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First time grower. Temperatures have been awesome here the last couple of weeks, but the last two days we've broken some serious heat records, and I'm worried I waited too long to harvest my little green cones of happiness. Advice would be appreciated. I realize the picture is huge, I...

I'm getting ready to brew some beers for a wedding for friends in October. The first that I want to do is a chocolate raspberry stout, based on Jamil's Black Forest Stout in Brewing Classic Styles. OG:1.071 FG: 1.018 IBU: 38 Color: 39 SRM Alcohol: 7.6% ABV 13.9 lbs Maris Otter 0.75...

So if your ISP is Comcast and you live in the midwest, it's probably down. If you happen to be addicted to this forum and are checking it out on a mobile device, changing your DNS under network settings to Google's at 8.8.8.8 or 8.8.4.4 will fix the problem. Just a quick PSA.

I brewed the NB kit in late April using Wyeast 3178, and racked it over to secondary and added the cherry puree about six weeks later. It's currently still chilling in secondary. After reading this forum more and more, I realize now I know absolutely nothing to speak of about sour beers.My...

I'm finally at the point that my parents, who are so generously allowing me to stay at their place while I finish up a couple B.S. degrees, no longer look at homebrewing as an odd hobby. We have bottling parties, and my dad who used to claim he doesn't like beer now helps me formulate new...

Not really freaking out, but had a bit of a SNAFU towards the end of my second batch (brewed today) that I thought was funny so I'd share. Full boil, cooled quickly, racked to 6.5 gallon carboy, SG reading (right on), baby rocked, yeast pitched. Cool, things went pretty smoothly. Putting...

Background and story first, for those of you playing at home who want to skip the craftbrew induced ramblings, feel free to skip down... :tank: I got into this hobby less then a week ago, brewed my first beer (a Fat Tire clone, still in primary) Saturday, and am planning on brewing my second...

Hey guys, I'm John, and I just bought a kit today from my LHBS, along with a Fat Tire replica kit. I'm totally geeking out to say the least! I'm a full time student studying informatics, bartend about 30 hours a week as well, and really, really like pretty much all forms of alcohol (other...