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Well i got a good start today on my first day of vacation. No Christmas shopping done but i got the base of my new brew stand built. If all goes well tomorrow I will install the metal bars for the kegs to sit on and put some wheels on it, also maybe add some wood to fill in the...

I'm am using the 10 gallon round HD cooler as a MLT. Right now i am using just a stainless steel braid and batch sparging. I will be getting a march pump for Christmas from SWMBO, which will hopefully make brew day easier on my back.:rockin: also i am looking into getting a false bottom like...

i am looking at doing in the future a system like POL's BLING BLING Electric HERMS thread but I have a lot more reading and learn about it to do. For now though I would like to make an HLT that was electric and was controlled so i could set the temp i want and not worry about checking it with...

Quick question i have a lot of recipes that use East Kent Golding hops, can i use US Goldings as a substitute? HOPS DIRECT has a great deal on a pound of US GOLDING hops. Thanks in advance for any advice. NicK

I have done extract batches in the past but not with full boils. I plan on boiling at least 5.5 gallons and then top up if needed. My system usually boils off a gallon per hour i just don't want to overshoot. My recipe is for a sierra navada clone. Should i adjust my hop amounts? recipe below...

Brewing up the Cascade Orange pale ale recipe for the second time, would using Crystal 40L instead of Crystal 10L give it more body or just a darker color. any insight would be great. i am looking to give it a little bit more body.

Thought i would try my hand at making a label. This is still a work in progress. These graphics programs are way over my head right now but i love a good challenge. Let me know what you think so far.

After much thinking i decided to go with.... Fat Cat Brewery Check out the picture and you will see why i picked this name. I found this cat at work when it was probably 2 days old. The mother cat must have dropped it and could not find it because it was behind a box in a real tight...

I am hopefully going to do a Partial Mash reciepe this weekend with a full boil. This will be the first time i have done a full boil. I am using Midwest Partial Mash Dubbel 'Em Up w/White Labs Belgian Ale 550 recipe. recipe include 6 lb. Belgian Pils malt, 3.3 lb. Light Malt Extract, 1/4 lb...

scored this turkey frying kit brand new never been opened from craigs list today for $50.00. Commercial quality Stainless steel with 32 quart pot. The guy won it from his office but said he would never use it. Lucky Me. As you see he says on the list that it sells for 78 at walmart, i found it...

I just bottled a batch of Brown Ale from a Kit i bought at my LHBS (ebrew.com). This was my second kit ever made. The first kit i made was from Midwest and it was a Red Ale 20 minute boil kit. It turned out great. Back to the question at hand. I bottled my brown ale last night and ended up...

I'm pretty new to this hobby and i have a few extract batches under my belt so i'm looking to try some Partial Mash recipes. I would like to make a Mini MLT out of a cooler but don't know what size to buy. Looks like the recipes i'm looking at use 3 to 6 pounds of grain. I would think a 2 gallon...

I have been reading alot of threads about Apfelwein and cider and had a couple of questions . I would like to make Cider or Apfelwein that has a good apple flavor. I have read that most ends up dry and very little apple taste. I don't have a kegging system yet and do want to bottle carb. 1...

Thought i would post a picture of what i have been up to the past two weekends. Starting on the left is my first attempt at making beer. It is a Red Amber Ale 20 minute boil kit from midwest. It tasted good flat so i can't wait till it gets carbonated. In the middle is a Orchard Breezin Kiwi...

I started a couple of years ago making wine and after reading as much as i could from this site i decided to try my hand at making some beer. I bought one of the twenty minute boil "RED AMBER ALE" kits from Midwest homebrew. I followed the instructions yesterday and by the time i woke up this...

i started making wine kits last year and now am very excited to get into making beer. I live in a small condo so to start out i am going to try a no boil kit, like Coopers Real ALE. My question is Do I need a Fermenting Bucket and A bottling bucket or can i just ferment in the bottling bucket...