go quick, grab a growler or a pint of it *not an advertisement, just a heads up on a famous beer on tap(

New brand of hops from Yakima Valley. I'm ordering a half pound to try out. Not much info out there, some think they have an incredible peach aroma, others say they're just a nondescript bittering hop. I've been looking for a hop that reaks of stone fruit, so I'm hoping this is the one. Anyone...

For Christmas, I was thinking about asking for a 5 gallon Balcones barrel. I'd like to use it once for a rye stout and then start using it for a wild ale. I hear homebrew clubs do mass orders for cheap from the distiller.

My first recipe, I bring to you. I came up with the name and designed a recipe around it, like I usually do. :ban: I'm considering it an American Lite Lager. Also, I did a step mash on this beer, but if you feel uncomfortable/unable, just mash at 148-150 F. I was too cheap to buy a packet of...

I'm going to the movies around 6, and I was thinking about mashing in before I left and when I got back 3-3 1/2 hours, I would drain/sparge as soon as I get back. Could I run into any problems with lactic bacteria? It's a light lager so it couldn't handle any slight off flavors. This way, I'm...

Hi, I'm in Baltimore this afternoon and was wondering whether anyone knows of a homebrew shop in Baltimore, besides the one in Columbia. I can't get to that one today and they're closed tomorrow. Thabjs

I don't grow hops, but as an amatuer chemist that follows this board quite a bit, I see a lot of people asking for how to test homegrown hop's alpha acids. It hit me today that one could get a rough estimate from testing the pH of the hop and comparing it to a previously made chart. If there...

Hi all, I'm looking into getting into hop growing and thought it'd be awesome to grow a Southern Cross plant. It's a New Zealand variety so it's unlikely I could get ahold of one but any leads would be greatly appreciated. Thanks