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I was out at Wegmans on Saturday to pick up my son's birthday cake. So, I decided I would check out their beer selection. For those of you who might not know here in PA you only buy, from a distributor, and only by the case. Unless you are a food establishment. Then you can sell 6-packs and the...

Decided to brew up a dry stout last night around 9 p.m. Since I got a new mill I've been working on nailing down my process so I get a consistent brewhouse efficiency. Everything went well until somewhere around 30' to go in the boil. Since I was making a stout and it only had a 60' addition I...

I know that fermenting at very warm temperatures can cause yeast to throw phenols. The room I use for fermentation has been sitting at 64°F with ferm temps going no higher than 68°F yet I'm getting a very distinct plastic taste and smell from some of my beers. I'm currently fermenting some beers...

I tried an IPA on tap at my lhbs. About a year ago I tried a DFH 60' and I got 2 sips out of it and dumped it. It was making me feel nauseous. I hadn't touched an IPA since. I figured they pretty much all tasted the same. For some reason I decided to try the one at the homebrew store and I was...

A BIG thanks to Weyerbacher brewery and Fegley's Brewworks for sending over fresh cascade hops to Keystone Homebrew Supply! Keystone passed along the generosity to their customers by giving away the hops to their customers. Unbeknownst of the deal I walked in to buy some grain and walked out...

Take the time to visit Sun King brewery and Flat 12 Bierwerks. Both places had some great selection. Sun King's tasting area is in very close proximity to their production line and had a lively atmosphere. The people waiting on you didn't give you and sort of information about the flavor profile...

My local water report doesn't have Mg listed and according to the water dept. they are required to test for it. Is there any way of calculating it from values that I do have or should I just send a sample out and have it tested.

I must say. So far I like them more than 12oz bottles with caps. It was nice to fill and seal right away. Plus they're 16oz so I am already doing less bottles.

I am looking to make a Belgian pale ale and I would like to try a different type of hop this time. I am looking for a hop that would complement the fruity belgian yeast. I made a saison with cascade and I think it's too fruity.

I have a batch of cider going and I am using 4766. A few hours after pitching I got a really nice apple smell being off-gassed through the airlock. Now, however, I am getting, what I believe to be, a sulfur smell. To me it smells like rotten eggs, but my wife described it as "sour". Has...

While checking my APA, that's been fermenting for a week now, I noticed the color was very blonde. The color was way off from what I was expecting it to be, so I looked in my fridge and, much to my chagrin, there sits my Crystal 40. So, here's my question. Could I steep the grains with, say...

I got this Bayou Classic and a 40qt aluminum stock pot so I can brew outside. Now I don't have to listen to the family complain about stinking up the house. I cannot believe how quickly this burner heats up water. I think it's cut an hour off my brew day just in heating water/wort. Got both...

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So I've done 4 small AG batches now and, until today's batch, I never really scrutinized how well my efficiency has been. I downloaded and used the 2 spreadsheets from the wiki. I know lots of people boast efficiency in the 70's & 80's, but I'm never sure if they mean extract efficiency or...

I was listening to the Jamil Show's Wheat beer podcast and at the end he mentioned to mash at 152F, but then he commented that this was for 70% efficiency. I have been doing partial mashes and my efficiency seems to be in the ball park of 75-77%. Would I still use 152F or do I need to adjust...

I've done 2 batches with my new refractometer and following the instructions on the wiki I have calculated my wort correction. They have both come out as 1.00xx. If I carry the number out far enough I get discrepencies, but not as far as the 100ths place. I used distilled water to calibrate...

2.5 gal batch doing a full boil 3.5# Maris Otter 4 oz Crystal 60L 4 oz Crystal 120L 3.3 # LME 2# Golden DME 3oz EKG 5% aa (53 IBU) Wyeast Irish Ale 1084 (making a 1 L starter) Planning on mashing at 150F for 60 min. I come up with 1.124 starting OG. This will be my first attempt at an...

I am made a Kolsch and I had some Hallertauer hops left over from a previous brewday and I bought another 1 oz pack, thinking I had almost 2 oz between the two. Well, when it came time to add the hops I only had 1.3 oz of 3.6% AA hops for a beer with an estimated OG of 1.049. I just pitched my...

With the cool weather finally here I decided to try a lager (since I don't have a ferm chamber or a spare fridge). I need a few questions answered, though. Firstly: I bought a Wyeast 2124 Bohemian Lager yeast pack, broke the nutrient pack and let it sit at room temp for ~6 hours. It never...

I would like to try a lager now that the outside temperatures are finally cool enough. I would like to try to do a partial-mash, but if I need to I can do an extract with steeped grains. In any case here's the recipe. Batch size: 3 gal. 4 oz Crystal 40L 4 oz Chocolate Malt 2 oz Roasted...