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I read this study a while back and thought it might be interesting to share it here with HBT. This is not my work at all and I take no credit for anthing other than posting it here for you fine brewers to read.It is just something I found interesting when doing some research. Check it out and...

Brewers are constantly pushing the envelope with crazy new techniques but just when you think brewing technique can't get any more eccentric, someone proposes an idea so radical it practically blows your mind. I just finished reading the most recent issue of Zymurgy, and Charlie Papazian just...

Ok I did my first partial mash today and everything seemed to go fine until the end; I missed my target gravity by a pretty fair amount. I mashed 4.75 lbs of grain (3lbsMO, 1lbs Crystal 20, and .75 biscuit) with 5.94 qts of water at 154 for 60 mins, batch sparged and came out with 2.35...

Ingredients: 6lbs Super Light LME 1lb Wheat DME (55%/45%) 1lb Dextrose 1lb Carapils 1.5oz Centennial @ 60 mins 1oz Cascade @ 15 mins .5oz Cascade @ 5 mins Fermentis US-05 yeast *1 Whirlfloc tablet @ 15 mins Here's how I did it: 1.) Brought 2 qts water to 160F and added 1lb carapils...

Ok this might be weird but...I mad a blonde ale yesterday, it is my second ever batch and [obviously] I keep looking at it every 2 seconds to see what changed. It is now in high krausen and it is churning like crazy with huge pieces of yeast floating all around and it looks kind of crazy, but...

Hey everybody I thought it might be a kool idea to have a thread where everybody can make there milestone posts as they reach them. For example this post is my 25th, I'm pretty sure this means I get some sort of kool new features to use though I'm not sure what they are lol. So go ahead use...

Ok so I'm trying to formulate my own recipe for my second batch of beer for the spring time and I want to make an Imperial Blonde Ale. Here is what I am thinking, keep in mind this is an extract + specialty grain brew not all-grain. 5 Gallon Batch Mad Russian Imperial Blonde 6.6lbs Briess...

Ok so I've brewed my first batch of beer, obviously I am very excited and can't wait to have a good finished product so I am rushing things a bit I'll be honest, but this is just so I can have something to drink while I take my time with the next batch... Anyway here's the problem FG came in a...

Hi, My name is Dan, Im from New Jersey. For the past few weeks I have been reading a ton of books and articles about home brewing and I finally got a chance to buy some good equipment and some ingredients and get brewing. On the 11th I brewed my first batch of beer, True Brew IPA. I...