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This is adapted from BierMuncher's Sterling Gold. But I used Different hops and Wyeast 2112 California Lager. Came out super crisp and clean. Liked it a lot. But want to up the ABV. So I pretty much just doubled the grain bill and its at 7.5%. What you are seeing here is the doubled...

I'm about to do this Molasses Cinnamon Porter thing as a Christmas beer. Did it last year and it did not turn out how I hoped. I tend to under-shoot things in a recipe so they won't be overpowering and destroy what might be an otherwise good beer. So I used 1 cup Blackstrap Molasses the last...

My OG says 1.044 @ 76degrees (nice light blonde ale, ~4%abv, 25ibu) I tend to stick with Papazian's book based on temp adjusting OG... A friend of mine does not believe what Charlie wrote in the book. What do you think?

Making a modified version of Biermuncher's Centennial Blonde right now (I'm using Simcoe so sadly it can't be called 'Centennial' anymore, stupid LHBS is out of Centennial so need to talk to HopsDirect asap) Anyways, got off work at noon today as a completely random Monday half day, and...

I cant find any! Anywhere! None of the owners of the local bars have any extra laying around, I havent seen any sitting out next to a garbage can in the alley in a while! Where can I get more of these things?! I have one that I use as a 10G primary and I love it. Its the greatest thing...

First lager. Tried to control every aspect. Temp controlled fermentation chamber. Cooled wort to 55 before pitching 55deg starter. Stirplate starter for 4 days prior to pitching... 4 weeks fermentation with no more than 3 deg temp differential in either direction. 3 day diacetyl rest...

One of my favorite lager styles.. Great beer. Scrimshaw.. I am trying my first lager this weekend. I've become pretty familiar with IPA recipes and getting there with stout recipes... All thru trial and error, etc.. Although I've seen many lager recipes, I have never tried one. No...

Going to attempt first lager this weekend. The 'Something like Stella' recipe. Looks good! Love me some Stella. Also love me a neighbor who gave me an old chest freezer for free that I can now lager in... Anyways do all lagers like to have diacetyl rests before the lagering?

I wanted so badly to brew me some Furious since its hard to find in Chicago, especially in bottles. Compared a bunch of recipes and ended up with this one. Since I cant get it in bottles and its off tap now in the city, I cant really remember exactly how it tastes or compares to what I ended...

Yes its time. The 4 picninc taps are messy, time for Perlicks. Still debating 525 or 575.. maybe 1 575 to start to see if the creamer action is that good.. Anyways sorry for this but I did just search for 20 min. why cant i find a 'Installing Perlicks in you Collar' thread? What...

12.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 80.54 % 0.30 lb Black (Patent) Malt (500.0 SRM) Grain 2.01 % 0.30 lb Black Barley (Stout) (500.0 SRM) Grain 2.01 % 0.30 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 2.01 % 1.00 oz Fuggles [4.50 %] (60 min) (First Wort Hop) Hops 15.8 IBU...

18 batches under my belt, no infection... guess the beer gods figured it was about time.. what do you think? yes or no infection?

6 or 7 AG batches under my belt. They are all fantastic. But some of them with less ABV will cause slightly harder hangovers than the others with more ABV. So as I am ever learning about the AG process and fine tuning every aspect from getting a bigger mash paddle and stirring more to...

anyone? is 2# flaked corn too much? browsing the recipe section I notcied the cream ales use 2# for 5gal. a friend of mine thinks it might be a bit much. never used it before so want to give it a try. my place is hot too, so I need a yeast that can handle 75deg. i know amarillo isnt...

Hey there 146 deg 90 min mash for a saison i am doing. Am I supposed to sparge with cooler water? or is 180 ok? I did the exact batch two weekends ago and racked to secondary today and it tasted fine. Just curious if you can fine tune with cooler sparge water is the mash temp is low...

Well lets get a little personal I own a dog daycare I have been having trouble with sanitation I soak the bowls and wash the toys and tennis balls in bleach every other day. I bought special kennel cleaner to spray on the floor and the tools we use, garbgage cans, fencing, etc. The...

Most likely was just a local deal that I was lucky to stumble into. But this afternoon I walked into Home Depot to get some simple green and heavy duty trash bags and respirators and I took a peek in the appliance aisle as I always do. Magic Chef 7.2 cu ft Chest Freezer item # 539-355 (as...

I see that 10# CO2 is the 'norm' for homebrewers.. Cheapest I can find in town is $100 filled. The wholesale welding shop down the street will sell me 20# filled for $82. my friend says they are very heavy and cumbersome, and I will def have to drill a hole in the fridge/keezer, which i...

Well yes.. My first ever homebrew batch was somewhere around march of this year. went AG about 5 weeks later. now less than 6 months and I have on delivery 4 kegs with manifold and all the tubing being sent to me from midwest. was looking at the current better bottles and not excited...

Fellow Homebrewers... I have not made to move to kegging due to finances. I would love to put nice graphic designs on bottle labels, but I re use most of my bottles and I HATE peeling lables. I was looking for a solution to my problem of labeling bottles but not having to peel them...