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For my first six batches or so I dutifully left my beers in the fridge for a week before drinking after they had matured (well, you all know that's an ongoing battle). But after a while, I realized I enjoy my beers more at warmer temps. It started when I had great notes about my gravity sample...

Just wanted to share my good fortune with all of you! Just had a baby boy yesterday and decided to share homebrew instead of cigars. I attached a couple pics of the bottle and label. Thanks to beerlabelizer.com for the resource.

I am an extract brewer who was mistakenly shipped a partial mash kit for a Black IPA. I've never done a mash before but I'm game, so I was hoping to get some help from y'all. The plan is to mash in my brew kettle in a paint strainer, which means I will be mashing with a higher water volume...

I just bought a BIPA extract kit and the steeping grains include a pound of pale malt. I've been doing my homework and found many a thread with conflicting information. Some say steep as usual and just get a small amount of flavor from the pale malt. This seems to fly in the face of everything...

I bought a CDA kit (extract with steeping grains) from homebrewstuff and decided to plug it into iBrewmaster to see how the stats measured up with the sheet they sent along in the box. ABV, SRM and gravity matched up pretty closely, but while the recipe had the IBU's at 81, my software gave me...

I just bottled my fourth batch yesterday, a jalapeño cream ale and the first using a swamp cooler. The difference in the quality of the beer is striking! Compared to this batch, which was dry and crisp and clean, my others, while perfectly drinkable, were hot messes of banana and pear esters...

I've done three batches so far. All three have been kits with steeping grains using full boil. So far I have overshot my OG every time. First batch: English Bitter, Target 1.033-37, Actual 1.09 (this has to be a noob mistake, right?) Second Batch: Holiday Ale, Target 1.062-1.066, Actual 1.068...

I wanted to share my excitement (and ask questions, of course) about finally being able to taste the fruit of my labors, after the long wait! I just poured my first (and second) bottle of English Bitter from a MWS kit. Perfect golden color, nice carb and very drinkable, especially as I enjoy...

I'm getting ready to brew a jalapeno cream ale next month, and I've been combing the threads for info on brewing with peppers. I had a jalapeño pilsner in Fort Collins a decade ago and it was the best nachos pairing ever. I've wanted to brew one ever since. Here's what I've gleaned so far: -...

Brewed an MWS extract kit for their Holiday Ale today. This is my second batch. I hit my temp targets with the steeping grains and got down to pitching temp in 20 minutes, but ended a little high with my volume, almost 6 gallons at the end of the boil. However, the OG was either right on target...