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It's pretty much as the title states, I started out as an extract brewer about 7 years ago, have been brewing all grain for the last year or so, but last 3 batches have been extract again. I brewed a brown ale extract recipe today and I came to the conclusion I'd rather brew extract recipes...

I'm going to San Diego for work next week and gunna be there for about a month. i'm not sure how much free time I'll have there but I definitely want to do some beer related sight seeing. Any suggestions about where to go?

I've been reading posts on here for quite a while and today I finally decided to upgrade my membership. This site has been an incredible source of information in regards to pretty much everything homebrewing. Thanks!

I think the next batch I brew is going to be a California common and I've been tossing around the idea of using WLP 840 American lager yeast closer to ale temps, rather than use WLP 810 San Fran lager. Any suggestions how high I should go? I was thinking around 58 or 60. The reasoning behind...

The last two extract beers I've made (APA and ESB) I did a 3 gal boil with half the extract and added the rest at the end of the boil. Once it's mixed (liquid extract by the way) I chill using an immersion chiller. I also used whirlfloc at 10 minutes in both batches. The apa used us-05 and...

Because of where I live I normally brew mostly extract and steeping grains and the occasional pm and every few months pack up everything an brew an all grain batch at my brother's house. Well I currently have my buckets fermenters full but have a few 5 gal carboys (no longer secondary) and...

I was wondering if anyone has any experience brewng with radishes as an ingredient? I'd like to try it out but have no idea how to use them for a beer.

I'm brewing the blonde ale recipe form brewing classic styles today, but doing the recipe as all grain. I have a question about putting the recipe in beersmith. What do I set the batch size as, seeing that the book says the recipes are designed for 6 gallons left in the kettle after the boil...

The first book I bought when I started brewing a few years ago was the complete joy of homebrewing, and I still find myself going back to it every once in a while and then to try a recipe from it. My favorite has been No Sham Shamrock Irish Red Ale. I've brewed this one a few times and will...

I just made this from the recipe in the complete joy of homebrewing, and I was wondering if anyone else has tried this? If so, what do you think of it?

I made my first cyser today, based on the Fall's Bounty Cyser recipe from The Compleat Meadmaker. My interpretation of the recipe is as follows: 4.5 gal apple juice 8 lbs orange blossom honey 1 lb Demerara Sugar 0.5 lb raisins 0.5 lb chopped dates 2 tsp yeast energizer 1 tsp yeast...

Hey everyone, I have about 10 extract brews under my belt, and decieded to build a 2 gallon MLT. I did a 5 gal PM last week with it(its currenty fermenting) and everything seemed to go pretty good. Assuming that my PM will be my best beer ever, i thought I would next move on to...

I have read a few times that when extract brewing, always use light malt extract as the base for the beer, then using the steeping grains to, for the lack of a better word, shape the beer. If I wanted to substitute amber, or dark extract with light extract in a recipe, how would i know how to...