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Friend of mine is making apple jack. She used Turbo yeast. I think she used 6 or 8# brown sugar and two gallons of fresh apple juice she juiced. Final volume of 5 gallons. It has been fermenting for three weeks. She did not take an OG, but her gravity right now is 1.046. Never made it but I...

I am going to Portland, OR in May to try some sturgeon fishing and would like to hit some brewpubs. I will be in the Oregon City area. What pubs should I not miss? I will be there Tuesday thru Friday so I hope to hit a few. I will have a car so a little traveling won't a problem.

I have a regulator problem. Twice in the past few weeks I have come home to find my kegs being fed 30+# of C02. I normally keep it between 5 and 10 # depending on the keg and beer. I turned it down, released the pressure and it seemed fine each time. I have a two gauges - one feeds a single keg...

I brewed my first of 2011 today, an AG American Stout. The brewing went fine and I ended up with an OG of 1.060 (shooting for 1.053). I pitched the yeast (US05) at about 80 degrees and went to clean things up. I came back about 15 minutes later and I noticed airlock activity. I figured it was...

I think I will brew a stout this weekend. I am trying to build a recipe from what I have in stock. I came up with this and was hoping for some feedback. Do you think I will end up with a stuck sparge with the rye and wheat? I know it is a bit on the hoppy end, but I do like hops. Any...

I brewed a Honey Porter today. It is one of my favorite beers and I keep it on tap. I would like to try a twist on it and decided to add walnut extract during the secondary. I am not sure how much to add though. I thought about 1 oz for 5 gal. Is that too much, not enough? My mash was a little...

I finally decided to try growing hops this year. I ordered Centennial, Columbus and Cascade rhizomes. I planted them on Saturday afternoon and this morning when I was going to work I noticed aIready have Centennial and Columbus shoots poking thru the soil. That is amazing to me. How fast will...

For Christmas I got a new drip tray and money to buy a new CO2 tank. I was looking at Micromatic and saw a 20# Aluminum for $115 and a 15# Steel one for $89. Is there a big advantage of one over the other other than 5# of CO2? I am cheap but I can be convinced to spend the extra $25 is there is...

I have been thinking about switching from propane to electric heat for a while and today I made the switch. I took an old brew kettle and drilled a hole in the side that fits a standard 1500W water heater element. I wired it in through a GFCI (safety first) and tried boiling 3 gallons of water...

I have a rye pale ale in primary right now. I used US-05. I plan on letting it primary for another week or so, before I keg and let it set for a few weeks. I want to brew a Gumballhead right away after that. With the cost of dry yeast (my LHBS just doubled the price to $4), I also want to begin...

I have a problems with my Munich-style Bock I brewed today. The whole session went smoothly (seemingly). I even did my first decoction mash without any serious problems. Mashed in at 129, pulled about 1.5gal and heated to 150, let it set at 150 for 15 minutes and then brought to a boil. I put it...

I brewed a GumballHead Clone on Saturday. I put the primary in a big basin about half full of water and draped a towel over it with a fan pointed at it. I have been feeding the basin bottles of ice to keep things cool. I have had a heck of a time maintaining a steady temperature. It varies from...

My sons best friend is getting married in January and they asked me me to brew his favorite beer for the wedding - a bock. I have never brewed an AG bock before and did some searching on the Internet for a recipe. I found a simple recipe and tweaked it a bit. Does this sound like a decent bock...

I am trying to create my first recipe from scratch. I am looking for a medium hoppy, rye ale. Here is what I have so far. Any comments/advice will be appreciated. I chose the yeast because it is described as having peppery flavors which I thought would compliment the rye. Thanks for your ideas...

For you Hoosiers, where do you refill your CO2 tanks? I work on the west side of Indy but live in Franklin. I found a place off Lindhurst and swapping a 5# tank out is $18.50. Any better prices?

I made a Summit ale and it is ready for the secondary. I want to dry hop, but would like some advice. The recipe is: 9.5# 2 row 1/4 # crystal (20L) 1/4 carapils 1/2 oz summit (60) 1 oz cascade (15) Safale -05 yeast I was thinking about 1 oz centennial to dry hop. I like the...

I just kegged and bottled a Black Cherry Wheat. I added 4lbs of frozen, pureed (sp?) cherries to the secondary after the gravity didn't change for 4 days. While putting the beer into the keg, I sampled it (of course). It has a very wine like flavor to it. I hoped that waiting for the gravity to...

I want to secondary in a corny. Should I put a blanket of CO2 on it or just let it secondary like in a bucket? I need my bottling bucket for another barch.

I just completed my 2nd AG. It is a Pete's Wicked Ale clone. I calculated my efficiency and (if I did it right), I hit 82%. I find that hard to believe, but I hit my OG dead on. I was shooting for .054 - .058 and I hit .056. I am pretty excited about that. I did screw up a bit though. I had an...

I thought I would share this website (Home Brewing Home Beer Brewing Home Wine Making Beer Kegging Equipment Breweriana Beer Tap Handles Liqueur Making Making Soda Adventures in Home Brewing) with anyone who is interested in purchasing kegs. I just purchased 4 cornys with a set of new orings for...