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Several brews ago, I finally upgraded my MLT from a 5 gal square beverage cooler to a 10 gal rubbermaid from Home Depot. The copper manifold I created fit perfectly in the 5 gal cooler, but due to the increased area of the 10 gal, it is a bit small for the space in the 10 gal. The manifold also...

I've pretty much exclusivley used WLP001 or Wyeast1056 for my IPAs to date. I've been extremely happy with the results and the yeast is very consistent. I made a last minute decision to brew the other night and ended up picking up a San Diego Super Yeast (WLP090) and English Ale (WLP002) just...

I just got my corny keg setup and kegged my first beer! A few questions come to mind now that I have... 1. Can I force carbonate with the picnic faucet attached? 2. How do I clear the picnic faucet of liquid if I detach it from the keg? 3. When bottling, I would rack to the bottling...

I brewed an Imperial Stout yesterday and the OG ended up quite a bit lower than I expected. This was mainly because my final volume was 6 gal instead of 5 gal. I thought I would lose more water during the boil. I think from now on I need to plan on losing 0.5-0.75 gal during the boil and no...

I bottled an AG IPA on Monday and gave it a taste tonight. While I realize it needs time, it tastes like there is a mild to moderate medicinal/chlorophenolic taste. Interestingly, I drank some pre-bottled and it did not notice the medicinal quality. In fact, I really liked the taste and am...

I currently have a variation on an imperial stout in my primary fermenter. I forget the OG since I'm at work, but it's high...around 1.085. The recipe I'm mimicking calls for 2 weeks primary, 2-3 months secondary and 2-4 weeks bottle. First of all, does this sound reasonable. I've never brewed a...

So, I brewed my first AG last weekend kind of in a rush since I was running out of home brew. I just completed my MLT which utilizes a beverage cooler and copper manifold at the base. I used a zinc plated steel fender washer inside the cooler to secured the ball valve and manifold to the cooler...

On to the third batch and thought I would experiment a bit with a recipe. Here's the plan... 9.25 lbs Pale LME 1.00 lb Crystal Malt (22L) 1.00 oz Chinook 60 min (13%) 1.50 oz Centennial 25 min (8.8%) 1.00 oz Cascade 5 min (5.5%) Wyeast 1056 Question is how much to dry hop...

I am making a Cream Ale as follows following a NB recipe... 0.75 lbs Honey Malt 0.25 lbs Biscuit 6 lbs of Pilsen LME 1 oz Cluster Hops The local store did not have LME Pilsen but they did have DME. In switching from 6 lbs of LME to DME, I bought 4 lbs according to suggested advice. I...

OK, now that my primary fermenter is free of my first batch, I would like to start my second batch. I want this one to be a beer my wife and friends can enjoy that isn't as strong as the IPA I just brewed. My wife usually likes wheat ales (she's not too big on hops) so I was planning on an...

Well, yesterday was my first brewday and everything went pretty smoothly thanks to all the help on this website. The brewkit I used was Northern Brewer's Three Hearted Ale which is an American IPA with specialty grains. Recipe was.... 1 lbs Briess Caramel 40 (specialty grains) 9.15 Gold...

I'm preparing for my first brew and most of the discussion/videos I've read instruct to boil 2.5 gal and then add 2.5 gal in the fermenter. I purchased an 8 gal aluminum kettle so I have the ability to do a full boil...I'm assuming I would start with about 6.5 gal. I tested my stove and it takes...

I just bought my first brew kettle in the form of a 32 qt aluminum "steamer" typically used for tamales. $19.99 seemed like a great deal. So, I just tested the boiling potential of my gas stove. With two burners going it took about 1 hour (from starting with cold water) to get 6 gal boiling...