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So the moment I have been waiting for is close. I bottled my beer on the 22nd of March and tonight my buddy and me are cracking the first bottle to see how it progressing. I have two bottles in the fridge one that is full and one that was only 3/4 full when we ran out of beer .We will be...

So just before my buddy and I racked our beer to secondary he told me about this homebrew contest at the Binnys in the south loop of Chicago. I was wondering if anyone here planned on attending and if so what are you entering. I thought he was nuts when he decided to enter out first beer that we...

So me and my buddy brewed our first batch of beer last night. Along the way I learned many things and had many interesting experiences. I made some mistakes that I am sort of worried about but the airlock is bubbling this morning. So I will go through a wrap up. 1. My stove has just enough...

I love Founders Dirty Bastard! It is one of my top 5 favorite beers. I found the following recipe floating around on the site and I wanted to know if anyone had tried it. I am curious what your opinions and tips would be for brewing it. I can get my fermentation temp down to about 71 in my...

Well it is finally time. I have a few well for the lack of a better word n00b questions. 1. I bought a 7.5 gallon kettle but I didn't take into consideration that I would need a long spoon to go with it. I am making a fuggles IPA from Midwest. Would it be ok to do a 3 gallon boil and then top...

I have been lurking this forum for the better part of a year (or more) and I thought it was time to introduce myself. I have alway loved beer (good beer). I pulled the trigger a couple weeks ago and got my first equipment kit. I will have to add more info to my Profile. I am going to brew my...