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So I tried my hand at one of the new New England IPAs and to start it seemed like a good brew day...until I'm ready to mash out and as I open the spigot it trickles out and stops, forcing me to improvise (I'll call it ghetto mashing). I essentially poured my mash water out the top into a...

Pardon the terrible Wilson Phillips pun, but quick rundown: Did a brewday about a month and a half ago doing this recipe. This was easily my best brew yet, but I greatly underestimated my efficiency and ended up with a hydrometer-measured reading of 1.150 going into the fermenter. :eek...

Hey all, I'm working on finding a more efficient way to chill wort as currently I put it in my keezer until it's cold and usually pitch the next day as I find the coil method to be horribly inefficient and ends up wasting a ton of water and ice. I came across the Koolatron Coca Cola fridge...

So my buddy and I planned a brew day tomorrow but it's going to be pouring for a straight week...since my rig is propane powered and I like having an uncharred house, that pretty much means it's off. I've already started my starter - do I just leave it going or throw it in the fridge to stall...

Hey y'all, I've got a bunch of leftover ingredients from several past brews and want to brew with what's left...I've got about quarter lb of different hop remnants from bittering to aromatic, 14 lbs of two row and a bunch of Belgian wit yeast I just harvested from my wit (first time yeast...

So I brewed up a Witbier of my own creation last weekend and was about ready to take some readings today...when I walked out to my fermentation chamber wine fridge and found the thing was literally going NUTS! I ferment in a corny keg with a blowoff connected to the gas QD tube running into a...

Looking for a little guidance as i build out my hypothetical recipe - I recently purchased several rhizomes of Crystal on a lark (based on it's higher level of myrcene oils and the attractive floral characteristics I hope it has) and thought hey, I should probably brew with this if I want to...

Hi folks, I'm brewing three beers for my wedding and want to align to three styles - a brown, a hefe and a session IPA. The first two I just borrowed two recipes exactly as printed from various internet sources, but the IPA (my favorite style) I wanted to recreate a sessionable version of my...

Hi all, So here's the story - my future SWMBO and I are tying the knot and to save money (yes, that's why we need to invest in kegging, dear), I'm brewing the beer for our wedding reception! :) I'm planning three beers so I've already got one corny and two more on the way as part of a...

Hey guys, Longtime lurker, first time poster. From constant perusals of this subforum and desire to shun the burden of bottling, I have decided I really want to build a keezer for my mancave. Only problem is that I want this to look nice to avoid the wrath of SWMBO (plus, if I'm honest, I'm a...

Hey yall, Newbie here who is in his first home in Austin and ready to embrace the exciting world of hops growing. I've been growing herbs and veggies for years but would like a little assistance from the pros as I plan for my six new Cascade and Chinook rhizomes to arrive. My backyard is...

Hey all! The addiction has firmly set in and I'm planning my second brew, this time a Scotch Ale, recipe found here. However as I am still a n00b I don't have any brewing instructions regarding temperatures, I seek the advice of you fine folks. Do you guys have an idea about: 1) How...

Not sure if this is the place to be asking this question or not, but hey...I'm new. :) I went to my LHBS to pick up ingredients to brew w/ some seasoned vets who invited me into their inner sanctum this coming Saturday to embark on what may become a new obsession. My intent was to start w/ a...