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So I recently brewed my first partial mash recipe doing a saison. I kept it pretty basic, just 3# wheat LME, 5# pilsner malt and an ounce of bitter orange peel. I missed my starting gravity by a fair margin and ended up with only 1.032, a real shocker for a first time masher I know. I had seen...

I've gotten a yen to start growing my own hops and figured I could still get them started this year with a chance for a harvest next year. It seems I've missed the boat in terms of getting my hands on some rhizomes however. My LHBS is sold out of everything and most everyone I've checked online...

So I'm looking to bottle my second batch tonight and start washing and rinsing some stuff in my utility sink in the basement. It's draining incredibly sloooowwwwww and backing up. Probably a result of washing the mud and grass off my shoes from the other weekends paintball adventure. This sucks...

Cracked my first homebrew last night, cream ale I brewed back at the beginning of April, seems a long time. Bottled on the 27th so I was expecting it to be a little under-done but I was quite pleased with the result. Had a nice level of carbonation, got a head on it that was good and solid but...

Finally got around to bottling my first batch that I brewed back in April, at long last a hobby where procrastination is OK :) Of course now the problem is that I've gotta wait another three weeks, darn it. I guess procrastination only has so many benefits :cross: The process went really well...

My brother gets back from Afghanistan this fall, some time in September or October, won't know a precise date for awhile. I've got a couple extract kits that I've brewed, haven't put anything to bottle yet, but the samples I've taken have been quite positive. I'd like to make a big beer for his...

Last night I was finally able to get around to brewing the Hop Head Double IPA kit I have from Midwest Supplies, things seemed to go pretty smoothly. There is quite a nice variety of hops that goes into this beer and will be my first experience with dry hopping. This beer has really got me...

So I decided to try and do a yeast starter or my second batch, a batch that I had intended to do this past weekend but time got the better of me. I boiled two cups of LME with 6 pints of water, which is the ratio I found when doing some research on the matter, brought the temp down below 70F and...

Hi All, I'm from the south suburbs of Minneapolis and getting ready to do my first brew this weekend. Been wanting to get into this for awhile, been doing some research and finally picked up some gear and a couple recipe kits. This forum has provided some of the most rich information I've...