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I have been using a variation on Ed Wort's cider recipe with the Nottingham Yeast and some additional Brown Sugar and Cinnamon to the process. The rest of the recipe is Mott's Apple Juice and the 2 pounds of Corn Sugar. My reqeusts lately have been to produce the same 9-10% alcohol batch...

I know that Tinley Park has a Beer and Wine Fest in April and Racine WI has The Great Lakes Beer fest in September and Dark Lord Day is also in April in NW Indiana. What other beer fests are there out there within a 150 miles of Chicago?

Anyone know when Ale Fest Chicago 2010 is? The last two years it was held on the same weekend in July at Soldier Field and I could have sworn that they were having it July 10th and found a couple publications, most recently Ale Street News Vol 19, No 3. However I saw something recently that...

Anyone have a good location to buy 1 pound or more of Simcoe and Warrior hops? Hops Direct doesn't carry these, but I really use these quite a bit and would love to save some brewing cost.

Had something strange happen with the last two brews I made off my own recipe. The beer as soon as you open it starts foaming up. All the bottles have done this so far. I used 12 pounds of Gold LME (Light) from Midwest Brewing. 2 pounds of Crystal 10 grains that were steeped for 30...

I have brewed 40 batches and have bottled 35 of them so far. However after a week of vacation I come back and two different batches had exploded bottles. The temp in the house remained consistant, I used the same sugar mixture I have used in other batches to bottle with 5 oz of sugar and 1...

Is anyone going to this? Welcome to AleFest Chicago Just found out about it myself. Thinking of dragging the wife and drinking some of her samples while there.

Does anyone have a recipe for this beer? Or at least the hops that they use to make it?

I received my IPA kit from MoreBeer today and found something interesting in the package. It was to have 2 oz of Glacier for 60 minute boil, 2 oz Glacier for 10 minutes flavoring and 2 oz cascade for the 1 minute aroma. However my kit contains an extra 2oz Glacier. Would these be any good...

I am looking for a LHBS thats in the Oaklawn, Burbank, Palos Area. I know that Two Brothers has one in their brewpub in Warrenville, but I'm looking for something that isn't a 40+ min drive. If anyone knows of any I would appreciate it as they all seem to be up North in IL.

How long should you leave hops in during dry hopping? Is there a general rule that they should only be in there a week or two? What happens if you leave them in there for three or four weeks in the secondary?

I have been brewing for 6 months now and have just finished my 21st batch, all extracts. I will eventually be going to all grain, after a little more research on what additional equipment to buy etc. Also need to use up some of the extract items I received at Christmas.

I'm looking to brew up an IPA that has that hoppy flavor like a Dog Fish Head 90 minute, Three Floyds or Double Dog. Anyone have any extract recipes for these types of beers?