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Brewed a Czech Pils on 7/3 with Omega Pilsner 1 yeast- I think this is the Pilsner Urquel strain. 1.053 OG Well, it was going strong the first week at 50F, but I had to travel for work for a week and just got home. Apparently we lost power while I was gone and my fermentation fridge reset to...

I am moving from the east coast to Santa Barbara, CA after the holidays. Does anyone know what the LHBS situation is around there? Also - any good beer establishments I should know about? Looking forward to California Beer!!

Been brewing for 2 years now and finally decided to enter my first Homebrew comp this past week, ran by the local radio station. Made it to the finals which were judged by a panel of 4 bjcp judges. I entered an imperial ipa and received the following scores: 39/50 38/50 37/50 32/50 Won third...

Belgian Tripel transfered to secondary today. Gravity is 1.005, OG was 1.080... That is 92% attenuation, crazy. I used WLP500 Trappist Ale Yeast. Fermentables were 12 lbs of pilsener malt and 3 lbs of clear candi sugar. Mashed in at 122 degrees for 30 minutes, then raised it to 145...

Brewed a Tripel on Saturday, OG of 1.080. Pitched 4 vials of WLP500 Trappist Ale Yeast at 6:30pm. Temperature at pitching was 65 degrees. 65-72 is the ideal temp range for this yeast. Well I live in an old rowhome and the heat isnt that great, so in the dead of winter I have a choice between...

I have to say that Southern Tier from NY is quickly becoming one of my current favorite breweries. They have yet to fail me. Currently finishing off a 650ml of the Iniquity IBA and wishing I had a couple more.

Last holiday season I tried my hand at brewing a spiced holiday beer. I have never been the biggest fan of this type of beer but I thought I would give it a try. I had no idea on quantities/types/amounts of spices so I used one I found on the internet. It involved Allspice, Cinnamon, Honey...

SWMBO asks for a Cherry beer. I have not made a fruit beer before (I am not all that crazy about them to be honest), but I thought I would try to pull one together for her. Here is what I came up with for a 5 gallon batch, let me know what you think... 9 lbs American 2-Row Pale malt 1.5...

Hi Everyone. I started brewing in August of 2009. The first batch I brewed was an extract plus steeping grains from Homebrewers Outpost and I fell in love with the Hobby. I then found the LHBS and made 3 of my own extract/specialty grain recipes. In December I took the step to all grain and...