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Hi all, I've have around seven (7) brew sessions under my belt doing full-boil extract based recipes. When I add my hops, I put them in a hop sock and let them steep the stated time (viz. 60 minutes, 30 minutes, etc..). When the boil time is complete ( usually 60 minutes), I remove the hop...

While on vacation up in Oregon, I had a (several...) Pelican Sea n' Red ale. My wife and I really enjoyed it. I'm thinking about trying to reproduce it. I haven't yet contacted the brewer to see if they would release the details, but I was wondering if there's some 'rules of thumb' to follow...

Hi all, I've only been brewing for about 6 months and am on my fifth batch of beer (in the fermentor now). I'm learning a lot and so I'm probably asking a lot of stupid/newebie questions. Here's my next one. The kettle I'm using is a 8.5 gallon unit that came in a starter kit. It's made of 201...

Hi all, I have a recipe that calls for 7 lbs of ultra light LME. I purchased all my ingredients from a local home brew store but failed to double check the amount of LME they provided me. When I got home I discovered I was only given two (2) containers of 3.3 lbs of LME. So I have a total of...

Hi all, I'm going to take another shot at brewing a St Stan's Red Sky Ale clone recipe. I used Safale S-33 and had some trouble not reaching the stated OG of 1.057 ( I hit 1.051) and the FG of 1.013 ( I reached 1.018). The beer actually came out pretty good and taste very similar to the...

Hi all, Last weekend I did my first DME beer batch. I brewed an Irish Red Ale recipe kit from MoreBeer using CellarScience "English" yeast. This was a full boil (as I did in my first two batches) and the brew process seemed to go fine. As part of my cleaning and sanitation I added the...

Hi all, I've completed two brew batches now. Both were full boil and used LME which I'm comfortable with. I've come across a beer recipe kit from MoreBeer! that is only available locally in DME form. I've heard that DME has a tendency to clump when added to the heated or boiling water. Are...

Hi all, I'm a brand new home brewer and working on my 2nd batch. My first was a extract kit that I purchased from MoreBeer! and was an American Red Ale. It was so much better than I was expecting for my first beer! I'm totally hooked. I came across a clone recipe for St. Stan's Red Sky Ale and...