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This one was just made from a bestbrew kit. Only thing I changed was amount of hops I added at what time in the boil. I am not much of a hop guy and it worked out very well. I have drank commercial Octoberfest and this is very simmilar but a bit smoother I would say. As some of you may...

My Oktoberfest is finally ready.. Not too bad if I sayso myself..

I am planning on 2 weeks at 40-45°F. Thanks, Chadd

I am brewing up a scottish ale and it calls out to be cold conditioned for a few weeks after fermentation is complete. I am getting ready to move it to secondary tonight and was going to through it in a small temp controlled fridge I have. My question is will the cold conditioning cause...

Thanks for the suggestions all. I tried to keep the temp down to 155° but was having a hard time keeping it that low on our electric cook top and the temp was not constant throughout the grain bag, it was hotter in the center than the outside parts of the grain bag due to the limited size of...

I brewed this up from recommendations from ScottT. 1.5 lbs Dextrine malt 9 oz 40 Crystal malt couldn't get 60 2 lbs Pale malt 3 lbs light DME .5 oz goldings hops Used white labs Edenburg yeast cant remember exact # off the top of my head. I steeped the grains at around 160° in 1gal...

Hello all, I know that the OG isn't all that important but I just put my second batch into the primary last night and the OG was quite a bit lower than what it should have been. It should have been 1.040 and it came out 1.023. The same thing showed on my first batch. Not sure if the...

Ok this is what I was able to find. Belhaven Wee Heavy: Liked: low carbonation and low bitterness good body. Disliked: to much of a burnt chocolate/coffee taste. To me this and the oatmeal stout tasted very similar. Samuel Smiths Oatmeal Stout: Same comments as the Wee Heavy Schneider...

Generally a little too bitter and lacking body. Some has also tasted what I would imagine mule piss would taste like. I tried for a while in my early 20's to drink beer but never could aquire the taste. Back then "early 90's" probably what I considered the best tasting was plain old...

Thats what I had hoped to hear. That pretty much sums it up. Clean and sanitize everything, boil some water, mix in the syrup, add hops or whatever else you want to put in it, pour it in fermenter with cold water stir to aerate then throw in the yeast, let it ferment. Clean and sanitize your...

Hello, I recently purchased a Mr beer kit and up to this point I have been please with the results. So far I have made the West Coast Pale Ale, Archers Hard Cider and have Whispering Wheat Weizenbier in the fermenter now. Question #1 I purchased a 3 Gal carboy and airlock to use as a...

Silly question but how did you do the second ferment with the Mr beer? Thanks, Chadd