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This is my all-time favorite American Amber Ale. Ive been searching for many years for something that I like better, but still havent found it. :) Hands down the most perfect balance of hops. anyway, anyone ever come across a good recipe for a Red Tail clone?

hey all, Im just curious to hear what all the beer gurus think about Rogue AAA. Normally at the grocery store here the best beers they would have would be Sierra Nevada, Anchor Steam, and the local Old Dominion brews. but I recently noticed them carrying 2 Rogue brews. American Amber Ale...

I havent had it for many years, but I know they used to have a new recipe every year. Is it concievable that I could find recipes based on each year? the 1989 & 1990 ones were my all-time favorites hands down!

someone had mentioned using maltodextrin to me for adding a little sweetness to a brew, and I also see that homebrew supply stores sell it. But after searching some past posts, and google about it, it doesnt seem like it added any sweetness, and its official description is that is has little...

******* question of the month here! can shipping homebrew via air-freight services cause any problems at all? like with pressure or anything weird causing the bottle to blow up?

heya, i just racked my pumkin ale to secondary, and due to the tremendous amount of trub from the pumkin, i can only siphon maybe 4gals. Ive been told that its a bad thing to have too much empty space in the carboy (surface level of the beer) because of contamination or whatever. what...

i know, this might seem like a rediculous question, but i have OCD when it comes to having to know the detals of everything :) its always been recommended to me, that after 2 weeks in the bottle, to give each bottle a sharp twist, and let it sit another week. does everyone do that? Ive...

hola, ive never racked to a secondary before, and always just let it sit in the primary for an extra week or so. But since i just brewed a pumpkin ale thats gonna have a buttload of trub from the pumpkin, I got a 5gal carboy for the secondary, but Im not sure about the siphoning gear. My...

from forum searching, i see it mentioned for some ale yeasts to be ok at 70-74F ferment temps, altho best to be lower. any specific details on acceptable range for the american ale 1056 dried yeast? i can probbaly keep it at 70F in the basement, but if there is no benefeit or possibility of...

been planning this out for a few weeks now, and today was the day! i did alot of reading and asking questions about some specific things cause im obcessive compulsive :) I used the basic outline from the recipe and info on the infamous audioholics link, because the guys been making it for...

ive never really used a specific amount of water when steeping/sparging the grains that i add to the extract brews. of the top of my head im guessing i usually used 1/2gal at most for a 1.5 lbs of grains for example. is using a specific amount per pound recomended tho? or is "some" ok...

how noticiable of a difference in the final product is there between boiling say a 1.5 - 2gallon wort and filling up the rest of a 5gal fermentor with water, and just boiling all 5 gallons of wort?

im getting geared up to do a pumpkin ale for holiday consumption, as i know alot of people are. so ive been doing alot of research on it, specifically with the use of pumpkin. seems like the most important thing ive found is the pre-baking of the pumpkin whether you are using the canned stuff...

its been so many years since i brewed, but i dont ever recall fermenting taking more than a week. but i never used liquid yeast before either. right now, im at 10 days. the first 3 or 4 days i had real nice activity in the airlock and it slowly tapered off. but for the past few days the...

might seem like a silly question, but its just something ive never had to do. cause i always fermeneted in the basement in the past. for my current batch, i left it in the kitchen cause its a cal lager, but the next few days the weather supposed to get up to tripple digits, so i wanna move it...

hola, its been 15 years since i last brewed the best beer in the world, and im glad to be back. im excited, but ashamed i stopped! I got the comeback batch in the fermenter now, and i forgot how friggin awesome the smells and tastes of the cooking brew was! its weird, throught the past day i...

getting back into homebrewing after many years.. and wondering if anyone has any special hints or tricks to easily removing labels from bottles, im all ears :) the easier the better cause i got 48 to do in the next few days. i used to do the obvious and soak em water, but that was back when...