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I recently discovered this beer and I love it. Its definitely an IPA, a very different IPA than I am used to. I was pretty hesitant to try it considering I've never preferred English style IPAs to American but I decided to give it a try anyway. Anyway I'd like to try my hand at brewing...

Hi guy. I'm picking up a large chest freezer this weekend and am planning on using it as a homebrew keggerator. Anyway I from my measurements it looks like it'd be able to easily hold 5 Cornis, CO2 tank, and even have space to spare. The thing is I don't want to splurge right away on a 5...

On my local CL. http://chicago.craigslist.org/wcl/hsh/1458747783.html Quoted in case the ad goes down.

I've brewed around 10 batches now, and I've never had a problem like this. Honestly I just kind of just threw together a bunch of different ingredients and leftovers I had since I'm kind of low on funds at the moment. The recipe basically went as follows: 2 lb Wheat Dry Malt Extract 2...

I've got 3 lbs of hops from Hops Direct. They've been sitting in my freezer for awhile now because I don't have anyway to seal smaller amounts once I open a bag. Anyway what are you guys using to seal your hops?

:p What the heck? I just started, and I botched my first batch in about 3 different ways. It turned out awesome, but not at all how you expect it to taste. Anyway I had a friend, with a pretty expansive pallet, telling me it was the best beer he had ever had, and going on and on forever...

Are giving me that nice smooth sweet flavor. 3.3 lbs. Gold liquid malt extract 3.3 lbs. Amber liquid malt extract, 8 oz. Carapils 8 oz. Crystal 10°L Its Midwest Supplies Big Ben Pale Ale, and its fantastic. Myself and all my friends love it. I'd like to incorporate that smooth...

Just ordered about 3 lbs of hop pellts from hops direct. (amarillo, cascade, and centennial) Also ordered about 15 lbs of Extra Light DME, a bunch of that Brewvint booster stuff, 1/2 lb chinook pellets, and 1/4lb cascade leaves. Gonna pick up a 50lb bag of Light DME locally tomorrow. I'm...

My pale ale is currently bottle conditioning. Its going on about a week now. I tried it on bottling day (after adding the priming sugar) and it was VERY cidery and sweet tasting. This was my first brew ever and I'm a noob, so I don't know what green beer is supposed to taste like. I'm...

BRIESS LIGHT DME 50lbs are $98 Who wants to split it with me?

Hey guys. I'd like to try and get my pallet for hops built up a little better. I'm just starting, I've done a few kits, and I'd like to be able to throw together my own recipes. I'm a hop head, double, triple, and imperial ipas are definitely my favorite beers. Currently drinking a LOT of...

I'll be bottling this saturday. My plan is use gelatin for fining tonight and bottle midday saturday. I've watched the midwest vid and think I have a pretty good idea of what I'm doing, any little tips/tricks you guys have come up with that would be helpful?

Anyone got any good stout/pale ale recipes that go well together? I'll be bottling my Big Ben Pale Ale this weekend, so maybe I should just make a stout next that would go well with the BB? Any good recipes are definitely welcome. I've got two primaries so making them side by side is...

I've read a few books and brewed 4 batches. (none of which I've even tasted yet:p) I was thinking I'd do a Wheat beer next, and was thinking, why not just throw together my own recipe? I mean sure I don't really know what I'm doing, but theres software that can help with ABV and IBU. I...

Well yesterday I did A LOT of brewing/beer work. Lets run through the day: 7:15 wake up 8:00 practice guitar 9:30 clean get things ready 10:00 Start brewing the Irish Red (midwest extract kit) Throughout the grain steeping and boil time I delabled half of my remaining bottles...

Bayou Classic I can get in a decent amount cheaper because my room mate works at a hardware store that carries them. Anyway. How would this work for a brew kettle? Good? Bad? Currently I'm using a 5 gallon pot on my stove, but with 7.5 gallons I should be able to move off the stove...

I only officially started in this hobby only 2 weeks ago. I've got two beers going, and will be starting two more this weekend. That'll be 4 beers going in only 3 weeks time. I'm still drinking my store bought, and while I'm buying good beer I love, I'm getting really antsy to try my...

I've made as much effort to keep things clean and sanitized during brewing. However I still worry. How do you know if the beer is infected? What are the results? Will it make you sick? Or does just taste bad or off?

Hi guys. I'll probably be posting here a lot so I thought I'd introduce myself. Long story short over the past year or so my GF and I have gotten into craft/micro brews like crazy. We've done a few tours of breweries and and can frequently be found at small brewpubs on the weekends...