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I just realized (after almost 4 years! *hand to forehead) that had I bought a grain mill it would have paid for it self 4 times by now hence I am seriously contemplating getting a grain mill and buy my grains in 55 pound bags henceforth. I have specific questions though: I do not have a...

Selling my Blichmann burner since I had to go electric. It's the model before they named it "Hellfire" - was $ 150.00 when I bought it - has a different layout of the holes. (see pictures) Used for exactly 11 brews. No boil over. Was stored inside but still lost the silver appearance (see...

I am wondering if there is anything that speaks against fermenting at 55°F for ~3 weeks Then cold crashing the primary to 35°F and leaving it alone for 4 more weeks? This is my first Irish and Scottish Ale brew attempt. I was planning on doing one Irish red Ale and also a Scottish light...

All grain Batch size: 5 gal. est. OG: 1.035 est. FG: 1.010 est Alc.: 3.20% IBU: 18.5 est color: 20 SRM Mash 60 min @ 154 Mashout 15 min @ 168 Boil: 90min Yeast: Danstar Nottingham Grains: Total: 7.06 Pounds 6 pounds Golden Promise 4 oz Munich Dark 3 oz Roasted barley...

So... ADD Squirrel that I am - I talked myself out of brewing Lager just yet and into: you have to brew something else other than witbeer... Pretty proud of myself for creating my first very own recipe (I will post once I have brewed and tasted it) and my home brew store Guys calling it...

I usually let all my Witbeers ferment for 21-22 days. (slowly raising the temperature) I used Wyeast 3944 for the first time. It's said to ferment slow. However - I took a gravity reading after 22 days and my apparent attenuation is at 64% only. There is also still a lot going on in...

Hey everybody, I haven't been here quite a while. Lot's of things going on and 2016 could just go away now. However I have managed to brew a wit beer that I am super happy with and even have a local Pub interested in putting it on tap. Guess that's pretty okay even given my very high...

Now, serious answers please: would you go to a bar to buy your beer? Like would you go and pay money for the beer you brewed if it was on Tap somewhere? I am currently bottle conditioning batch 3 and 4 if I include my testruns (5 and 6). Just opened one bottle and it is fairly good. Now...

I have bottled my first two NOT test batches and both turned out very drinkable. Quite proud now :) I did brew two new batches but due to my HB-Store being out of the yeast I usually use and the Saarz Hops, I went very "wild" and used hallertauermittelfrüh and mandarina Bavaria Hops as well...

So, we are talking my third batch - no4 is still in the fermentor. I did not hit the OG. Started with 1.030, fermented at 67°F for almost 5 weeks now. Bottled yesterday. Gravity is 1.015 which makes for a apparent attenuation of only 49%... I did research on that yeast and did as some...

My totally screwed up first batch ever is indeed looking like beer and tasting like beer and well... drinkable. I officially consider myself now "Brewer" :) More to come... Prost!

Happy new Year every one! Update on my brewing success *lol the first batch of which I though I had screwed up tremendously doesn't taste bad at all! Just came out as a very "girly" - for those in need to watch their carb intake - beer with a 1.5% vol.alc. well... as did the second...

So, I finally did it. Although I guess I screwed up on multiple occasions. Not sure what part german house wife in me is responsible for boiling down the wort to only 3.2 Gallons but well... we will see what it tastes like in a couple of weeks!

I haven't brewed this weekend. had to work a double shift and was to uncomfortable to start anything that needs my full attention. I was thinking to do a test run "mashing" and boiling Hay or Straw or just rice hulls just to get acquainted with my equipment and the amounts of liquid I will...

Ok. since you have been so nice to me you shall all participate in this historic moment. Picked up my chest freezer (not exactly the one I wanted but a 7.1 cu ft) and carried it into my house borrowing my friends bf. To get a temperature controlled fridge under $ 250 you need 1. chest...

So it begins. I am as excited as a child for christmas waiting on my stuff to arrive. I will pick up my chest freezer end of the week hoping my Ranco unit has found its way to my home by then so I can install it right away. first two important tools are here already, did not leave the...

... can I feed the remains of my mash to my horse? We do feed something called Mash to horses (it is basically crushed grains soaked in warm water) so since I am not adding hop or anything to the grain mash, whats left over after lautering shouldn't be so much different from what I buy from the...

As I said in my Introduction I have not yet brewed beer - still buying books, reading gathering information and equipment (well, making spread sheet for shopping). So far I have only read english books on brewing. Since I wanted to make sure that I understood all the stuff I read I did look up...

... you gotta learn to DIY.... ! Hi Guys, as indicated in the headline, I immigrated to the US from Bavaria. My first thought after a day in my new home: "If you want to survive here, you'll need to learn to bake bread and brew beer!" So Mission "quadruple B" has started. Done...