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Experiment time! I recently made a light (OG 1.040) helles to build up a yeast cake for a maibock. Unfortunately, I got too anxious to use my nice yeast cake and now have a heavily buttered popcorn helles. What's a guy to do? I remembered from Wild Brews that brett cleans up the diacetyl spit...

The day I got married, following our wedding reception, we visited the Hopcat in Grand Rapids, MI. As we were still in wedding apparel, our waitress wanted to help us celebrate and treated me to this beer. :mug: Naturally, I'd like to make something close for at home since Lagunitas isn't...

So, I decided after two years of home brewing it was time to brew a couple special beers as Christmas gifts for some of my closest friends. After some thought, I decided on two: an imperial coffee/chocolate oatmeal stout (similar to Founder's Breakfast Stout) and Pliny (the Bastid). I brewed...

...while brewing in the garage: Do not just dump in an ounce of hop pellets into an 8 gallon kettle filled with 7.5 gallons of wort at a rolling boil. YIKES! I think I lost almost a gallon of wort. My hydrometer reading said I got really good efficiency out of the tun though, so my sugars are...