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I picked up some summit whole hops from the Not-so-local HBS on my last visit to St. Louis and decided to try another double/imperial IPA with the leftovers I had sitting around. Here's what I came up with: 17 lbs. 2-row 0.5 lbs. crystal 20L 0.5 lbs. crystal 60L 1 oz. magnum FWH 1 oz...

I'm brewing a barleywine tomorrow night and was toying with the idea of doing a no-sparge and then a second mash for a lower gravity beer. I use a 48 qt. cooler and according to my program, if I use 21 lbs. of grain and a 1.77 water/grain ration, I should get around 6.8 gallons. It also says my...

I started a website to chronicle some of my brewing adventures and failures. I'm still working on a decent logo. The one on the website is a scan of a pencil drawing I did. I'm hoping to have some better graphics on the page this spring when I can get some good shots of my hop plants. Check it...

I've been brewing for a year and a half, completed my first all grain batch Sunday, and looking forward to many more.