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Is anyone in the detroit area going to ashleys bi annual cask ale party next weekend? I have been reading the list of beers. Some of the breweries are supplying casks of beer that usually dont even make it in a keg anywhere than the taproom....im geeked. There is one from dark horse that i had a...

So I'm reading this recipe and it says to ferment at 50 degrees.....my question is this, do i pitch at 50 degrees as well or do i pitch at the 65-70 that most beers call for and then stick it in the cooler? And if i do pitch warmer, do i let fermentation begin before i cooler it?

Now i know that lower temps create more fermentable sugars and lead to less body ( unless a carapils type addition is made) and higher temps lend to less fermentable sugars, fuller body and sweetness.....but how much of a change between smashing in at 150ish and say 153-155? I'm assuming it does...

May 18-19th. Frankenmuth MI, the annual world expo of beer. Hosted right behind the Bavarian inn. Breweries from all over Michigan as well as some larger breweries in the country. Over 150 beer as well as "alternative" beverages...IE malt liquor and adult energy drinks. This will be my 4th year...

So every year i make a couple brew made with freshly fallen snow...it is a huge hit and i have even won a competition or two. One is a stout and one is a cream ale. The stout is a basic oatmeal stout with a hint of chocolate and a bit easy on the roast. The other is a basic cream ale. I don't...

I just got the finishing touches of my kegorator in themail and will be building it this weekend. I'm using an old, kitchen fridge and i want to know what i should use to make the holes and whether or not it matter where i drill. Ive heard about people drilling into the side of the fridge and...

i was looking around trying to see if i could find a stout faucet for less than my LHBS is selling them for (70.00) and came across www.ritebrew.com here are links to what i bought for myself. perlicks at 18.00, stout faucets at 35.00, 3" shanks for 9.00...

So i have a bunch of grain, some mixed together and i really want to try an IPA. One is from a mild ale and one is from a stout. Here is what I'm thinking... 7lbs married otter 1lb crystal 80 6oz pale chocolate 8oz carapils This i think is the best grain set...this is from my mild...

What is the best way to use my cocoa nibs in my secondary? Just throw them in? Steep them? Make a tea? Hot water or vodka?

so with my new kettle, im boiling off about 2 gallons for the hour. so how do i make up for this? do i add an extra gallon of water or should i run it thru my mash tun to collect anything left over? i know over rinsing can cause astringency from taking too much of the stuff out of the...

Just a heads up. My LHBS. Just got in another small shipment of 5gal freshly dumped oak barrels in. They get small shipments regularly. Rightnow they are 75.00-80.00 a piece...like 20 left right now. They ship. Its called adventures in homebrewing. Www.homebrewing.org

due to some funny happenings while weighing out grain for a mild ale i was brewing at the LHBS i ended up with 9lbs of extra grain...from what i can tell they somehow managed to put like 11lbs of marris otter in while keeping the specialty grains the same (different scale) i was able to pilfer...

As an avid tinkered with access to a lot of useful tools and machines ive been wondering what I can make to better the homebrew world. So I open it up to you..my fellow homebrewers. What are some thing you would like to see made? Anything you want to see produced? Maybe a cheaper alternative...

i want to do a simple english mild ale. ive brewed a few with several malts per grain bill trying to capture everything i wanted it to be but honestly i keep over doing it and it ends up tasting like everything and nothing. so here is my newest one...please critique 5lbs marris otter 1lb...

So I got an amazon kindle fire for christmas. Does anyone have one or know of a place I can download a good brewing app?

So I'm at a taproom about a years ago and they have a chocolate milkshake stout...I like stout but to be honest I'm not a fan of roasty burn flavors. Long story short I order it and holy crap was this beer good, it was almost a religious experience. If I didn't know better I would say I was...

hey guys, my gears have been turning over the last few days here and i am looking at doing a 10 gal batch of cream ale...partitioned off into 4 different ''test'' brews i am looking for a recipe...since i have never brewed a cream ale (im mostly IPA stout and porter) i dont know what to look...

Ive been brewing for years but i have only ever made two batches of cider. the first was when i was in high school and i dont remember it much, the second was a few years back. it sucked. i chalk it up to prep, i stored it in clear glass jugs which im told, if you dont use pectic enzyme, will...