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as the title states, I need some ideas/recipes for a smash brew. I have lots of new hops in and lots of grains. What I have: Grain- 50lbs of MO and Golden Promise, 75lbs of 2-row(i brew with 2-row all the time so this one is probably out) various specialty malts, but being as this is a SMaSH...

Just finished this baby this weekend, 4 Tap coffin with the capacity for 8 kegs. When I started this build my plan was to be able to have enough room in the keezer to have kegs on standby as well as having at least 4 different beers on tap. Unfortunately, I didn't take many pictures of the...

So, I'm brewing a porter recipe on saturday, found it on beersmith, and it calls for 2lbs of Corn Syrup. I was just at the LHBS on yesterday, however it's not so "local", and forgot to pick up Corn Syrup. My question is can I just go to the Grocery Store and buy corn syrup or is there a...

With the spring/summer months fast approaching I need to get some brews going and ready to go into my keezer that should be beginning construction soon. I have a list of grain/hops that I have and would love some pointers to a couple of diff recipes that you guys have brewed/tried that would...

Well, I have officially kegged my first beer. Starting construction on my keezer this weekend, but I've had 4 kegs in my shop since black friday and couldn't stand it anymore. I ordered a picnic tap so that I can serve beer on draft while in the shop working since I have a fridge out there to...

So, I scored an awesome fridge a couple weeks ago and need some ideas on how to decorate for my new beer fridge. I'm not interested in turning it into a kegerator as I already have that plan in motion with a chest freezer. So without further ado, gimme some suggestions. Got it from...

So, I’m getting ready to start building my keezer. End goal is a 4 tap Keezer that is capable of holding 6 kegs, 2 will be conditioning kegs. I’d also like to make one of the taps a nitro tap, but that has yet to be determined. I may just add another tap down the road. I’ve already bought 4...

I'm likely getting a bunch of kegging equipment/supplies for christmas so that I can start my journey into kegging my delicious homebrew. I've been scouring the internet over the last couple of weeks looking at different sites, prices, things I need, etc. My question, I found some cheap 5gal...

This isn't the first time I have dry hopped a beer, but I am curious about something. When you dry hop, do you keep it in the temp controlled ferm chamber? or do you take it out? At the moment, I have 2 refrigerators in my shop, one is temp controlled for fermentation and the other is...

I brewed up NBs Cascade Mountain West DIPA today and missed my OG by 20 points. I'm baffled by how I missed it by this much. I put the recipe in Beersmith with my pre boil volume and it even says that I should have hit the OG. I know there are too many unknowns for you guys to be able to...

Currently, I'm using one of these along with the shaking the bottle method. I have a brew buddy who uses this and I tried to use it once, but it wouldn't fit into my glass carboy(I only have one glass carboy) however it does fit into my BBs. I would like to use one of these, but I was...

So, I worked a beer fest this weekend and I was working the Rogue table pouring beer. It was a fun festival, but the best part about it was the fact that I got to bring home almost 2 cases of empty bombers! Now, my question is, does anyone have any experience with de-labeling Rogue Bombers...

Can anyone recommend a good thermostat to use. I've read several of the Temp controller builds on here and see where people are using thermostats for there controller. Can anyone recommend a good one? as all of the threads I've read are a few years old and those thermostats are already...

Has anyone else made this recipe? I made it last month and bottled 3 weeks ago. I tried one a week in and it had a great flavor/aroma from the dry hopping, but now they aren't AS good as they were 2 weeks ago. I don't know what the deal is. I'm still enjoying this beer, it just doesn't...

As the title states, I'm looking for a new burner to brew with. I'm currently using a burner that I "borrowed" from my mom. I use it for boiling crawfish, shrimp and brewing beer. However, it is very inefficient and noisy when it comes to, well, doing any of the above. I would love to buy...

Anyone going to this next weekend? I'll be there and would love to meet up with some fellow home brewers. Going to be in ATL all weekend staying with a buddy of mine. Also, looking for some LHBS in and around the ATL area so I can pick some supplies up for my next brew.

about head retention? So far I've made 3 batches and not a one of them has a bit of head retention. For that matter the only one thus far that has any head to it whatsoever is the very first batch which was the caribou slobber. Is there something that I'm doing or not doing that is...

So, over the weekend I brewed up my fourth batch, a nice IPA kit that I got from NB. I'm very excited to see how this brew comes out as I am in love with IPA's right now. They are probably my favorite beer atm, but that's not the good news. Like most people I cook in an old keg that I cut...

Is there an easy way to convert an all-grain recipe to Extract. I've found a recipe on the beersmith website that I'd like to try, but it's an all-grain recipe. Can I somehow convert this to Extract?

So, whats the worst thing you that can happen with fermenting too high? I brewed my first batch over the weekend and everything went great through the brew process. A buddy brought his wort chiller over and we cooled everything down and transferred to the primary. oxygenated and pitched...