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Well, while I was out on my wedding/honeymoon vacation, my keg of Kolsch and my keg of Blonde were just hitting the gas to carb up, my Bourbon Barrel ale was in its cool spot aging, and my Wee Heavy was sequestered to the fridge to continue its aging in a cold place (more a aging preservation...

I'm looking for some information on how lacing is affected by brewing technique and what makes it stick/fall away, etc. This is the lacing from my newest IPA. It was the Octane IPA kit from MidWest, with an 'octane' boost and a 1oz Simcoe dry hop. So is this good? Bad? Indifferent? What...

Brewing a hefeweisen, norther brewer's kit. I augmented the malt bill such that OG was 1.060, used a 1L starter. Pitched at about noon at about 80deg, put it in my fermenting closet which is about 63deg. Went out for a poker night. Came home, heard a BOOM, found this: It blew off the...

I brewed the 'Nightcap Cherry Stout' kit from Midwest, and have a question about original and final gravities.. This is my 4th kit and that still learning. I hit a couple points high on the OG, 1.050 when the target spread was 1.040-1.046. Its looking for a final in @ 1.010-.012, and after 3...

First brew, Fuggles IPA kit from Midwest. My target OG was 1.042 - 1.046. I measured 1.048, rationalized that as OK cause I did a full 5 gal boil instead of the partial + cooling water. Cooled in a big plastic tub w/ ice, got down to 70 degrees in about 23 min, pitched the dry yeast with the...