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I'm not entirely a beginner -- this was my 52nd beer -- but this problem is a first for me. I brewed a Cali Common, tested it prior to a dry hop around week 2, removed the hops at week 3, and then tested it again at week 5 when I went to keg. At week 2 it was a balanced beer with a slight...

And then she wrote about it on her blog, DIY or BUY: http://diybuy.wordpress.com/2010/12/21/apfelwein-hard-cider/ I consider this awesome on many levels: She writes well, and thus it's generally entertaining to read. Many of our friends read her blog, and perhaps this will encourage...

After much planning and three part-time weekends worth of work, my keezer/kegerator is complete! The base of the kegerator is a white 7.2 Cu. Ft. E-Wave chest freezer (an E-Wave is a rebranded Magic Chef, which can hold 6 corny kegs) that I got used off Craigslist for $100. I'd originally...

I brewed my second-ever partial mash a few weeks ago, which also happened to be my first-ever 5 gallon batch (I did a dozen or so 2-gallon batches first). It was a Northern English Brown Ale cobbled together from various recipes on HBT that finished at a respectable OG of 1.047. However, I...

I picked myself up a lightly used Magic Chef 7.2 Cu. Ft. freezer last weekend, which was a fantastic find as it will be able to hold 6 ball lock kegs and a 5lb CO2 tank once my collar is built. The only real downside is I was planning a black keezer build and this one is white. Now, I know...

Be sure to visit el Bait Shop in downtown Des Moines. They don't brew themselves, but they have a VERY respectable selection of beers to choose from, including beers from a lot of the area breweries. It's always an awe-inspiring sight when I walk in the door.

Hello all, I'm planning to brew a 2-gallon batch of California Common on Tuesday. I'm contemplating using Wyeast #2112 as my yeast this time around, as it looks to be a common yeast of choice for this style. This would be the first time I've used liquid yeast, so I suppose I'm a little...

Hi all - I've been lurking here for a couple of weeks, but I finally have a question that I don't see already answered. :) I'm currently less-than-patiently waiting for my 5th batch, a extract-based blonde ale, to be ready to bottle. Before brewing this one, I decided to "invest" in a...