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So I just bought a new home and have got myself moved in. Ready for my first brew in the new place when I realized that we have some seriously hard water here. I had never worried much about my water profile before the move because our water was softened and wasn't that bad to begin with. So...

So I pitched a starter for my lager yesterday, the first starter I've made using the stirplate I just bought, and I have to tell you it made an incredible difference. Not a small or inconsequential difference, a HUGE and amazing difference. The yeast multiplied like crazy and were very...

So I decided its a good time to look at starting my own little yeast bank. I purchased a stirplate and 2l flask from Bell's general store for $60 (came with some small dme packs, 2way airlock and bung that I needed some spares of anyway). The stirplate is obviously no lab grade piece of...

So I'm looking for a brown ale recipe to try out in the next couple of weeks. I took a gander through the recipe database and its overflowing with recipes. Couldn't make up my mind. Any suggestions? Anyone have just a 'blew me out of the water' experience with a particular recipe? Looking...

I just finished my keezer a month or so ago, working on my 3rd keg to put through it when tonight I had every homebrewers worst nightmare in my garage. The faucets that came with my kit were generic something-or-others that were gumming up on my Double Chocolate Stout because I dont drink...

I was thumbing through here last night and reading about every cider thread and recipe i could find in the database. Today I did a quick and dirty cider that reminds me alot of Edwort's Apfelwein. Here's what I did: (I followed one specific post pretty closely but regrettably don't remember who...

So I've been brewing for a year now and I have been working on getting to AG for a couple months. Today I took the plunge! Ruination Clone Recipe 14.5lb American 2Row 1lb 10L Crystal Wyeast 1056 American Ale Mash 60min 149F Boil 60min 2.75oz Magnum 13.1% 15min 1tsp Irish...

So, I'm still working on my Keezer build however having to wait for several hours between coats of stain, sealant and for parts to arrive, I decided I should work on making my keezer a bit more appealing to the eye, otherwise swmbo won't be too happy with it going in the house. So! Here are a...

** Adding a huge thanks to all the folks who have posted their trials and tribulations, notes, How-Tos's and any other useful info on building these things. You have all been incredibly helpful!** And so it begins... Got this scratch and dent from my local home depot on the cheap. It's a...

Just something I happened across here locally and thought I'd give it a try. I had nearly written Upland off after my last purchase. They certainly redeemed themselves with this brew.

Woohoo! Got 2 cascade rhizomes in the ground today, my first attempt at growing anything, ever. Let's hope my thumb is a shade of green. =P

So I've been looking into purchasing a wine cooler/chiller for fermentation of my ales. So far I'm not having a lot of luck finding brands/models that are of appropriate interior size to accomodate a 6.5 bucket or 5 carboy. Any suggestions on brands/models I should search for? Or can anyone...

When making adjustments to a recipe to darken/lighten color, which is typically easiest to do without affecting the flavor of the beer too much? I came up with a recipe for an irish red ale and the flavor is pretty spot on, but its more of an irish orange ale than red. The options I came up...

So today as I was setting up to do my bottling, I grabbed my hydrometer out of my equipment tub and heard a distinctive 'crack' as I turned to head to the kitchen. My glass hydrometer had fallen right out of its tube and broken in half. This brew was a relatively low gravity and I had taken a...

So today I learned a valuable lesson when bottling. Before filling a bottle shape you haven't previously used, make sure your capper fits it. I crushed an Anchor Steam neck and it shattered everywhere, full of my brew. Thankfully its just a 12oz loss and a big mess, but still. On a positive...

Ok so I thought I'd throw my first attempt at a batch of brew out here so some other noobs like myself can learn from what mistakes I made and some of the pros could lend me some advice for the next batch. Here's my recipe: Thyree Weisse Guys - American Wheat Beer 3 gallons water preboiled...

I did a bit of searching and couldn't find exactly what I was looking for. I have a 6.5gal plastic ale pail used for primary/bottling. After washing with unscented dish soap, hot water and a washcloth and allowing to air dry between washings twice, and a rinse with Star-San, it still smells...

Hey all. I'm 5 days into my 2nd batch of brew, (the first since taking the plunge and upgrading to a 5gallon setup instead of a Mr. Beer.) I tried the first recipe I came across in How to Brew that sounded tasty, a 3 Weisse Guys. I'm glad I found the "N00b Advice" thread here, though with...