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Brain Trust -- 2 quick questions re: brewing steam beer Teh recipe I have calls for Briess Gold LME. Okay, I can order that from Midwest Brewing Supplies, but my local supplier sells Pale LME. Looks like both are made with 2-row and added carapils -- anyone know if its safe to assume that...

Hello folks -- Secondary-related question: I'm 2 batches into my Home Brewing life. As per the recipe that I was given with my initial kit, I use a primary for about 6 days, then go into my secondary for 10-20 days. But I've just read that a secondary is both not really necessary, and...

Hey, I like the idea of Growlers, mostly cuz they look cool. I used to work at a brewery where you can have all the beer you want so long as you brought your own growler. I noticed that if you didn't finish off your beer pretty quickly though, it went flat just as quick. Anyone have any...

Hello all, I have a porter clone that I'm going to be making in the next few weeks. I am converting an All Grain recipe. The primary grain is Great Western American Pale Grain. Is Great Western a brand name? Could I just use any old Pale malt extract? Furthermore, I see DME Dark...

Bottling my first home brew tonight. I'm so excited, like I'm having a baby. And then stuffing it into 40 12 oz bottles and sticking it in a closet for another 2 weeks. :ban:

Okay, so yesterday I got a hair up my nose to brew an All Grain pale. Puchased 9 lbs of malt (8.2 lbs of American Pale, 3/4 lb 40L Crystal). Then, I actually started watching youtube videos on how to AG brew and realized that I am grossly underprepared and probably won't be able to secure...