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So today after wrapping up brew day for my Christmas ale, I was poking around in the basement and found some bottles of hefe weisse that I brewed this past May. After popping a bottle in the fridge for a few hours, I cracked it open. Only this time, it tasted a little different. I expected...

This weekend I'm going to be brewing a Christmas beer, which will be a holiday spin on a Belgian Dark Strong Ale. This is my first time brewing with so many additives, so I'd really appreciate any suggestions or critiques you might have. Here's the recipe so far: Ingredients 5# Pale 2-Row...

So this month I'll be entering several beers in the War of the Worts competition here in Pennsylvania. BJCP style classification is required upon registering the beers. The classification is obvious for most of them, as I typically brew to style, but there's one brew that's puzzling me: my...

This month I'm going to harvest and re-pitch yeast for the first time, so naturally I did a fair amount of research on the subject. Among other things, I found a few people that recommended foregoing washing the yeast and making a starter, and rather just pitching post-primary slurry directly...

This Christmas, I and 23 other people each bought a case of good beer and swapped them amongst ourselves so that we all had one of each variety. So tonight I crack open a Kilt Lifter Scotch Ale, which is brewed by Moylan's, and which I've had in the fridge for a little over a week. And as...

At the beginning of January, I'm planning on making a case (or maybe two) of classic Irish dry stout for St. Patrick's Day. I've had good results with stouts I've brewed before, but I haven't yet tried to full-on replicate a dry stout like Guinness. The biggest barrier I'm foreseeing right now...

Anyone here watch the show Three Sheets? I believe the show is currently off the air, though you can watch all the episodes for free at Hulu.com. Anyway, Three Sheets is one of my favorite things to watch while drinking. Granted, the host is pretty unenlightened about alcohol, but the...

So I've brewed 6 batches of beer as of now, and for the most part I've been steadily improving and having relatively few problems and mistakes. However, one thing has continued to bugger me: I keep getting remarkably quick primary fermentations. Every batch I've brewed so far has begun showing...