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Well, I'm finding most of my beers are 7% or higher, so im thinking a nice session ale might be a good change of pace... that and I want to use this 4% beer's yeast cake for the old ale or scotch or imperial stout I'm going to do next. I'm looking for it to have a good balance between...

So I'm always reading stories around here on why to be careful about everything related to brewing (sanitation, gravity, etc....) But has anyone botched anything accidentally or unknowingly and LOVED the result? I got to thinking about this tonight when I was drinking (go figure) So about...

It sounds like a fire waiting to happen, but does anyone do this? I just picked up the Bayou Classic ($40 one) because the electric stove in my new apartment couldnt heat a large (4 gal) volume of water past 150. I have a big wood deck (about 12x12) right outside my door which would be the...

http://beeradvocate.com/forum/read/841604/?start=0 which is a bummer, I'm going to miss drinking their 2 hearted and stouts this winter.

has anyone used this in anything? And more importantly does the taste of it fade over time? I brewed up a porter with it that was bottled 2 weeks ago which I dumped in 2 oz of it (definatly a little too much) and the upfront sweetness of it is a bit too much. But other then that its...

I'm sure I'm going to mislead several people with the title of this threat, but I came across an intersting article in wired today about an open source beer; dont know if anyone has posted it yet. http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.09/posts.html?pg=6 and the webpage which they have...

It looks like from the posts today I'm not the only one setting up to brew an IPA soon. This was taken (and heavily modified to fit the LHBS stock) from a DFH 60 min recipe i saw somewhere. I'm debating on running back there and adding a little crystal... Let me know what you think! 60...

For my second brew ever, I'm going for a ESB... or was hoping to at least The origional recipie I got from somewhere was: -- 6 # pale LME 1 # crystal malt .5 # victory 1.5 kent goldings @ 60 min .5 kent goulding @ 20 min 1 oz fuggles @ 5 min Wyeast#1968 -- But, It turns out my...

So I just got a kit from Austin home brew (plastic primary, glass secondary) and I'm looking to make my first batch friday. The primary I have isn't already fitted for an airlock so before I go drilling into the lid of this thing... whats the best way to make one & seal it? or am I just...