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I brewed a black IPA last Sunday using a 2L yeast starter, which is what I usually pitch (I tend to brew big beers). Typically I get a vigorous fermentation with very short lag time and I usually get a blowoff. This time I pitched at a cooler temp than usual (I brewed at a friend's house on...

I have my keggerator in my garage, and like anyone else in South Jersey this summer, my garage is averaging about 90 degrees during the day, cooling to a nice balmy 80 degrees by night. The fridge runs constantly trying to keep up, but it's old and doesn't quite do the job, so my kegged beer...

I used Fermcap for the first time for a Two-Hearted Ale clone I brewed on Father's Day. I made a 2L starter and used Fermcap during the boil, and it worked like a dream. I used it again on brew day for the boil, and again, it worked great, allowing me to boil 7.5 gal in my 8-gal kettle with no...

I am planning to brew a Belgian Wit Ale, and I have a recipe that calls for malted wheat. I was on MoreBeer.com getting my ingredients and I found white malted wheat and put that in my cart. Then I stumbled on flaked wheat, which is the only wheat that Northern Brewer supplies, and it...

I'm drinking a Yakima Twilight from Victory, and it is friggin delicious. I can't find a recipe, and Victory's website isn't much help. Anyone out there tried to brew a clone? If I could find a recipe I'd be a happy man...

Okay - it's not as bad as the title sounds, but I am looking for some advice for my next AG brew with regard to volume of the boil/size of the kettle. I brewed a fairly big beer for my firt AG attempt - Nugget Nectar clone with 14 lbs grain bill (FG target of 1.075). I mashed in a cooler and...

I bottled a IIPA about 6 weeks ago (maybe more - it's been so long I forget), with an ABV of about 7.5%. I don't remember what the yeast strain was - it was a William's extract kit with a Wyeast Activator, but since it was only my second batch, I wasn't paying enough attention. :drunk: I used...

A couple of friends and I went on our own little pub crawl in Philly last Saturday, and in addition to discovering some amazing breweries and bars serving an incredible selection of beers (Eulogy in Old City may have topped the chart), I tried Racer X by Bear Republic. It's an amazing IIPA...

I am attempting my first partial mash batch this weekend using a recipe from Russell's No. American Clone Brews, Fat Tire Ale. The recipe calls for Brewer's Gold for bittering, and Saaz (doesn't specify U.S. or Czech) for flavoring. My LHBS had Czech Saaz, but no BG. I asked what I could...

I brewed an all-extract, full-boil honey wheat from Williams about 4 or 5 weeks ago. OG was 1.059. I posted on HBT back then because I had problems with my smack pack and was considering re-pitching after 2 days with no activity, but on the day I bought a new pack (brew day +3), fermentation...

I did my first full-boil extract batch yesterday - a Honey Wheat Ale kit from Williams - and I think I had a smack pack malfunction. I broke the inner pouch (or so I thought) later than I should have - about 2 hours before pitching. However, I used one of these once before and it swelled up...

My first batch of homebrew came out pretty decent, but I was nervous it was infected at first because of all the gooey looking cloudiness in it after about 2 weeks bottle conditioning at around 65 deg. I chilled it, and the sediment all settled, so I am convinced it's yeast and/or proteins...

Hey everyone - short-time lurker, first-time poster. This site is awesome - you guys have some great information on here. I started brewing in April - my first brew was an all extract brew that my LHBS helped me put together. It was supposed to be similar to Sierra Nevada's Pale Ale. Of...