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Okay, this is a little strange. I brewed an Irish Red Ale on Nov. 16th and my OG was 1.065, a little higher than the estimate on brewsmith. After a week, I checked the gravity and it was at 1.016, I was going to rack to secondary that day, but figured what the hell, I'll give the whole...

Okay, I've been reading Yeast: The Practical Guide to Beer Fermentation, I'm about halfway through it, should've been done long ago, but I have the attention span of a fruit fly, and seeing as how I'm bottling tomorrow, I started thinking about something I read about oxygen requirements and...

New to brewing, have three extract batches under my belt and since I have grown annoyed with bottling, I convince my SWMBO to get me a mini fridge for my birthday that I will subsequently convert to a kegerator, I'm gonna go the route of biermuncher with the tower and drip tray. To christen the...

43% alochol beer! time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1978705,00.html and the video of the tasting time.com/brewdog

I have horrible tasting tap water with a chlorine content that varies. Sometimes you can even smell it in the shower. It also has added flouride. For my first brew, I used store bought Purified Water with Minerals added to taste. Don't know what the mineral content is. The beer came out...

Blew the top smooth off the fermenter on 2nd day of fermentation! Came home from work, noticed the door on my fridge was cracked just a smidge, thought that was funny. Opened up the door and WOW! Inside of fridge was splashed with wort and the fermenter lid was on the bottom of the fridge...

This is my second batch, first one was the Amber Ale Kit from Brewer's Best. Turned out alright, but a little watery so I bought a 30qt brewpot so I could do a full boil in the future. For my second batch, I got the Fat Tire Clone(extract) from Austin Homebrewing. I didn't want to deal with...