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After a two year layoff from brewing not drinking beer. I'm going to brew today an IPA quick turnaround small 2.5 gal batch. Let's see if I still can nail my efficiency. I was able to nail 70% every time I know it's not high but it was consistent. Wish me luck.

On Nov 18th I brewed a IPA with simcoe and amarillo hops the brew day went beautiful hit all the temps and gravities perfectly but later that evening everything went to s**t........... I had a total mental collapse. I ended up in the psych ward at the local hospital diagnosis SAD, insomnia...

Anyone had any experience with this yeast? I read the info at fermentis website and picked some up at AHS. Just looking for some real life experiences good, bad or indifferent.

I made a stout this past winter and after 10 days in the primary and then 53 days in the secondary the fg was 1.020 with a og of 1.060. I know a little high but I went ahead and bottled. I figured it was done. Well I walked into the beer cellar (a spare room in the basement which stays around 60...

The last two six packs I bought have not lived up to expectations. The first one I thought it was just my taste buds playing tricks. However the second one the taste and color were off from many a six pack I've consumed in the past 10+ year of drinking my everyday beer. In fact one was...

Hi everyone, I just finished my first all grain cali common this afternoon. I semi happy. It will be beer and one of lower than hoped for acholol content. Hit about 50% eff had acouple of problems with the MLT that will be fixed next time and I hope to see the eff to increase to at least 65%...

I'm going to do my first partial mash tomorrow and would like to see if the recipe I'm planning on using is sound or needs modifications made to it. 3Lb American pale malt .5Lb 60l crystal malt .5Lb 40l crystal malt .25Lb carapils 4Lb light dry malt extract 1oz perle @ 60 min 1oz...

If you couldn't drink HB what would your everyday beer be? I know that's a bad thought. Sierra Nevada pale ale for me.

Hello to everyone, I just racked to the secondary this morning. Usually I just dump the little that is left in the primary. This time I put it a growler and thru it it the fridge. It was a IPA and the bitterness is right there and since I dry hopped it I think the hop aroma and nose should be...

Hello everyone, A big shout out to everyone who brews their own. Let the G-Men try and tax us and here in Maine they just might. I just got back into brewing after a 2 1/2 year layoff. Drank a hell of a lot of Sierra Nevada to past the time. Somethings have changed but most are the same...