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I've been making EdWort's Apfelwein for some time now out of Mott's apple juice and dextrose, and I've use Montrachet and 71B yeasts. I found some Musselman's Cider at Wal-Mart tonight and thought about making a dry-hopped cider with it. Here are my questions: 1. I've got several kinds of...

...on match.com (judge me, I don't care). Her profile was very well written and her pictures were attractive. I emailed her thinking that she's out of my league after some liquid courage and I didn't expect a response. She responded almost immediately, we exchanged numbers, and went out last...

I decided to replenish my pipeline over my Thanksgiving break and brewed four beers in 3 days (cream ale, dry irish stout, chinook IPA, and nut brown ale). The problem is I can only fit two carboys in my fermenting chamber. I tend to keep my house on the cool side (well within the range of the...

I have a recipe for a dry Irish stout that I've brewed a couple times that I absolutely love except for its color. When I think about the style I'm thinking Guinness in all its black glory, but this beer is ending up at around 24 SRM so it's only just dark brown. Here's the recipe...

Just to test your chops? I mean...they say it's brewed "the hard way". Have you ever wanted to brew something the hard way just because you can? I used to only drink Miller Lite. I thought about trying to brewing some just because I can.

After about 15 months and 16 batches of beer I can finally say that a truly love the beer that I'm brewing. My first few batches were mediocre to say the least...extract recipes from kits that weren't fermented at the correct temperatures- usually WAY too warm. I bought a chest freezer and...

I took a growler of a relatively young (kegged two days prior and only two pints pulled off the keg before filling the growler) double IPA to a cookout Sunday and decided not to bring it in so it was left in a hot car (the high was 86) for a few hours. When I got home I put the growler in the...

I've got a new kegerator on the way and need some help deciding on a style of beer to go with the others I will have on tap. It's a 3 tap and I've already got two batches fermenting so I need help selecting a third. Kegerator 1: 1. Yuengling 2. Double IPA (Pliny clone) Kegerator 2: 1...

I've been brewing for a little over a year now (9 extract batches and 1 all grain, and all grain from now on) and I'm looking to take my beer to the next level. I figure water was the next obvious step. Just yesterday I was searching for a company that could analyze my water and I was getting...

First time I've been able to find Stone's Enjoy By IPA in Alabama since May. I walked into my local craft beer emporium to find a pallet of it tucked away in the homebrew section. I'm tempted to drink it while it's fresh, but Christmas would be a good special occasion for it. Hmmmm...

I've got a Kegco 309-2 with a two faucet tower that I'd like to add a third faucet to. I've got a machinist friend who can put the third hole in my existing stainless steel tower (I realize I could probably do it, but his work is impeccable and it would pass for factory), and from there I'd be...

I keg my beer so I have no use for the priming sugar included with most kits. Can I just throw it in the boil to up the gravity a bit? If so how will it affect the flavor? Am I better off just chunking it?

I'm not a liquor drinker and know very little about them, but I'd like to keep a cabinet stocked with some quality liquors to offer guests. What varieties and labels would you consider staples of a respectable home liquor cabinet? Thanks in advance!

I ordered the Baltic Porter kit from Northern Brewer and the instructions have me left perplexed. Do I ferment at what is said to be the optimal temp for the yeast, or do I ferment at what is said to be the optimal fermentation temp for the beer? This is what the instructions say about the...

I brewed my first batch (Northern Brewer's Caribou Slobber Brown Ale) a month ago tomorrow, so it should be going in the keg tomorrow. Problem is- it's still bubbling pretty regularly (once every 30 seconds or so) in the secondary fermenter. Since this is my first batch I'm wondering if that's...

Yesterday was my first brew day! I was pretty nervous, and probably checked and double checked the recipe and that all my gear was properly sanitized about half a dozen times. It went pretty well other than a small boilover on the kitchen stove, which I saw coming and almost got contained...