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Greetings, HBT'ers. I am working up a Barleywine to brew this coming weekend- have been doing research and looking at sample recipes and techniques for going on three years now. I am just about ready to throw down- here are my goals: Inspiration/Goal: Somewhere between FW Sucaba and SN...

OK, like many posting to this thread, I have read about water and researched city water reports,and finally realized I need to pony up and have MY brewing water tested. I used a carbon filter and marine hose to collect water as I would for a brew day and sent it into ward labs- these results...

Greetings HBT'rs! I bottle condition and therefore don't have a CO2 tank laying around, yet I have heard of the benefits of purging an empty carboy with CO2 before racking to secondary or transferring beer for bottling. I do have a seltzer bottle around- the kind that takes the CO2 or nitrous...

Greetings HBT clan. I have a stout brewing and am planning on adding cacao nibs to secondary. I have done this before with success, but have recently found the cost at the lbhs to be a tad high- $7.99/4 ounces. My plan is 6 ounces, and I don't really want to buy two of these seemingly...

Greetings HBT- our local brew club is looking for a talk on oxidation and aeration for an upcoming meeting (2 months out). I am interested in researching this topic for presentation and specifically am thinking a drinkable "experiment" would make this an interesting talk. I was thinking, to...

Hey Folks! I was lucky enough to be given some fresh westmalle yeast from a local yeast supplier. In looking at supplies, I see I have Saaz and Styrian Goldings laying around, along with some sweet orange peels and grains of paradise. Belgian pale, here we come! I would love feedback from the...

Hey Folks! I was lucky enough to be given some fresh westmalle yeast from a local yeast supplier. In looking at supplies, I see I have Saaz and Styrian Goldings laying around, along with some sweet orange peels and grains of paradise. Belgian pale, here we come, especially, since the...

So, I just got this thing hooked up. I am wondering if I need to be concerned about the amount of heat coming from the burner affecting the NG hose. It seems like it's far enough away, but I am looking for some experienced reassurance. Any comments, suggestions, reassurances, warnings?

Anybody heard of these guys? I think they are new, and just so happen to be in my hometown. Just curious if I missed them somehow or if they are that brand new. Limited info from their website. Thoughts on info needed from a potential new yeast supplier before letting them inoculate your...

Greetings HBT folks! Looking for a little help for a brew I am planning for this weekend. I am looking at the AHA winners circle recipes and like the look of the Drunk Monk Amber Ale: http://wiki.homebrewersassociation.org/DrunkMonkAmberAle The issue I am having is with the "Homegrown...

Anybody brew some of the recipes from the AHA winners circle? I thought it might be cool to have a place to post what people have done with those recipes and lesson learned. I was thinking about brewing the 2004 Amber winner "drunk monk" and ran into a couple of questions only somebody who has...

Greetings community! Need a little help in working together a recipe- using the AHA database for a drunk monk amber ale and it calls for DMC Caramel Munich malt, DMC caramel Vienna malt, DMC dextrin malt, SMC special pale malt, MCW wheat malt, DMC aromatic malt, and DMC special B malt. I have...